Posted on 09/19/2025 5:11:39 AM PDT by cuz1961
...Bad-mouthing slain Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk could prove to be a costly proposition, according to one leader of the organization....
...Kolvet noted, there are “bad people intentionally lying and maligning the legacy of Charlie Kirk.”...
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
I’m no lawyer, but I’m sure that both the Kurk family and TPUSA have some very able lawyers looking at this for them.
But another question has occurred to me...
Sometimes a defamation apology can be used to defuse a suit.
How do you apologize to the dead?
...the Kirk family...
The response to any individual who says “Charlie Kirk said this” or “Charlie Kirk is that” should be “Produce the UNEDITED video or admit you’re lying.”
If so, let’s hope it will be both commonsensical and constitutional.
Expanding libel laws would be a great way to chill speech, among both progressives and conservatives.
Wealthy organizations and people could sue little people for posts on the internet. They needn't be right. Lawfare is enough to frighten people into silence.
Free republic could be sued out of existence. A victim of lawfare.
You want your speech limits to be decided by judges and juries, by a roll of the dice? They're the ones who ultimately decide if something is libel, never mind the law.
You are assuming the celebraters have a conscience. I rather think the demon ate that a long time ago.
Erika has invited Tucker to speak and she put him on the flyer.. That should tell you something
Anyone know if Shapiro is speaking? The guy who wants to pick up the “blood stained mic”
There was a rumor she was filing a 40 million lawsuit against him but no basis in fact.
Laura loomer did it against him and his org but everyone seems to have forgotten that
In case you haven’t noticed, those two were friends of Kirk and are not badmouthing him. Kirk insisted Carlson attend their next yearly event.
If the KKK can be sued into oblivion so can the Left.
Interesting, one action in a lawsuit is discovery which someone may ask those being sued where does their funding come from? The answers may lead to further actions. Brilliant move, a can of worms is about to be opened!
Slandering Charlie can be aligned with slander his name, ergo his business, wife and children’s name, impacting his business and causing material harm to his survivors.
They are just putting words out of context in a dead man’s mouth
And telling one of his closest friends to
,” be silent”
when rebuked.
Some kind of friends eh?
Charlie was friends with everyone, doesn’t make everyone of them good people .
Friends like tuck and candy , who misconstrue your words after you are dead
aren’t much of a real friend.
Especially when they use him to grind their political axe.
Disgusting is what they are
Don’t be surprised if they end up getting sued by TPUSA.
They should start with Anthony Hardy Williams, the Pennsylvania State Senator who called Charlie an “avowed racist.”
It’s possible this idiot doesn’t even know what the word avowed means, but it was clearly slander against Charlie.
Charlie Kirk is CEO of Turning Point.
Modifier to my statement: It may have been libel, not slander. Either way, it was pretty clear-cut to me.
The KKK is the left.
The left has the judges.
Good - give them a dose of their medicine!
You sure can damage the TPUSA organization, brand, and reputation
Now lets throw in the calls to kill Erika and the children that have resulted
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