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[–]BiologyIsReal 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Shouldn't a lawyer know better than open herself to a possible lawsuit for libel?

[–]jet199 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

She probably thinks the fact white supremacy basically means whatever the speaker wants it to now will protect her. She'll say "oh I just meant they support liberal western ideas and the integrity of the state."

I don't know about the US but in the UK she wouldn't get away with that. They would take both the most basic definition, the most common usage and everything else likely to be implied. As in the recent Johnny Depp case they decide that if you hit your partner just once you could be fairly classified as a wifebeater and they also looked at the other definition which would be a pattern of abuse.

[–]lefterfield 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Far as I know, libel/slander laws are pretty weak in the US. Unfortunately.

[–]Finnegan7921 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's funny you say that, back in 2016, one of the things Trump pushed was a toughening of the libel laws. The media was OUTRAGED.....could you imagine how different the past 4 years would have been if the insane hyperbole surrounding him had not been allowed to persist ? As per usual, his quote was a bit of a mess, but here was the main thrust of his argument :

"One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws."

https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/02/donald-trump-libel-laws-219866

Just imagine if CNN and every other MSM outlet hadn't been able to push the collusion theory, they couldn't have said he was groomed by the kgb for 30 years, pushed the claim that he was a white supremacist, etc etc.

[–]lefterfield 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't know that. It's a shame that didn't happen. I think one of the biggest problems with the media is that there's no accountability for any of their bullshit.