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Many countries have successfully enforced laws against libel and slander without infringing on people's ability to espouse genuinely held beliefs, and challenge
by noego 7y ago
Many countries have successfully enforced laws against libel and slander without infringing on people's ability to espouse genuinely held beliefs, and challenge popular persons/organizations. I fail to see why this is any different.
- Waterluvian 7y agoSo then what's being suggested here if those laws already exist? I inferred that the suggestion is to go much further.
- noego 7y agoLibel and slander laws are only applicable in cases where specific persons can show that it caused them tangible and personal damage. My suggestion is to eliminate the above additional requirement. If you're in favor of existing slander/libel laws, then you've already trusted the legal system to distinguish between merely unpopular opinions, and willful misinformation. This renders your previous objection moot.