That wouldn't fly in a US libel trial. The plaintiff would have to prove that the person who wrote it intended the reader to understand that she was literally a member of the Nazi party and that it wasn't simply hyperbole.
You needn't preface a comment with "in my opinion", it's sufficient if a reasonable person would interpret your statement as an opinion. Given that whatever version of the Nazi party still exists is an extremely fringe group and that it's a common internet insult to call someone a Nazi, you would have to pretty much explicitly state that you are in fact saying someone is a member of the Nazi party for this to get any traction in a US court.
The plaintiff would have to prove that the person who wrote it intended the reader to understand that she was literally a member of the Nazi party and that it wasn't simply hyperbole.
If Rowling were a member of a nationalist party, I suspect that one might be able to get away with calling her a Nazi.
Note the SNP aren't going around litigating against people calling them Nazis, because Nationalism and Socialism are literally their party manifesto, and the last thing they'd want in a newspaper is a court transcript of two lawyers arguing about how accurate it is to call them Nazis.
That wouldn't fly in a US libel trial. The plaintiff would have to prove that the person who wrote it intended the reader to understand that she was literally a member of the Nazi party and that it wasn't simply hyperbole.
You needn't preface a comment with "in my opinion", it's sufficient if a reasonable person would interpret your statement as an opinion. Given that whatever version of the Nazi party still exists is an extremely fringe group and that it's a common internet insult to call someone a Nazi, you would have to pretty much explicitly state that you are in fact saying someone is a member of the Nazi party for this to get any traction in a US court.
So the standard for justice is normalization. How very “democratic”. Totally in keeping with our constitutional republic.
If Rowling were a member of a nationalist party, I suspect that one might be able to get away with calling her a Nazi.
Note the SNP aren't going around litigating against people calling them Nazis, because Nationalism and Socialism are literally their party manifesto, and the last thing they'd want in a newspaper is a court transcript of two lawyers arguing about how accurate it is to call them Nazis.