if you insult someone so that they punch you, it’s your fault
That’s not quite true. That’s speech that you can be arrested for.
For use of force, or throwing a punch, here’s the justifications for force in one of the states in which I’ve had to work with the law: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm#9.22 Look at 9.31(b)(1). It specifically says that force is not justified based on verbal provocation alone. It doesn’t matter what they say. As long as the speech doesn’t constitute a threat, then you cannot swing freely and claim self-defense as a legal defense.
That’s not quite true. That’s speech that you can be arrested for.
For use of force, or throwing a punch, here’s the justifications for force in one of the states in which I’ve had to work with the law: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm#9.22 Look at 9.31(b)(1). It specifically says that force is not justified based on verbal provocation alone. It doesn’t matter what they say. As long as the speech doesn’t constitute a threat, then you cannot swing freely and claim self-defense as a legal defense.