California: Jail Time Possible For Pronoun Misuse

[Benton]

(10-11-2017, 09:49 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: They could argue it's harassment. Not knowing anything about California law, I'm not sure what the current penalties for that are. 

My first thought when reading the article is "Unnecessary law, if it's that bad just use existing harassment statutes."

So, I'll stick with that. 


Seriously, we don't need more laws. We need to allow courts to use common sense in applying things already on the books. If you go into anywhere (hospital, workplace, DMV, etc), and have to deal with someone who insists on insulting you, that's harassment. Every state has some law already on the books to deal with it, whether it's civil or criminal.