Of reputations, and pieces of ... uh, crap.

Inspired by yesterday's blog post -- wherein one can see that Rebel Media's Ezra Levant's reputation really does incorporate the consensus that he is a "scumbag" -- an anonymous correspondent suggested checking out what, if anything, the general community thinks of Ezra being, well, a "piece of shit."

Now, I think it's safe to say that establishing that Ezra Levant does indeed have such a reputation is probably not all that useful, lawsuit-wise, because even the Supreme Court of Canada (not the brightest bulbs in the utility drawer) would balk at thinking that calling someone "a piece of shit" rose to the level of defamation. But even without the legal value, it probably has at least some amusement value, so what the hell ... what does the Twitterverse think of Ezra being a "piece of shit"?

Well, there's this (scanning strictly the Twitterverse in reverse chronological order):

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and ... but I feel I'm losing you, and we haven't even gone back earlier than mid-2018.

Perhaps my favourite Ezra Levant "piece of shit" moment is when he tried to hawk subscriptions to his piece-of-shit "Premium Content" YouTube channel off of the deaths of a busload of Humboldt Broncos hockey players:

Yes, you read that correctly ... half-price as long as you use the coupon code "Broncos." Somehow, the descriptor "piece of shit" seems inadequate.

One can at least give the Twitterverse credit for variety in their delightful choice of adjectives and qualifiers, as Ezra is not just a generic piece of shit; rather, he is a "giant piece of shit", a "racist piece of shit", a "giant racist piece of shit", a "slimy piece of shit", a "worthless piece of shit", an "opportunistic piece of shit", an "embarrassing piece of shit", a "vile, hateful piece of shit", a "piece of shit dumpster fire", a "piece of shit scumbag" and "one of the biggest pieces of shit on the planet." The list does go on, doesn't it?

Sadly, one has only so much time to wax poetic about Ezra Levant and his widely acknowledged piece-of-shittiness, but if you're bored, you can do a simple Twitter search to see the results in their full splendour and glory.

In any event, check back over the next several days to see what Twitter has to say about Ezra being a grifter, con man and scam artist. I'm sure it will be entertaining.

P.S. It might be amusing to know that, at the eventual trial (whenever the hell this idiocy actually sees the inside of a courtroom), I will make sure that all of the above (and subsequent searches related to Ezra Levant's reputation) is read, slowly and lovingly, into the record, while Ezra and his lawyer have to sit there and listen. To every word. I would not want to deprive future generations of the entertainment value.

P.P.S. As a reminder of the point of all this, as I explained (quite compellingly, I thought) in a previous blog post, one of the fundamental requirements for something to be considered defamation in Canada is that, at the very least, what is said or written must, in some way, injure or damage or tarnish the reputation of the plaintiff. But if the plaintiff already has a reputation related to what is said or printed, then, by definition, it cannot be defamation. Period.

Given that fundamental legal principle, then, based on what you can read above, if one calls Ezra Levant a "piece of shit," that, by definition, cannot be defamation since everyone already thinks he's a piece of shit. And based on that fundamental principle, we are, over the next little while, going to establish exactly the same with respect to Ezra Levant being a grifter, con man, scam artist and huckster.

More to the point, for every example we prove this for, that will take out of Ezra's hands the possibility of ever launching a defamation action against anyone for saying such things.

Once again, you're welcome. And if you appreciate all this invaluable non-legal, "I am not a lawyer" advice, well, there's my fundraiser to kick Ezra's sorry ass in court. It's the least you can do, right?