Is this an “ex post facto” thing? The ruling is that he can’t block anyone going forward?

Uh oh. If Twitter is a public forum, officially, then what does that mean about broader issues about account suspension? Or cries of “censorship”?

Be sure to read the update.

Would. Smash.

white-washed?

True not all, just like... probably in the high nineties percentile.

This is one of the few times lately that, yeah, it’s definitionally terrorism.

Boooooo.

The court of public opinion is tricky. You can’t go to jail, but there’s also no telling how long your sentence is until you’ve served it. Also if you serve on the jury for the court of public opinion you don’t get compensated.

I am being deliberately obtuse. I do think you’re making a valid point, broadly. I do think that blaming “in love” continues to be a losing strategy.

lol jk (?)

In all seriousness, you are making a few valid points. I still think that add the “gawrsh he’s in love; shucks” qualifier to your statements is watering down your argument. That’s not an excuse, or a reason or anything.

I mean I just get this really heavy implication that you’re saying 100% stalking is not a problem.

Too true. Also Facebook, snapchat, IG, and any other way that he’s trying to get through to her if he can’t take a hint. I also suspect you wouldn’t exactly be canonizing her for simply blocking his number.

You may be shocked to learn that so much of our communication relies on subtext. Sometimes we even communicate without saying a word at all! This is called “body language”. As Patrick pointed out, she was handing out “soft nos”. Is a soft no more frustrating than a hard no? Yeah. Does it still count as a “no”? Yeah.

You’re never going to hear this on the internet but, you’re right. We should decriminalize stalking because it’s basically nothing — and hell if someone won’t stop calling you then the burden is on you to block them. It’s not their fault if they won’t stop trying to contact you.

But also that’s going to look weird with a square table that’s laid out in a specific way. And don’t even get me started on booths.

Oops, lots of people’s moms actually couldn’t cook. Best intentions, and all that.

yeah I remember being 18-25 and I knew better than inundating someone with unwanted contact

bro im with you stalking isn’t a thing and it never escalates to assault and even if it does they don’t usually murder anyone and even if they do they usually stop at one and even if they don’t stop at one they always get caught and even if they don’t get caught it’s the chick’s fault in the first place for not making…

This is an ill-informed and dangerously permissive opinion.