Educating Robert

Fr. Hart uses the terms "libel" and "slander" alternatively in his complaint that I have made further public his already public Facebook posts in which he hurls coarse invective against Republicans, Trump supporters and critics of Anthony Fauci.  He seems oblivious to the fact that slander and libel are two different things:

"Though many people use 'slander' and 'libel' interchangeably, the words have distinct meanings—libel is written, while slander is spoken."

So, the term he should consistently use is "libel", but he should understand as well that making further public his already public inflammatory posts is not libel.  He can ask his attorney if he doesn't believe me.  I haven't defamed him; he's defamed himself, and I'm just pointing it out.  As I noted in a post below, if you play stupid games on your public Facebook page, expect to win stupid prizes.