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>insult others beyond the point of harassment What do you mean by this?

• oliwarner 4y ago
  I mean that a lot of speech that goes to court and gets defended by the first amendment should possibly be actionable. There are plenty of extremists who walk this line but the Westboro Baptist Church are the first that come to my mind. There's also plenty of hypocrisy when applying these laws. A lot more brown people seem to get prosecuted for radicalisation than white "Christian" extremists. IMO: It's okay to hold the opinion, it's okay to air the opinion, but picketing funeral processions? You're being a dick. Straight to jail. I think that's a problem with freedoms in general is that there's no scope to measure people being a dick to people who aren't. The law should have leeway in both directions for outliers. Just my take, anyway. It probably is worse than outright freedom but it might feel fairer for a few minutes.
  • oliwarner 4y ago
    > You're being a dick. Straight to jail. But what about protest? I don't know. I understand the need for protest, and I would defend most of it. But the last few years has also seen a lot of protests that go too far; people hiding under the skirt of protest when they're actually just there to riot, instigate violent confrontation. Is it okay to superglue yourself to a road to protest oil? Is it okay to break shit, block or delay thousands of normal people to get a message across? The law doesn't do "sometimes" very well, and people don't do "balanced and unbiased" very well. I'm not sure what's right.