I think it's the specificity of the insult that makes a difference here. The set of factual propositions implied by calling someone a transphobe is much smaller than that implied by calling someone an idiot, which makes the "greater degree" quite self-evident, no?
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Replying to @quantum_boulder @VincentFletcher and
No I mean, the word "idiot" is fairly non-specific as used in popular slang, but I personally think the world has a lot more transphobes than idiots
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Replying to @arthur_affect @VincentFletcher and
Unless you're conflating "greater range of true propositions" with "greater number of actual instances of the proposition being true", I don't see how the relative numbers of each matters here. The specificity seems a lot more relevant.
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Replying to @arthur_affect @quantum_boulder and
Don't take this personally Arthur old chap, but a career as a barrister does not await you.
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Replying to @VincentFletcher @quantum_boulder and
Stevens v Tillman, 1988, established that accusations of "racism" were per se nonactionable; Grutzmacher v. Chicago Sun-Times, 1994, went further and established that even calling someone a "neo-Nazi" is non-actionable, as it does not refer to specific facts but to opinion
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Replying to @arthur_affect @VincentFletcher and
Of course this probably doesn't hold true on Rainy Tea-Stained Fascism Island, but I can't imagine wanting to live there, much less practice law there
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Replying to @arthur_affect @VincentFletcher and
If she sues someone in UK court they don't get to pick and choose which legal system they want
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Replying to @BionicIguana @VincentFletcher and
Sure, UK libel law sucks I'm not recommending that people stick their neck out and try their luck against her I'm rolling my eyes that this isn't bullying and abuse
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BionicIguana and
And yet you've been bullying and abusive all the way through this delightful conversation. Odd that.
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Yup and my lawyers will be forcing a written apology and cash payment out of you any minute now, I'm terrible
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