I think threatening a libel lawsuit with the intensity that Emerson did strikes me as above “calling my family” in terms of what counts as threats/intimidation/retaliation, especially if you are someone who does not have the means for a legal defense
I think there’s different versions of “call your family” that suggests different levels of escalation.
Tell your family compromising facts about you (bad and scary, but probably less scary than having to mount a legal defense)
Threaten your family, implicitly or explicitly (the type of thing that predictably leads people to being terrified)
I think there’s different versions of “call your family” that suggests different levels of escalation.
Tell your family compromising facts about you (bad and scary, but probably less scary than having to mount a legal defense)
Threaten your family, implicitly or explicitly (the type of thing that predictably leads people to being terrified)