The legal eagle guy claims to be a seasoned litigator, yet is astonished that a liar is exposed under cross examination.
TBH I’m astonished this nasty loony gets any attention whatsoever outside the US. It’s like the West Boro Baptist Church. A vile, hateful, attention seeking group to be sure, but its membership, even at its peak, was less than a hundred. Say what you like about their PR, but you can’t deny you know who this minuscule band of bigots is, and what their message of hate is, which is all they ever wanted.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 9 Aug 2022, 20:58,
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He's astonished at how incompetently the guy is exposed during the court process -
It takes a special level of stupid to get caught that badly.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Tue 9 Aug 2022, 22:13,
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I guess. He obviously has a very bad legal team.
As far as I remember, no way am I bothering to check, his defamatory remarks were that it was a hoax or did not happen. I mean, I’m glad he’s getting his comeuppance and all that, but if we can successfully sue idiots for spouting utter bullshit, where’s that going to leave the religionists?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 9 Aug 2022, 22:58,
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They get a special pass, because they have power over so many.
Nobody wants to open that particular Pandora's box.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 9 Aug 2022, 23:19,
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I think they get a special pass because their claims can't be proven or disproven either way.
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VicJameson : fucking internet virgins since, Tue 9 Aug 2022, 23:56,
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There is that but, they also get away with all sorts of abuse that has abundant proof available.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 10 Aug 2022, 0:14,
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Also, the country's motto isn't "in science we trust"
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Wed 10 Aug 2022, 9:51,
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The reason it mattered was that he didn't just say it was a hoax and didn't happen
but specifically said that the bereaved families were 'crisis actors' - people paid by Them to pretend to be mourning the tragic loss of their children in order to make the hoax believable. This led to the families receiving massive amounts of online (and IRL) harassment for years, taunting them about the 'supposed' murder of their children etc.
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Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Tue 9 Aug 2022, 23:49,
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That explains a lot. What a cunt. Glad he had a shit lawyer.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 10 Aug 2022, 20:58,
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Most people whose entire defence is based on lies would be advised by their lawyers to settle out of court. It should never have got to the stage where the lies are exposed in court because it's obvious they would be.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 9 Aug 2022, 23:02,
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