Harry Potter and the Reason American Free Speech Exceprionalism Is A Good Thing

[Thanks to the SPEECH Act, passed in I don’t remember the year and I’ve had a drink, if Rowling got a defamation judgment under the UK’s substantially more censorious laws, it would be unenforceable in the U.S. - a relatively rare instance of Congress getting it right on speech.]

This, by the way, is the tweet that got Rowling to threaten to use her unspeakable wealth to abuse the legal system to silence someone. You may reasonably dispute the opinion that Rowling’s views mean she can’t be trusted with children, but it’s an opinion, not a lie.