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> If I scream at you so loudly that it liquefies your organs

At that point, the "speech" is objectively harmful.

> Why should it be any different with harassment?

Free Speech absolutionists act as if words on their own are not harmful, such there's no such thing as verbal harassment.

Look at the sibling comment [0]. phpisthebest actually claims that being followed and told "You're a cunt" repeatedly would be amusing.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36202392




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