I’ve been gooning for decades, but I’ve never seen this much choking in porn. It seems like most of the m/w videos eventually have the man’s hand on the woman’s neck. Usually it’s light, like he’s just checking a box.
When did choking become so popular?

Violence is using force to harm. No “regardless”. Stop calling a consensual act that does no harm “violent” when it isn’t.
Choking is inherently dangerous.
People regularly die during choking from rough sex.
Most BDSM dungeons ban it. It is extremely extremely extremely dangerous, and it was anathema in the kink community until the past decade.
Dangerous <> violent.
Not the same word, not the same meaning.
Do you not see am the concern in doing something that cannot be done safely to someone?
Come up with whatever definition of violence you want. I’m not here to play semantics. If you choke someone, you are okay with the risk of killing them. That’s your risk profile, and you need to cop to it.
Edit: nice, love the block for pointing out the callous disregard for your partners safety. Remember it’s still murder if it’s an accident!
I’m sorry definitions of words are “playing semantics” to you.
Enjoy your day.