Burchill also posted a series of further comments about Sarkar,
claiming that she was an Islamist, a terrorist sympathiser, and
speculating about her sex life.
As well as directing her Facebook followers to “wade in on Twitter”
against “the Islamists” and “nonces”, she wrote a crude poem about
Sarkar that featured a description of “a gender fluid threesome with
Marine Le Pen”. She also “liked” posts saying that Sarkar should kill
herself and suggesting that she was a victim of female genital
mutilation.
The admission of defamation will be viewed as an uncomfortable
concession for Burchill, whose interventions had been portrayed in
some coverage as a free speech issue, with Sarkar’s objections
reported as an example of the power of the “outrage mob”.
This is it, the perfect example of what the "free speach" lot actually mean. I can call you racist names cos free speach but if you push back then it's a hate mob.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/16/julie-burchill-agrees-to-pay-ash-sarkar-substantial-damages-in-libel-case
This is it, the perfect example of what the "free speach" lot actually mean. I can call you racist names cos free speach but if you push back then it's a hate mob.