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>If it's made clear that you want them to leave you alone and they choose to persist, it becomes crystal clear. Let's say I buy your premise (I don't completel

>If it's made clear that you want them to leave you alone and they choose to persist, it becomes crystal clear. Let's say I buy your premise (I don't completely) but where does it stop? Does it include Trump? What about non-public figures only, but ones you probably don't like, for example White supremacists or neo-Nazis? Does it count against corporations? And who gets to decide if you are making fun of someone? Just someone is offended or feeling hurt? If that is the metric then I defy you to write an English sentence that I can't turn into an oppressive, smart-ass remark about someone. I am being a little hyperbolic here, but surely you see how any move to limit speech outside of literal threats or similar can just be used the opposite way round.

DangitBobby 4y ago
Ah sorry, I didn't mean just speaking "out loud" generally making fun of a group of people, I mean directly addressing someone, calling them a name, and them asking you repeatedly to stop.
- mhuffman 4y ago
  Directly harassing someone is already a crime in most places. Here is an example definition: ---- (1)Fear for the person's safety or the safety of the person's immediate family or close personal associates. (2) Suffer substantial emotional distress by placing that person in fear of death, bodily injury, or continued harassment. ---- The second part of that is a little circular, but the point I am trying to get across to you is that in the US, I can call you a "fool" every time I see you and it is mostly perfectly legal even if you don't like it and tell me to stop. It generally has to be very escalated to involve the police. And this is how it should be, and it should be a police matter. Not the "roadways" of the Internet making those decisions. Today it might be some asshole calling someone the n-word or misgendering someone that gets their site shut down for all intents and purposes, but if we go down this road, tomorrow it could be because you misspoke about some "Dear Leader" in charge politically and now you can not participate in society in any real respect.

DangitBobby 4y ago

Ah sorry, I didn't mean just speaking "out loud" generally making fun of a group of people, I mean directly addressing someone, calling them a name, and them asking you repeatedly to stop.

mhuffman 4y ago
Directly harassing someone is already a crime in most places. Here is an example definition: ---- (1)Fear for the person's safety or the safety of the person's immediate family or close personal associates. (2) Suffer substantial emotional distress by placing that person in fear of death, bodily injury, or continued harassment. ---- The second part of that is a little circular, but the point I am trying to get across to you is that in the US, I can call you a "fool" every time I see you and it is mostly perfectly legal even if you don't like it and tell me to stop. It generally has to be very escalated to involve the police. And this is how it should be, and it should be a police matter. Not the "roadways" of the Internet making those decisions. Today it might be some asshole calling someone the n-word or misgendering someone that gets their site shut down for all intents and purposes, but if we go down this road, tomorrow it could be because you misspoke about some "Dear Leader" in charge politically and now you can not participate in society in any real respect.