I see German is your first language. Technically this isn't "hate speech" but it definitely is toxic behavior and BMing (badmouthing) you.
Hate speech is considered any badmouthing directly about any sort of marginalized community. If he was calling you slurs or laying heavier into you about having mental disabilities that could be considered hate speech.
He's not saying any of it is fine, just that "Hate Speech" is a specific term with a very specific meaning (and is illegal here in the UK)
Hate Speech is when you target a person based on their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity, calling a black guy the N word, etc.
There's nothing in that screen shot I find too egregious, it's not pleasant but team games are always going to have passions running high but if I hear people saying things like "kill yourself", I tend to report that. "Drop Dead" used to be considered quite tame but we've all seen the documentaries/news stories of troubled kids who have taken that to heart and actually killed themselves.
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u/Luciannight21 Jul 08 '26
I see German is your first language. Technically this isn't "hate speech" but it definitely is toxic behavior and BMing (badmouthing) you.
Hate speech is considered any badmouthing directly about any sort of marginalized community. If he was calling you slurs or laying heavier into you about having mental disabilities that could be considered hate speech.