The comment caused controversy within Poland as being slanderous and libelous. Following this statement, guitarist Nick Hipa responded by calling these claims slanderous and defamatory. The comment caused controversy within Poland as being slanderous and libellous. A charge al-Qaradawi dismissed as baseless and slanderous. No distinction is made between the libellous (written) and the slanderous (spoken) forms of defamation. Christine claimed that Meun's views were misogynistic, vulgar, immoral, and slanderous to women. Gish accused him of being theatrical, abusive and slanderous. Krauss responded that the article was "slanderous" and "factually incorrect". Paylan responded by saying Bozdag's remarks were slanderous. Birleanu maintained his innocence and wished to counter prosecute for false charges and slanderous allegations. Critics described Manly's article as slanderous and degrading to white women. The pair sued investigators, alleging false arrest, illegal search, slanderous statements and conspiracy. Correa has stated he was only seeking a retraction for slanderous statements. Stein denounced Clinton's comments on both herself and Gabbard, describing them as "slanderous". Roosevelt, enraged, released a statement calling Parker's criticisms "monstrous" and "slanderous".