{"id":9045,"date":"2007-05-13T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=9045"},"modified":"2007-05-13T19:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T02:47:00","slug":"those-not-subject-to-legal-liability-dan-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=9045","title":{"rendered":"Those Not Subject to Legal Liability [Dan Collins]"},"content":{"rendered":"

ought to be whipped<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis hilarious post from The Impolitic:\n<\/p>\n

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The “right’s” right to lie<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

\nI have to agree there’s no grounds for the DNC to sue either Powerline or Glenn Reynolds. Being morally bereft is not a crime unless it ends in actual violence. But they both deserve to be taken out behind the woodshed and soundly whipped for recklessly and worse yet, approvingly, promoting a vicious rumor they have to know is false.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n“Being morally bereft is not a crime unless it ends in actual violence.” But actual violence is only a crime when one is morally bereft?\n<\/p>\n

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There’s not one shred of evidence beyond the rantings of some knuckle-dragging shock jock who’s looking for a ratings boost by spreading a malicious lie. They don’t have audio. They don’t have an eyewitness testimony. They have an ugly falsehood that makes the Democrats look bad and they run with it. And then they attempt to justify such irresponsible conduct as an exercise of the First Amendment. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThis would never, ever happen from the other side, would it?  Would Michael Moore, for example, knowingly publish falsehoods?  If there’s not a shred of evidence, then how would one know that what he said was false?  Shall we subpoena the phone records of Governor Sebelius?  Shall we put her under oath?\n<\/p>\n

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I call BS on that. It’s exactly this sort of abuse of the FA that has diminished its standing in the eyes of the public. All they’re doing is pushing us down that slippery slope to censorship when they put up posts that in essence say, “Nyah, nyah – we can lie and get away with it.” And they can legally and gleefully pass on someone else’s lies. But Glenn is wrong, wrong, wrong when he declares the threshold of malice would be hard to reach against the jock. Unless that jerk can come up with some evidence to back up his smear, what possible reason can be proffered for disseminating it except to harm its target’s reputations – public figures or not? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nReally?  So, all of this Truther bullshit is covered, because it’s a matter of interpretation, despite the lack of facts to back up their interpretation, and yet this ought to be actionable?  Hey, Impolitic–is your ox haemophilic?\n<\/p>\n

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I hope the DNC sues the pants off the bastard and his station. I’m all for unfettered speech when it comes to opinions but it’s about time we set some parameters on what lies the media is allowed to foist off as facts on an unsuspecting public.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nBwahahahahaha!  Considering the lies being foisted on the public regarding the Bush administration, considering the immunity granted so far to Wilson-Plame, considering Tenet, considering the Katrina crap, considering all of that, you’re bent out of shape about something some nobody says about HoDe? \n<\/p>\n

\nYou suck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ought to be whipped. This hilarious post from The Impolitic: The “right’s” right to lie I have to agree there’s no grounds for the DNC to sue either Powerline or Glenn Reynolds. Being morally bereft is not a crime unless it ends in actual violence. But they both deserve to be taken out behind the woodshed and soundly whipped for recklessly and worse yet, approvingly, promoting a vicious rumor they<\/p>\n

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