jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agoLauren Boebert called "racist" for saying Karine Jean-Pierre is a "DEI hire"www.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down116
arrow-up1270arrow-down1external-linkLauren Boebert called "racist" for saying Karine Jean-Pierre is a "DEI hire"www.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·3 days agoBecause if you don’t quote someone it sounds like you’re saying it and then you get sued
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-218 hours agoIt’s almost impossible for a public figure to win a defamation suit. Especially a politician.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoLawsuits are expensive as hell, especially for smaller publications
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down5·3 days agoBut she is a racist. And that’s not a quote. That’s a “quote”
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days ago“Lauren Boebert” “called” ““Racist””
minus-squarewhodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoTruth is an absolute defense
Because if you don’t quote someone it sounds like you’re saying it and then you get sued
It’s almost impossible for a public figure to win a defamation suit. Especially a politician.
Lawsuits are expensive as hell, especially for smaller publications
But she is a racist.
And that’s not a quote. That’s a “quote”
“Lauren Boebert” “called” ““Racist””
Truth is an absolute defense