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- "it seems intent on causing material harm" It's intent on changing public policy by persuading voters with argumentation. This is the most protected class of
by perihelions 2y ago
- "it seems intent on causing material harm"
It's intent on changing public policy by persuading voters with argumentation. This is the most protected class of speech. That it publishes ugly true facts about individuals (which is also protected!) is an incidental step towards the author trying to paint a persuasive political narrative.
(I can't help but want to break this down. You say it's misleading, but the case docket is hyperlinked inline with the text you say is misleading—that's far more than adequate in US jurisprudence. No "reasonable person" (a technical standard) is misled on a fact that's plainly disclosed, just one click away. You say the criminality is in the "distant past"—but the person's felon status is current, ongoing, and in fact relevant to the author's line of arguing, which is that these nonprofits are a form of "laundering" federal government grants to people the federal government otherwise disqualifies. You think (and I'm sympathetic to this) that crimes committed 20+ years ago are not strongly reflective of the current human. But, this is a subjective interpretation—not an objective truth beyond reasonable debate; and the fact that the US government itself disagrees, by permanently disqualifying felons shows how ludicrous it'd be to argue, in a US court, that "he's a convicted felon" is speech without social value).
- sotix 2y ago> You now know why libel and slander laws in the UK don't allow the factual truth to be an absolute defense. Let’s revisit the original comment.
- perihelions 2y agoLet's revisit the original post, which wrote something critical of a $3 million government contract. Should that be legally perilous? Should be people be scared to express opinions online about how their governments award 7-figure contracts, out of fear of the contract recipients hiring law firms and suing them?
- sotix 2y agoI was only trying to help you because it appeared that you misread the comment and began ranting about an unrelated matter from that misunderstanding. Not interested in this conversation, sorry.