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loyalsister

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8. Calling out libel after defending it is a problem

Reply to unblock (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 1, 2017, 03:13 PM

Jul 2017

Regardless of whether he was a good president who gave up his law license and put us all through his impeachment or a disgusting inexcusable attention seeking bufoon.

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When do Trump's nasty tweets become libel? [View all] uppityperson Jul 2017 OP

There have been several that cross that line by definition but IANAL. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #1

Is that really a road we would want to go down? loyalsister Jul 2017 #2

What? uppityperson Jul 2017 #3

It's an ugly chapter loyalsister Jul 2017 #4

seriously? we should ignore donnie's multiple, outrageous string of libels because unblock Jul 2017 #5

I'm saying be careful or look like hypocrites loyalsister Jul 2017 #6

There's zero hypocrisy here. Clinton paid a price for his mistakes. unblock Jul 2017 #7

Calling out libel after defending it is a problem loyalsister Jul 2017 #8

So we should give Donnie a free pass on his treatment of women and his lies unblock Jul 2017 #9

Criticize it without trying to fit it into a civil violation loyalsister Jul 2017 #11

The passage of a couple of decades unblock Jul 2017 #12

Thank you uppityperson Jul 2017 #14

What exactly did Clinton say that could be madinmaryland Jul 2017 #16

Thank you for clarifying. I very much disagree with what you write, specifically saying let Don uppityperson Jul 2017 #13

It's deliberately hard to sue for libel for public figures mythology Jul 2017 #10

Thank you, there is that. Eom uppityperson Jul 2017 #15