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To: Eleutheria5

Is “insurrectionist” a term that is legally concerning? If someone is called an idiot in a public forum, is that defamation?


2 posted on 01/23/2022 3:50:45 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Calling a person a protester is not a slander. “Insurrectionist” is in no way analogous to “idiot”. One is an allegation of criminal activity, which is slander if untrue. The other is an opinion on the quality of a person’s mind.


4 posted on 01/23/2022 3:54:09 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Buck Foe Jiden!)
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To: ConservativeMind

She and the other people in the lawsuit are being accused of a federal crime. This could impact potential employment, credit decisions, etc., without the defamed ever finding out why their were applications were declined.

In comparison, calling someone an idiot is just an emotional declaration with no criminal implications.


7 posted on 01/23/2022 4:19:43 AM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: ConservativeMind
Well-the J6 event has NOT been proved an ‘insurrection’,....so it's slander, character assassination and libel to arbitrarily call someone an insurrectionist! THIS is what happens when the Liberals' fast-and-dirty game with words catches up with them!!!

It would be like calling a person a mafioso, if the mafia was never proved to be a criminal organization

16 posted on 01/23/2022 5:34:23 AM PST by SMARTY (Republics decline into democracies & democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle)
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