Posted on 01/24/2018 6:41:47 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
President Donald Trump said, We are going to take a strong look at our countrys libel laws so that when somebody says something that is false and defamatory about someone, that person will have meaningful recourse in our courts.
The president was responding to statements made in Michael Wolffs new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
Our nation does not need stronger laws against libel. To the contrary, libel and slander laws should be repealed.
Lets say exactly what libel and slander are.
The legal profession defines libel as a published false statement that is damaging to a persons reputation. Slander is making a false spoken statement that is damaging to a persons reputation.
Theres a question about reputation that never crosses even the sharpest legal minds. Does ones reputation belong to him? In other words, if ones reputation is what others think about him, whose property are other peoples thoughts?
The thoughts I have in my mind about others, and hence their reputations, belong to me.
One major benefit from decriminalizing libel and slander would be that it would reduce the value of gossip. It would reduce the value of false statements made by others.
Heres a Gallup poll survey question: In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass mediasuch as newspapers, TV, and radiowhen it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairlya great deal, a fair amount, not very much or none at all?
In 1976, 72 percent of Americans trusted the media, and today the percentage has fallen to 32. The mainstream media are so biased and dishonest that more and more Americans are using alternative news sources, which have become increasingly available electronically.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailysignal.com ...
Would be OK with me.
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If they make Dueling legal.
Why don't we make it legal to tell "Fire!" in a crowded theater when there is no fire? Everyone is free to stay in their seats or flee for their lives, so if a bunch of people get trampled to death the it's really their fault. /sarcasm off/
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He’s got some interesting thoughts here, but it doesn’t really come together into a persuasive defense of the thesis.
“Phoning it in” is the phrase that comes to mind, but given Dr. Williams’s age and his lifetime of productive writing, I think he can have a pass on a weak concept and poorly-articulated defense.
Strengthen these laws and then be able to go after women for false rape allegations.
When all you are is an economist, everything looks like money.
Please discover your boundaries before God has to show them to you the hard way.
[Please discover your boundaries before God has to show them to you the hard way.] Talking to Williams of course.
Like someone flouts him as the economist who doesn’t understand libel and slander ... And he slides in prominence due to it ....
If they make Dueling legal.
My thoughts exactly. People would be a lot more circumspect if they had to back their words up with their lives.
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Very clever, with the glaring fault that the better shooter is not necessarily the truth teller.
I had Sarcasm and Mockery for breakfast.
Will a diet of that make me fat?
I see yer point!!
Very clever, with the glaring fault that the better shooter is not necessarily the truth teller.
But the liar wouldnt necessarily know it, either.
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First time that I can remember disagreeing with Dr. Williams.
I don’t think blackmailers stop unless caught.
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