[drjimmy]

Pardon my ignorance, but isn't this libel?
No. No more than someone here calling the ACLU or NAACP a hate group.

[concerned about politics]

Pardon my ignorance, but isn't this libel?
No. No more than someone here calling the ACLU or NAACP a hate group.

Has any government official ever called them a hate group? Seeeeee?
Key words : Government official.
That makes it a "tad" different. Not to mention they called in the government soldiers - the police.

[spodefly]

You need to improve your capacity to distinguish one thing from another.

It is one thing for a government official, on official letterhead to pronounce to the press and to law enforcement that a group is a "hate group" with the intention of this pronouncement being acted upon by police and the community, and it is another thing entirely for some anonymous keyboard warrior to post onto a website that the NAACP is a "hate group".

One carries the weight and "authority" of a government body, and the other carries no weight at all.

[muawiyah]

If a private individual should note outloud that the ACLU is a "hate group", that's one thing. If the government issues a dicta declaring the ACLU to be a "hate group", that's something else again.

Same here. We have a jackbooted thug in his disguise as the HRC of Fresno issuing a dicta under government letter head to the effect that we are a "hate group".

Now is the time for smart lawyers everywhere to begin measuring the Fresno taxbase for harvest.

[muawiyah]

"his"? This is about some woman with her panties in a knot isn't it?

[muawiyah]

"his"? This is about some woman with her panties in a knot isn't it?

[MarkL]

Pardon my ignorance, but isn't this libel?

No. No more than someone here calling the ACLU or NAACP a hate group.

Actually, I'm not so sure of that...

Remember, that the term "Hate Group" has specific legal meanings, due to the hate crime legislation that has passed. Now if you or I call the ADL or the NAACP a "hate group," we're (probably) OK. But when a governmental organization makes this statement publicly, using the aegis of a government agency, then it may very well be actionable.

Remember, this twit sent out a press release to local media, from an official agency of the city, declaring that FR is a hate group, using the seal of the City of Fresno!

Mark

[mabelkitty]

You are incorrect.
This was publicly released with government's approval.
Bad news. For them.