Reply #90: If a reasonable person would believe a certain thing that's deceptive, that is Deception as a matter

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of law, regardless of what's in the heart or mind of the person who speaks. This is the standard applied in consumer protection fraud, securities fraud, etc., where they dispense with the "pure heart" defense entirely and focus on what a reasonable person would take it to mean, and if it's more likely than not that they would take it falsely, the liability is on the BUSINESS and most definitely not on the consumer. By analogy, here the "consumer" is in the position of Voter.