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> tying the behavior to the person behind the behavior and bringing proper consequences to bear is the only regulatory system that actually works

nope. trolling online is not a crime, so no regulations are needed. its the same as if someone walks up to you in real life and calls you a jerk. you dont get to do anything about that. you just move on.

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I think you're choosing an example that is lower-severity than the topic on the table.

If someone just walks up and calls me a jerk (and, well, we ignore the particulars of the words they used and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words), I agree.

If they do it every day, every hour, or call my house 24 times a day, I can legally compel them to stop.

this is a user posting on an issue tracker, so your example doesn't hold either.

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