So basically the long and the short of it in Patrick’s case is that if he can find out conclusively who is responsible for the swatting (assuming he is not responsible himself) then there is a credible case there.
Otherwise he has kind of fucked it all because he engages without fail.
Now I've not looked up enough caselaw on the fed level as to what harassment is.
eeoc.gov has:
In general,
teasing, casual comments, or single instances of inappropriate conduct are not illegal. For inappropriate behavior to rise to the level of illegal harassment, it must be unwelcome or unwanted. It must also be severe (meaning very serious) or pervasive (meaning that it happened frequently).
The scope of EEOC is outside of Patricks situation.
Closer to his situation.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1514#d_1
(B) the term “
harassment” means a
serious act or
course of conduct directed at a
specific person that—
(i) causes substantial emotional distress in such person; and
(ii)serves no legitimate purpose;
Laughing at Patrick I'm gonna guess isn't a legitimate purpose. But telling someone about his past VS his present position might be found as legitimate. Especially if the response lacks farts, Jennifer, toilets or whatever....
As to fucking himself comments on phone harassment via quora include:
How many texts count as harassment?
Do not text a person if you have texted them
twice or more times without a response. This will be considered harassment, especially if these messages are sent over an extended period of time.
How many calls is considered harassment?
If the person being called doesn't want the call in the first place even just
one or two calls can be considered harassment. start by blocking their number. if they find another way to contact you block them. at some point you may have to consider a restraining order.
Like Jackie trying to pick fights with the swatters Patrick is screwing up enforcement opportunities with his conduct.
The times he has implied threats, “I will neutralize you stalker”, really don’t help his case.
He sounds antagonistic in these cases.
His best bet, that his credo won’t allow him, is just to ignore and block every time.
It is harder to present yourself as a victim if you are taking verbal swings at others.
That pretend podcast almost got to the point of 'was the Norm mcDonold tweet the reason or was his years of being confrontational that to a head' but perhaps that will get mentioned when selected pests get interviewed.
To be honest it looks like he does enjoy it on some level. His bullshit about people stealing his joke book is relevant here.
He wants to be a hero persecuted for his beliefs and to eventually win out.
The idea that his alleged enemies want to silence him and he can’t be silenced is his fucked up personal narrative in his main character fantasy.
He's important to others by being pested. And more interaction than he was getting when not pested.
The cost he's not getting is others can look on his abrasive past posting before the pesting and then choose to not engage with him on a professional level. And he'll never really know why he's not getting a response back.
The times he has implied threats, “I will neutralize you stalker”, really don’t help his case.
He sounds antagonistic in these cases.
His best bet, that his credo won’t allow him, is just to ignore and block every time.
To be honest it looks like he does enjoy it on some level. His bullshit about people stealing his joke book is relevant here.
He wants to be a hero persecuted for his beliefs and to eventually win out.
The idea that his alleged enemies want to silence him and he can’t be silenced is his fucked up personal narrative in his main character fantasy.