Comment by KafkasWonderfulLife on 16/07/2015 at 20:53 UTC*

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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.

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If you want guidance on how to change the line - **"Anything that harasses, bullies, or abuses an individual or group of people (these behaviors intimidate others into silence)"**

then I'd use the language that the US appeals court used in its recent decision regarding Title IX on university speech (I'll look it up for you if you wish.)

Essentially, that for speech to be unacceptable, that it must be a specific threat. Not "upsetting" and not "derogatory," but specific and specifying a harm. Anything else is entirely too arbitrary. Anyone can feel "offended" or "silenced," but that's purely subjective.

If its good enough for a US justice, weighing speech vs access to education, it should be good enough for reddit.

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