Woman buying pot from NYC deli maced, dragged by hair, kicked in head by cashier who mistook her for trans

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A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging​ her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.

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I feel we need to change that little children's rhyme to be a bit more accurate

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can lead to pogroms" or something like that

I've always been partial to "sticks and stones may break my bones but words can really hurt me".

"Pen is mightier than sword" expresses this idea already.