I, for one, love hiring libel attorneys to shut down criticism of me shortly after I sign an open letter decrying censorship. https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/1286370245851189248 …
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Replying to @mattdpearce
If I were to say that you were a crap reporter and the LA Times would be better off hiring a donkey, that would be criticism and covered by the letter. If I were to call you a racist, responsible for war crimes in the Congo, that would be libellous and not covered by the letter.
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Replying to @AtticumFloreat @mattdpearce
And there we go "Calling someone a racist" is libel in these people's eyes, they think the word "racist" is this horrific weapon to deploy that's far worse than just saying someone is a jerk or an idiot Deep white insecurity
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Being wrongly accused of racism and/or bigotry is of course horrific, and so much worse than being called a jerk or an idiot that it's laughable to suggest otherwise. And I appreciate the irony of you ending your daft tweet with a racist insult. Kudos.
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Though interestingly, he jumped on the word "racist" but not the war criminal bit of the sentence.
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Yes because no one accused JK Rowling of that so that part just makes you come off as a histrionic fool
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I'm histrionic. Says the gentleman screaming at me that I'm a 'fucking dipshit,' a 'fucking turd' and every other playground insult he can dredge up. Stay classy you self-described genius.
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These are all, as Bryan helpfully reminded us, examples of insults that are matters of opinion and therefore cannot be legally actionable in a defamation suit, as opposed to his bizarre example of accusing someone of murdering civilians during wartime
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Literally no idea of what you're talking about now, but you keep being you. X
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Yeah because you don't know how to read upward in a Twitter thread
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Or I just don't rummage through every garbage can I find.
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