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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Is this a thing now, where anyone can call anyone anything, or describe any practice in any way they want, and when you point out that they're wrong you just wave your hand and say "semantics"? Can I just call you a pedophile, and when you point out that you don't meet the definition, can I just say, "oh, so we're worried about semantics"? In the context of this discussion it wouldn't be surprising to see someone referred to as a war criminal. Does it matter if they actually are, or are we just going for effect here?
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IANAL, but I feel as though describing someone's talking points as being dehumanizing and defaming them by calling them a pedo are on completely different ends of the legal spectrum.