Accusation of Anti-Semitism is just ‘honest opinion’
In the case of Tony Greenstein vs. Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA) shows a remarkable aspect in anti-Semitc smear campaigns.
Instead of using the case to present evidence and demonstrate that their claims are based of facts, the CAA opted instead to rely on section 3 (‘honest opinion’) rather than a section 2 (‘statement of fact’) of the Defamation Act 2013.
That means nothing less than when someone is smeared as an anti-semite, the accusation does not need to be based on evidence!
It might just be an «honest opinion» (stretching the word honest to is boundaries ...).
Instead of using the case to present evidence and demonstrate that their claims are based of facts, the CAA opted instead to rely on section 3 (‘honest opinion’) rather than a section 2 (‘statement of fact’) of the Defamation Act 2013.
That means nothing less than when someone is smeared as an anti-semite, the accusation does not need to be based on evidence!
It might just be an «honest opinion» (stretching the word honest to is boundaries ...).