The difference between disagreement and libel is actually a real thing, and lawyers have hashed it out at great length, and you too can understand it if you read something besides Twitter
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Replying to @thefuzzybastard @mattdpearce
Ah, thanks for saying this, I was gearing up to attempt the same education. Libel is a real and serious thing, which most people don't recognize because they casually libel others all the time. The basic requirement that bad things you say about someone be true is foundational.
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No, see, the idea that ordinary speech among ordinary people is defamatory "all the time" and only gets enforced when someone chooses to lawyer up is a deeply toxic view It's the big difference between UK/US libel law and why UK libel law sucks
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You obviously don't understand libel law. You can call someone a bad person, because that's a value judgement. But you cannot make a factually untrue claim about another person, and that's a pretty reasonable standard to hold society to.
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Calling someone a transphobe is a value judgment
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I believe the allegedly libellous statement is that she "attacked and harmed trans people". Personally I consider that borderline, but it's absolutely a factual statement, not a value judgement.
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The article did not actually say that in so many words, that's the interpretation of the article they wrung out of the editor in the apology And even if it had said that, no, it would still be a value judgment
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Have you seen what Rowling's demand letter said, or are you guessing that the problem word was "transphobe"? Also, stop being a twit and retweeting every comment you make . It's the kind of vain, self-absorbed thing I'd expect from a D-list actor.
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I've read the original article, which doesn't even have the word "transphobe" in it, and which makes JKR look incredibly petty for wanting it taken downhttps://archive.is/oUW1y
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Replying to @arthur_affect @grizwald87 and
The article doesn't even take the position that JKR said anything harmful, it just points out the obvious fact that many people do think so and therefore this is a controversial social issue
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Also, I will continue to retweet whatever I wish
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Yes, and everyone else will continue to think that retweeting your own replies on the reg is kinda weird
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Replying to @thefuzzybastard @arthur_affect and
You may not know this, but there's zero downside and plenty of upsides to retweeting your content to maximise the people it reaches, apart from a few people like you complaining because you don't get it. Not that Arthur needs me to defend him, of course.
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