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To me the problem is "group of people". Calling someone out by name and insulting them all over reddit, okay. But where does the group come in? Say you're criticizing atheists or Christians all over reddit, is that the same thing? If you're naming 10 individual atheists, that's a "group", but it only matters because of the individual people involved - i.e., the rule could just specify "individual" and logically that would include cases with multiple individuals. The converse isn't true, because "group" adds a whole new, vague meaning.
Comment by sumpinlikedat at 17/07/2015 at 11:56 UTC
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Criticism is different from repeatedly seeking people out and making a concerted effort to make them upset, fearful, or generally ruin their day. Criticism isn't harassment unless you're a) following the person or people around reddit and posting the criticism over and over on every post they make, or b) hunting them down outside reddit and sending messages on their Facebook/Twitter/email address/whatever.
You're right, though, that individual could be used because individuals make up a group.
Comment by Starsy at 17/07/2015 at 03:14 UTC
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Groups are comprised of individuals, though, so this should still be straightforward. Are you preaching your dislike of a group all over the place? Fine. Are you deliberately seeking out people of that group to preach at them? Not fine.
Repeatedly insulting Christians when topic-relevant in threads on /r/funny? Not a problem. Repeatedly insulting Christians on /r/christianity? A problem.