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Words convey meaning which causes feelings; that's part of why people read manga. (Some) people can build resilience to hate speech, including slurs. And some resilience is expected to participate in a public forum, but encouraging complete numbness as a default seems extreme. For a manga...

That's a wild assertion. Everything I've read suggests that stress- how people manage it, how effective coping is, what levels of stress are acceptable, what causes stress and to what degree- is highly specific. I don't think your generalization is true and I'd want strong evidence before...

"You don't have to be insulted when someone insults you."

Slurs are derogatory words aimed at a group. The connotation of a slur is that you hate the group you're referring to. The connotation is part of the meaning regardless of intent- there are unobjectionable ways to refer to that group, meaning that you chose a slur over the alternative. People...