Slander indeed - although for a blog, I would suggest the proper term is "libel." If that seems too specific, try "defamation."

Submitted by Tomas J. McIntee (United States), Apr 19, 2007 at 19:13

Mr. Pipes,

you insist that you have not slandered Mahmoud Khatib, yet you say "Islamist paintball" as if the outing itself were probably a terrorist training exercise of some kind, which implies that Mahmoud is a terrorist ringleader. I would indeed call this the sort of language libel (i.e., "harmful speech published in a fixed medium") as it defames the character of Mr. Khatib by implication, as well as that of every member of the MSA of Embry-Riddle. ...

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