Utah official faces calls to resign after falsely suggesting teen girl is transgender
Utah official faces calls to resign after falsely suggesting teen girl is transgender
Gov. Spencer Cox denounced the official, Utah State School Board member Natalie Cline, saying she has embarrassed the state.
Gov. Spencer Cox denounced the official, Utah State School Board member Natalie Cline, saying she has embarrassed the state.
Brought to you by the people incessantly whining they're the victims of a witch hunt.
Seems like a pretty straightforward libel lawsuit. The victim clearly suffered damage to her reputation and bullying.
Just to be clear, by damage to reputation you do mean the negative attention and not the possibility of being transgender, right?
The best part of libel/slander/defamation is that you do not have to believe that the comments are negative. You just have to prove that 1) the person making the statement intended to harm you and 2) that you suffered harm as a result, and 3) that the statement is false.
There's some more nuance on a case by case basis, but like Tolstoshev said, this seems pretty cut and dry. Even if the majority have no issues with trans people, there are some - and this official was speaking to them with the intent to negatively impact this person.
Yes, I’m not saying being accused of being transgender in and of itself is bad, but siccing your followers on someone for harassment is the issue. Being trans isn’t something negative, I’ve got many trans friends and my niece just recently came out. Fortunately all of my family feels the same way so she is supported and everyone uses her new name and pronouns, the way every trans person deserves.
because it would be less embarrassing if it she wasn’t wrong?