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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