As long as you are a happy cunt , alls good . <| sep |> I think they ' re trying to highlight the difference between merely saying something racisthomophobic because a person holds those beliefs and actively saying it towards a person to attack them . The former isn ' t necessarily a targeted attack and while it may be offensive it isn ' t harassment while the latter is because it ' s intended to attack the recipients nature . That doesn ' t mean saying those things isn ' t offensive but if it ' s genuinely not intended to be targeted and is just an expression of that persons bigoted belief then it ' s not harassment . Speech doesn ' t have to be harassment to be offensive and not all offensive speech is necessarily harassment . Harassment requires active intent to harm and being an ignorant bigot doesn ' t mean you ' re intentionally trying to harm someone .