The Day I Hit Back First
Was it assault, self-defense, or revenge?
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7 min readSep 27, 2021
Once upon a time, I hit a man
He wasn’t someone I knew. He was unarmed, unintimidating and sitting down, while I was standing up. There were lots of other people around, and I didn’t feel I was in any physical danger. So why did I, an avowedly non-violent, non-confrontational person, backhand this guy?
