Well .. I don't necessarily agree - I know - you're going to throw things at me .. but this decision could have been done to PROTECT THOSE WHO CALL PRESIDENT BUSH - a murderer (that's slander) because the President has never ever been convicted of murdering anybody. I don't like it.
Accusing someone of being mentally unstable or a homosexual - when they're neither - IS REALLY SLANDER. Because the person cannot be identified .. the person harmed has no recourse. That's not FREE SPEECH. While people may say whatever they choose (free speech), they must also be held accountable for what they say - like yelling fire in a crowed theater type of speech.
I think this protects flame throwers - not free speech.
I understand the point you are making, but I don't think I am an in total agreement with you.
Yes, you are correct that this will protect the flamethrowers, but it also protects the legitimate whistle blowers and those are the ones I care far more about.
'Child abuser' is one of the nicer things I have been called on various blogs and forums, including Free Republic, and I've never abused a child in my life - but guess what? I don't want the pathetic people saying such things to be outed - I just prove them wrong by my own life and my own statements.