> Combining "detestation" ("I don't like you") with vilification ("You're evil") is a concern. The first is legitimate opinion. The second is defamation. For wh

> Combining "detestation" ("I don't like you") with vilification ("You're evil") is a concern. The first is legitimate opinion. The second is defamation. For which truth is a defense under US law. US law about defamation is even narrower than that. "Animats is evil" is almost certainly too vague to be taken as a provable, or disprovable statement of fact by a court. Even "Animats would steal if he thought he could get away with it" is probably too speculative.