“The cowardly brute” — about an unparalleled and courageous publicist who admitted that he was erstwhile afraid — was he allowed to be criticized or violated?

Is the phrase “cowardly brute” — about a man who himself admits that he lacked courage erstwhile it was worth showing off and that he is 1 of the bravest present — a violation of individual property? What if he himself doesn't spare another acute epithets? (judgment of the ultimate Court...