This is a pretty incredible comment -- if I accuse someone of behavior, I'm obligated to give them a platform to defend themselves? Is there some rationale to

This is a pretty incredible comment -- if I accuse someone of behavior, I'm obligated to give them a platform to defend themselves? Is there some rationale to this besides to protect the powerful, or a single place in the law besides in your head where this is written? Rod has plentiful methods of defense, up to and including a lawsuit for libel. Which you also don't understand; in the united states, a necessary condition of libel or slander is falsehood. See, eg, wiki [1] Truth is an absolute defense against defamation in the United States, meaning true statements cannot be defamatory. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_defamation_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_defamation_law