• bearforcepilot@lemmy.zip
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    “Offensive” conduct must be more than merely hurtful, annoying or vexing. It must be “calculated or likely to arouse significant anger, significant resentment, outrage, disgust, or hatred in the mind of a reasonable person in all the circumstances.” Moreover, it must “be likely to have a serious effect upon the emotional well-being of an addressee.”

    I dunno if that’s entirely true but maybe I’m misunderstanding this - it seems kinda open to interpretation.

    • ryannathans@aussie.zone
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      4 hours ago

      Look at harassment, not offence

      “harassing” conduct, imply a “serious potential effect upon an addressee, one which causes apprehension, if not a fear, for that person’s safety"

      Easy to argue that case with how upset a large portion of society are about what he’s doing