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Imagine if they banned ad hominem attacks against the president. You can talk shit about the things they do or how terrible their policies are, but the moment you make it personal, it's jailtime.

What a weird reality to consider.

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Is this an argument about English libel laws?

... It is not, but now I am curious. Is that a thing in the Britzone?

Yes, from my memory of when a popular fantasy writer was in the mainstream discourse for a while, anybody that even said something remotely negative to her and advertised their location as in the U.K. immediately shut up and apologised after likely receiving legal threats. No anti-SLAPP regulation, either.

I believe it's because they can sue for damages related to the tarnishing of their image, though that may just be universal.

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