That's an opinion. I have the same opinion: I wouldn't trust JKR around my children, and if she wants to try and sue me for it she can see me in US court.
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JKR apparently felt it met the standards for libel. Spurling's lawyers apparently agreed. But Sam the web developer believes he knows better. In my judgement, you don't really care about vexatious litigation. You just want people to have free rein to attack a woman you dislike.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @MFnP and
JKR felt she had the money to hire lawyers for however long it was necessary, and Spurling knew even winning the lawsuit would be financially devastating. I have lawyers on retainer, and the US's defamation laws include anti-SLAPP provisions.
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It's pretty obvious that saying someone is a danger to children is grounds for a libel action. You don't care about that though.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @MFnP and
Look it up, Einstein. Opinions are not defamation under the law (either US or UK).
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"Rowling has made it clear that she can no longer be trusted around children". I was 20 years a journalist. I know, without question, that statement is over the line. It's not presented as an opinion.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @Azuaron and
The difference between a statement of fact and a statement of opinion does not in any sense rely on "magic words" like using the phrase "in my opinion" People who think there's any semantic difference between "You're evil" and "In my opinion you're evil" are incredibly tedious
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Replying to @arthur_affect @paul_smortions and
The honest opinion exemption in the Defamation Act seems pretty clear to me As long as the facts referred to by the opinion are true, the opinion isn't defamatory, regardless of whether you think the chain of logic from the facts to the opinion is reasonable or has merit
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"JK Rowling is in favor of medical gatekeeping I believe this harms children Therefore, I believe JK Rowling is harmful to children" As long as the first sentence is true, this can't be defamation, even if you think my beliefs are terrible and wrong
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Replying to @arthur_affect @paul_smortions and
Just like "Arthur is Asian, I believe all Asians are communists, therefore I believe Arthur is a communist" It's shitty and racist and the person should be publicly shamed for it, but it doesn't fit the definition of libel
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He didn't actually lie about me factually, and the shitty logic he's using to interpret the facts is visible for everyone to see (This isn't hypothetical BTW it's something a particularly charming TERF threw at me last night)
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