Yeah it's off the chain isn't it If I took their arguments completely seriously I'd be like "Wait, so no one can be fired from a job EVER? How would that even work?" Or worse, shit like "You CANNOT use someone's racism to decide whether they deserve a prestigious award"
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People see the bare litmus tests and don't bother looking to find out that the standards for each are actually quite high!
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unless you're in the UK.
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Sure, the plaintiff had an argument that this could be seen as implying special knowledge of objective failure to uphold defined professional standards on his part But the judge ruled that this statement doesn't clearly enough imply that to be libelous
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Believing that someone is, in broad terms, bad at their job and shouldn't be doing their job is one of the fundamental ways people generally hold negative opinions about other people It's a fundamental part of critical discourse
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Yup. There are four things which can under some circumstances constitute "per se defamation", and those are accusing someone of: 1. having committed a crime 2. having a "loathsome disease" 3. malfeasance wrt their trade or profession 4. having committed serious sexual misconduct
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:) Profanity and insults are generally not libel. Swear away, it’s protected speech (from libel suits. The restriction of profane speech are another thing.)
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