We’re articulate, unlike some folks (and you know who I mean!) around here. We actually read books, learn to use invective and sarcasm and ridicule in place (at least for me) of physical strength. It’s a weapon, alright. It makes enemies but it keeps destroyers at bay.
It's an extremely effective "weapon", when used judiciously. Perhaps it's a dying "art", which if so, needs to have new life breathed into it. After all, the FFs were absolutely masters of it.