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Generally speaking, I think it's a Really Bad Idea if ultra-wealthy people can literally say anything they want without consequence and use their money/fame etc
by fzeroracer 7y ago
Generally speaking, I think it's a Really Bad Idea if ultra-wealthy people can literally say anything they want without consequence and use their money/fame etc to terrorize people and destroy their reputation.
- WalterBright 7y agoHow about when Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib accused (on national TV) the President of having intercourse with his mother? She's in a powerful political position (more than Musk's). She had no evidence, and faced no consequences.
- fzeroracer 7y agoSo you're gonna make an incredibly disingenuous argument by trying to equate calling someone a 'Motherfucker' with 'Pedo Guy', one of which is an average insult completely disconnected from what you're trying to create and the other which was created by Musk, who hired a private investigator to try and fish out claims while also trying to shop it around to social media outlets in attempt to push the idea that Unsworth was actually a pedophile.
- WalterBright 7y agoNo evidence was presented in court that anyone believed he was a pedophile. It was just an insult.
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- cookie_monsta 7y agoNo evidence was required. California recognises defamation per se, removing the burden of proof on the plaintiff to prove that damage occurred when it is obvious that it would have. If it were just an insult Musk wouldn't have doubled down in later comments and hired a PI to verify his claim.