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ryukoposting 3 days ago

I cannot imagine living in a place where I can't tell someone what I think of them once in a while.

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maest 3 days ago | parent [-]

You can tell them they are doing a shameful job or that you disagree with their actions or whatever.

You just can't _insult_ them like a 6 year old on a playground. Why is the ability to do so valuable to you?

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eudamoniac 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It is viscerally against my cultural upbringing for the government to make illegal a verbal insult, it seems like an incredible overreach. I'm genuinely culture shocked hearing this. I'd be no more shocked hearing that it's illegal to dye one's hair.

	▲	maest 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Fyi, insults are illegal in the US, under certain conditions, under the fighting words doctrine.

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malcolmgreaves 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The first thing you described is an insult.

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maest 3 days ago | parent [-]

No, an insult implies insolence, rudeness, condescension, insensitivity. You can communicate a dim view of someone without being rude.

	▲	Shocka1 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		> You can communicate a dim view of someone without being rude. I would agree in theory, but whom is the judge of whether communicating that dim view is an insult or not?