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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
Anyone can follow, harass, be a dickhead, shout racial slurs or whatever, that does not give the offended party, the legal right to attack them physically. "he hurt my feelings" or "he's a creepy ass cracker" are not justifications for physical violence.
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Here in the UK that would count as threatening behaviour (causing the other to feel harassed/threatened), and in reality you should be able to defend yourself if you genuinely feel threatened. It's that basic survival thing of fight or flight, and in a fraction of a second your brain has decided independently which of the two it's going to be.
Proving that you genuinely felt threatened and therefore the 'fight' kicked in (and imo should be an absolutely viable and total legal defence - I'd return a not guilty in a heartbeat, every single time if I were a juror) is a different matter of course. I say all this merely to stimulate further discussion, as I'm no legal expert, obviously.