To clarify, Defamation is not a crime in the US. It is a tort i.e. a civil wrong that one can sue to redress.
This, to me is why one can be a free speech absolutist or near absolutist and still not be against a defamation suit per se. Personally, this one doesn't rise to my level of being worth it but what Jesse described being done to…
To clarify, Defamation is not a crime in the US. It is a tort i.e. a civil wrong that one can sue to redress.
This, to me is why one can be a free speech absolutist or near absolutist and still not be against a defamation suit per se. Personally, this one doesn't rise to my level of being worth it but what Jesse described being done to him in the past would pass my bar of significant enough damage to be worth it.
Jesse and Katie both suffered after committing the cardinal sin of writing about de-transitioners but I think Katie suffered more actual harm. After her article appeared in the Seattle Stranger, she was literally driven from her home and job in Seattle by a trans crazed mob. She has said she lives near a Navy town so I assume she's referring to Bremerton, which is a one hour ferry ride from Seattle, on the other side of Puget Sound. (I'm a former active duty Navy wife.)
To clarify, Defamation is not a crime in the US. It is a tort i.e. a civil wrong that one can sue to redress.
This, to me is why one can be a free speech absolutist or near absolutist and still not be against a defamation suit per se. Personally, this one doesn't rise to my level of being worth it but what Jesse described being done to him in the past would pass my bar of significant enough damage to be worth it.
Jesse and Katie both suffered after committing the cardinal sin of writing about de-transitioners but I think Katie suffered more actual harm. After her article appeared in the Seattle Stranger, she was literally driven from her home and job in Seattle by a trans crazed mob. She has said she lives near a Navy town so I assume she's referring to Bremerton, which is a one hour ferry ride from Seattle, on the other side of Puget Sound. (I'm a former active duty Navy wife.)