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I choose violence

idiom
Meaning

Used to express that one is firmly committed to making one's own choice(s) regardless of disapproval from others.


Origin

first recorded 21st c.

Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "No One" (2016) of the television series Game of Thrones, in which Cersei Lannister, facing clerical detention and ordered to restrain her bodyguard, calmly responds, "I choose violence."

Examples
SIMPLE

I choose violence when I wear these bright shoes today.

CONTEXTUAL

My boss hates casual clothes, but I choose violence and wear my favorite hoodie to the meeting anyway.

COMPLEX

Despite the strict expectations of her colleagues, she decided that she would choose violence and present her controversial findings regardless of the inevitable backlash.

Anchors to
Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    choose one's fighter

    To select something as one's preferred choice from a set of related things, people etc.

  2. 02

    choose up

    To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.

  3. 03

    choose violence

    To disrespect or insult someone in a particularly audacious and unexpected manner.

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