sticks and stones will hurt my bones, but words will never hurt me (it aint true)

Murder Violence Rape Neighbor against neighbor Houses burnt down People displaced. All of this because of words.  Words that were said casually then became a
weapon to turn communities against each other. 
When I was young we used to sing sticks and stones will break my bones
but words will never hurt me. We were young and foolish then and we believed it.  Now that I am