T. Austin Brown@Popehat help! opposing counsel just sent me an email claiming that my client isn't entitled to anti-SLAPP damages because the "opinions [my client] published were defamatory". Do you know what a defamatory opinion is?
Alex Coventry@AustinB @Popehat Is it an opinion which implies false facts about someone? (Not a lawyer, although it's probably obvious from my question. 🙂)
InfamousUnknown@alx @AustinB @Popehat
Also NAL but... I think if you state it is an opinion then it can't be defamation.
If you say - I think InfamousUnknown is a jerk - I can't sue you legally.
If you say - InfamousUnknown absolutely killed baby seals with a gas stove, I saw it myself - and I can prove it wasn't true... I might have a case.
@InfamousUnkown @AustinB @Popehat What if you say "In my opinion, Popehat murdered JFK?" That implies a concrete fact with reckless disregard for the truth.
jimtuck@alx @InfamousUnkown @AustinB @Popehat
That would be considered ridiculous and beyond the realm of belief. As old as he looks, Ken hadn't been born yet.
Ken White@Popehat @tonyca @notjimtuck @InfamousUnkown @AustinB That's just the kind of attitude I'd expect from JFK's murderer.
Rumpole@alx @InfamousUnkown @AustinB @Popehat
So, Popehat did NOT assassinate JFK?
Are you sure? I never heard him deny it.
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@Rumpole @alx @InfamousUnkown @AustinB
I'm just saying, the Bay of Pigs was bullshit and he helped get us into Vietnam, but that's all I have to say.
Kevin@Popehat @Rumpole @alx @InfamousUnkown @AustinB did you team up with Ted Cruz's dad to pull this off?
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