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mormagils t1_jckj620 wrote

As much as it sucks, it's a good ruling. Civility codes are notoriously hard to enforce, and often are misused if the content is perceived to be rude. Ultimately stuff like this just gives bad faith actors weapons to wield against their political opponents, and that's not a good thing in local political situations because the sample size often results in partisan misuse.

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NarrowSalvo t1_jcn1uie wrote

I agree.

Sadly, though, we live in a world where people think that just because something is legal, it is something they SHOULD do. There are whole youtube channels devoted to pushing your rights to annoy people right up to the line, then hiding behind "what I'm doing isn't illegal". (Ok, but you're still an asshole.)

It's also not illegal to mock mentally handicapped people and to call people racial slurs. I feel like we're about 2 minutes away from someone starting a channel to exploit that.

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