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There are some societal tools that exist to fight against baseless slander in a public forum but, tbh, the US has resisted adopting those. I would rather live
by munk-a 6y ago
There are some societal tools that exist to fight against baseless slander in a public forum but, tbh, the US has resisted adopting those.
I would rather live in a world where the powerful can be baselessly attacked compared to a world where the weak are unable to fairly attack them - if we need to err on one side or the other I prefer to put up with trolls and scammers.
- marcinzm 6y agoExcept the powerful will simply use those tools to baselessly attack the weak especially those that pose problems to them. They, after all, have the money and influence to pay for much more professional attacks than the weak can scrounge together.
- fairity 6y agoI don't see this as a case where a weak party is unable to fairly attack the powerful. Even without outing the investors, many founders are currently doing the necessary research to identify the investor and will blacklist him. I think we should keep in mind that: 1) The accusations are currently unsubstantiated 2) The reputational damage to the investor is already significant and largely irreversable 3) Outing the investor here will significantly increase the reputational damage to the investor Given the above, I really don't see how it's fair to out the investor before substantiating the accusations or giving the investor time to respond.