I Hate The Word "Un-Alive"

Excuse me, did you say I cannot say those words?

Which words? Suicide? Murder? Rape? Killed?

People cannot control their triggers - So you banish verbs?

I hate to tell you, friend, this habit you must curb.

Suicide. Murder. Rape. Killed.

I will not be silenced, should you feel disturbed.

Truth is supposed to hurt, unsettle, cut like a knife.

Suicide. Murder. Rape. Killed.

People become complacent when you censor real life.

The level of realistic knowledge is low -

Suicide. Murdered. Rapist. Killed.

Use the word "Un-alive" to soften the blow.

While people get used to being desensitized,

Suicide. Murder. Rape. Killed.

The idea of violence should NOT be sanitized!

Suicide. Murder. Rape. Killed.

Words are supposed to move hearts, sway souls, and convey power -

And your censorship is creating emotional cowards.

Author's thought: Words should disturb when the situation calls for it. I do not feel like powerful words should be censored. I feel like this weakens the message and the lesson. When we are learning about violence, we should be disturbed - disturbed enough to demand justice, and upset enough to fight against injustice.

How are we to change the world if we are just going to pretend that bad things don't happen? If we soften the blow by using a "less triggering" word, all we are doing is avoiding emotional accountability and sanitizing an ugly reality with denial.

And that is very regrettable.