Wreaking blood and carnage in the normal European Christian manner?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Violence is often framed as normative cultural practice.
- In plain terms
- People kill and hurt as if it is normal.
- What can you take from it?
- Critique normalized violence in culture.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What violence is normalized around you?
- How do cultures justify harm?
Another view
Violence is rarely truly normal.
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