At what point do bizzare accusations about his accusers open him to a defamation suit?
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When they can afford a better lawyer than he can?
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In Capitalist USA, the poor people have the same right to a high priced lawyer that the super rich do. Such a wonderful country.
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I donāt know about the US, but in the UK you have to have identified a person or persons.
E.g. āchiropractics is bunkā - OK
"The board of the British Chiropractic Society know chiropractics is bogus" - resulted in a lawsuit and the first judge decided it could continue because the individuals were identifiable. It was just unfortunate for them that someone got access to their memo telling their members to remove a lot of claims from their websites, thus causing them to lose.
Iām sure Mooreās Lawyer (not the one who checked the 18month/double transistor count claim) checked what he was going to say in advance.
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Iād like to that some high priced lawyer, seeing what a slam dunk this case should be, would take on their case pro bono.
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IANAL butā¦it is not a slam dunk case.
He has said he doesnāt know any of the people concerned, and he has made what are really fairly vague accusations. Unless he actually comes out and says āPerson X who I do not know and have never met has taken part in advertisementsā¦ā defamation is going to be hard to prove. Especially as I believe itās a State level offense and guess which is more likely to be directing the jury: a white supremacist male chauvinist judge or a modern judge of liberal persuasions? The lawyer who takes it on would be risking his or her career.
Do I believe the allegations against him are false? There are rather a lot. Are they likely to end up in court either way? Remind me again about judicial and legal corruption below federal level in the US.
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Aaaaaand now Mario Batali.
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Finally one of these guys offers an actual apology.
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Sorry. Moving post to correct category.
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I think the statute has run out, so unless Moore gets sued for defamation, they wonāt end up in court. That said, Iāve gone over his statements more carefully and, yeah, heās been fairly careful, which is a shame. Maybe Trump can mess that up for him. Electionās tomorrowā¦ hopefully Moore loses and gets to go back to being banned from the local mall.
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Itās really hard to believe in a god when certain people are never struck by lightning or swallowed whole by the earth.
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Southerners really bring their A game with the creeps.
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Holy Fuck
Spoilered for mental health reasons:
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This is what believing women looks like:
We donāt expect a third party to recognise whatās going on, every time. We just donāt want to be dismissed when it finally comes to light.
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Morgan Spurlockās just come clean.
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Heās really trying to spin his role as way more passive than it was.
There are people calling for Clarence Thomas to step down.
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Fuck that guy and his phony-ass apology. He blamed everyone but himself.
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I think what heās saying is kind of interesting. Iām not sure Iām buying what heās selling, but heās showing introspection into his own actions and causes of them, imho; but, getting insight and changing your behavior are two different things. Acolholics, as he states he is, are great at selling themselves on a story and selling that story to everyone else. Because itās true! They really believe it.
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