05-12-2022, 12:32 PM
(05-12-2022, 11:36 AM)Dill Wrote: Well it now seems a majority view that harassment in the workplace does limit "rights."
OK but a majority does not decide right or wrong in a legal sense. It might in a moral sense, and from that viewpoint I agree with everything you said. I do think online harassment is a severe issue not bo be treated lightly, and it's morally reprehensible. But we don't decide by showing of hands if it's a violation of basic democratic and human rights. Imho you make a moral argument, not a legal one.
To be clear, as European I'm not such a huge first amendment guy, I think regarding it strictly absolutistic is not a desirable approach. I'm fine with private restrictions like moderator bans and the like, and up to a point I'd be fine with laws that include repercussions against harassers as well. But even if that already diverges from something an American might say, I still think that calling harassment a violation of basic human and democratic rights just is not a correct statement. And I can see why some see that as a warning sign. Or as unproportionate rhetorics at the very least.