[piytar]

The odds that this law is remotely Constitutional are about ZERO.

[piytar]

Geez, I recant that statement in my previous post. Idiot that I am, I trusted the "journalist" to have provided the relevant details.

Here's the key missing part, thanks to Kolb in 18: "A person commits an offense if the person uses the name or persona of another person..."

That's a whole different issue! As far as I know, the Constitution doesn't protect the right to PRETEND TO BE SOME ELSE IN ORDER TO HARM THEM!

OK, on to the next topic...

[pray4liberty]

Read the statute. It's not about the person's right to post whatever they please to whomever they please. You still have the right to post what you want. The moderators on a private forum have the right to remove it. The First Amendment does not cover shouting "fire" in a crowded theater or defaming someone's character.

This is about using a legal tool (in this case, the Internet) to run someone down--specifically to cause harm to their name, reputation, employment or job prospects or encourage other people to do them physical harm. Since it's illegal to literally run someone down using your car, it's just as illegal to use the Internet to do it.