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whatever happened to "sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never harm me" ???? 
That has never been true for the vast majority of people. Some are so sensitive they'd rather take a beating than criticism. That's why there is a term called "Verbal Abuse." Almost all of us are vulnerable to negative speech, at least from certain people.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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