“Because he voiced his personal opinion? This country sure as hell isn’t free anymore.”
Oh come on. I could knock on your neighbors’ doors and tell them you’re a child molester. I could go to someones place of employment and say they’re a child molester.
Would that be ok with you?
I guess so. It’s just my personal opinion, meaning I don’t need any evidence or facts, and apparently you’re fine with that.
“Oh come on. I could knock on your neighbors’ doors and tell them you’re a child molester. I could go to someones place of employment and say they’re a child molester. Would that be ok with you?”
Much, much different. You are accusing someone of a heinous crime. From what I’m reading on this thread, Jones just said the incident was a hoax and the parents were actors. Very, very different from your scenario.
You can say what you want about me. I really don't care. I know I'm none of those things, so do the very little family I have left, and the few friends I've had for 50+ years. At almost 75 years of age, this old lady could care less what anyone says about me. I'll be meeting my maker in the not-too-distant-future. He knows what kind of person that I am, and have been during my lifetime.
What makes you think calling someone a child molester is the equivalent of saying you think a shooting was a hoax?
You can lose your job from that accusation. You can get arrested from that accusation.
How is the plantiff injured in any way from some nut on a radio saying he thinks the whole thing was a hoax? Do they lose jobs, money or freedom? Do they lose respect from anyone they care about?
A closer analogy to what you propose would be suggesting someone killed their own kid.
Don't use false equivalencies.
It wouldn’t be okay, but you personally defamed me if you did that. Why aren’t the parents of the kids suing him, required to provide birth and death certificates in court? Piece of cake really, THEN I would say he could be sued.