That’s not the least bit absurd. That would very much be libel if it caused damage.

So are you arguing it would be ok to share her name just with those on the list? Does publishing it a bit less widely make it any less libelous?

Libel is still libel whether she shared it with one person or published it in Harper’s. I’m at a loss for how turnabout is not fair play.

Isn’t that a bit hypocritical? How does that not apply at least as much to the people on her list?

That said, if the dipshit who made the call hadn’t been butthurt over a fucking game, this particular instance of awfulness wouldn’t have happened, so fuck them for starting it.

It’s less than 1/5.

There wasn’t anything to suggest he knew the number of transports. Finn and Rose discussed them in front of him.

That’s a mighty fine hair to split. There’s 61 million between those two.

The UK is a tiny part of the Anglosphere.

If you picked 1 in 5 random people from the Anglosphere, you probably wouldn’t get anyone from England.

Then why are you having a tantrum? He’s not a celebrity in the culture this conversation is taking place in.

Celebrity isn’t necessarily global. Soccer is a bit of a weird thing where everyone but the English speaking world is interested in it, but none the less, someone who’s only famous as a soccer player isn’t going to be a celebrity in the English speaking world.

You might have noticed it’s the language we’re speaking now. Celebrities will be different in other cultures.

I’m not American, I have a passport, and have no doubt I’m far more travelled than you. Otherwise you’d not make that sort of assumption.

If you picked 5 random people in the Anglosphere, I’d be surprised if even one of them knew who this person was, where France’s team stands or even what league the team plays in, or cared about soccer at all. On the other hand, this player obviously believes people will know what the NBA is.

And Li is the most common last name in the world, but that’s not really relevant in the anglosphere.

I’m kind of grasping for how a soccer player is considered a celebrity.

Then you’ve entirely missed the point.

I get that country music has the negative stereotype of being liked by racist rednecks but grouping everyone into that group would be unfair.

No, you forcibly break it into two companies.