Why not just enforce the established laws against slander, libel and character assassination? The laws were written and put in place for just such crimes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The ordinary civil law applies only to non public figures. The test of whether a public figure is slandered or not requires that intent and malice be proved, a very difficult thing to do, its almost at the same level of a criminal case would require.
So if one has entered the public arena, the law requires that one suffer slander and defamation whichi would not be the case with a private individual, Thats why the slander and defamation laws should be extended to cover slander and defamation by news services who abuse their 1st amendment rights by making up the facts and using “unknown sources”
to manipulate the public , that’s not free speech IMHO.That’s like yelling “fire” in a crowded theater when there is no
fire.
In effect we now have Joseph Goebbels on the loose.He needs to be caged.
Why not enforce laws? Because the people that we elected to office will not do that. Of course you should not complain, because, as we have been so strenuously exhorted here on our wonderful forum, those people are the lesser evil of whoever the Democrats would have put in.
“You are just trying to teach the GOP a lesson!” Uhh...no we aren’t.
“You helped put in that Democrat!” Uhh...no we didn’t.
“The time to get them is during the primary. In the general you have to prevent the libs from putting in someone worse.” Uhhh… when you have lost, you have lost.
“You want to maintain your purity as a conservative.” Uhh...purity?!