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pyuser583
on Dec 30, 2022
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Can a Tarot card reading be defamatory?
Claiming your opinion is fact does not make it fact.
Plenty of people would claim itβs a fact that humans have rights.
swayvil
on Dec 30, 2022
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I think that the difference between fact and opinion is the strength of your defense.
pyuser583
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If two people are making exactly the same claim, and one has a strong defense and the other has a weak defense, is that claim a fact or opinion?
swayvil
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Fact. Because we would consider both defenses. The sum of them.
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Plenty of people would claim itβs a fact that humans have rights.