"This guys is an asshole" is pretty clearly a subjective opinion I hold about a person, one that others might disagree with. "That diver is a pedophile" is pre

"This guys is an asshole" is pretty clearly a subjective opinion I hold about a person, one that others might disagree with. "That diver is a pedophile" is pretty clearly a factual statement, implying that the person abuses kids, or has been convicted of such. (I know that, uh, the original statement was basically just an insult, but: it does posit a fact.)