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I'm sorry, harassment is legal now? And society has solved the problem by telling people not to go where they get harassed? Called a #?$? $%%$ and told to go of

I'm sorry, harassment is legal now? And society has solved the problem by telling people not to go where they get harassed? Called a #?$? $%%$ and told to go off and %$%$ die at the movie theatre? Don't go there. Harassed at work by your boss? Just stop going to work!

kevinpet 8y ago
Simple harassment has always been legal. It's only illegal when some other factors make it so, for example, sexual harassment by an employer or another person in a position of power. It's also legal to fire someone or kick them out for being an asshole. The problem with the 21st century is that people have lost the concept of anything between "illegal" and "forced to put up with". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_which_is_not_forbidden_is_allowed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_which_is_not_forbid...
- russdill 8y ago
  I'm going by the legal definition of harassment. Specifically the definition of harassment that is not legal.
  - sweeneyrod 8y ago
    By the legal definition of harassment that is not legal, harassment is not legal. Seems a bit tautological to be worth sharing.
    - russdill 8y ago
      I'm not sure how to state it in a less convoluted way. https://definitions.uslegal.com/h/harassment/ https://definitions.uslegal.com/h/harassment/
pixl97 8y ago
Harrassed online, just dont go online! I hope you see the problem there.
Nasrudith 8y ago
Well the legal definition of harassment requires systemic or persistence to qualify outside of separate circumstances. If If someone were to heckle or catcall you outside of a bar or in a movie theater once that isn't harassment. Following you down the street persistently and heckling or cat calling after you told them get lost or organizing a different person to heckle you every day would qualify as harassment. A coworker, boss, or anyone in a privileged position like a doctor or police officer sexually harassing you once is unacceptable legally.

kevinpet 8y ago

Simple harassment has always been legal. It's only illegal when some other factors make it so, for example, sexual harassment by an employer or another person in a position of power. It's also legal to fire someone or kick them out for being an asshole. The problem with the 21st century is that people have lost the concept of anything between "illegal" and "forced to put up with". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_which_is_not_forbidden_is_allowed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_which_is_not_forbid...

russdill 8y ago
I'm going by the legal definition of harassment. Specifically the definition of harassment that is not legal.
- sweeneyrod 8y ago
  By the legal definition of harassment that is not legal, harassment is not legal. Seems a bit tautological to be worth sharing.
  - russdill 8y ago
    I'm not sure how to state it in a less convoluted way. https://definitions.uslegal.com/h/harassment/ https://definitions.uslegal.com/h/harassment/

pixl97 8y ago

Harrassed online, just dont go online! I hope you see the problem there.

Nasrudith 8y ago

Well the legal definition of harassment requires systemic or persistence to qualify outside of separate circumstances. If If someone were to heckle or catcall you outside of a bar or in a movie theater once that isn't harassment. Following you down the street persistently and heckling or cat calling after you told them get lost or organizing a different person to heckle you every day would qualify as harassment. A coworker, boss, or anyone in a privileged position like a doctor or police officer sexually harassing you once is unacceptable legally.