Let us evaluate your statement. >You're making the same class of mistake made by people who support (for instance) the death penalty against criminals in group

Let us evaluate your statement. >You're making the same class of mistake made by people who support (for instance) the death penalty against criminals in group X because their loved one was a victim of one of those criminals. First, I am not making a statement for or against capital punishment. That is a strawman argument and false dichotomy. Second, there is no overlap between criminal and civil jurisprudence and capital punishment here. >That said, there are fundamental freedoms that must be defended even when the group in question is distasteful. Freedom to speak your mind -- and possibly propagate dumb conspiracies -- is one of them. There is not a unlimited waiver of consequences for making false statements defined anywhere in the first amendment. Defamation, libel and slander are examples of speech that can be prosecuted under the law. Defamation in my case would be false statements that an individual made specific criminal allegations as well as engagement in certain sexual misconduct. To suggest that this is protected speech is not only wrong but dead wrong.