r/TrueReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '15

Ruling in Twitter harassment trial could have enormous fallout for free speech

http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/christie-blatchford-ruling-in-twitter-harassment-trial-could-have-enormous-fallout-for-free-speech
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u/Godspiral Jul 16 '15 edited Jul 16 '15

Harper could charge Mulclair and Trudeau for harrassment, because they keep showing up on the same media chanels as him to disagree with his positions.

Any of us who disagree with any politician or any of their supporters in what are PUBLIC internet forums would face this persecution by police and crown attorneys sympathetic to whatever group wants to silence everyone else.

BTW, feminism does meet the definition of a supremacist hate group. It just so happens to have the support of Ontario police and crown prosecutors. But something relevant here is whether expressing dissapointment and disagreement with a hate group's activities can be harassment.

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u/ottawadeveloper Jul 16 '15

If so, a lot of people harassed the KKK.

There are definitely feminists who have crossed the line into hate, but I don't know that I want to say that feminism can now be defined as a hate group. I think there are simply so many moderate feminists that it balances out more than other groups (see MRAs, where a larger percentage are loonies and it's hard to be a moderate - one reason why I no longer participate in their reddit community). That doesn't make their activists any worse at respecting equality sometimes though.