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Alex Jones told to pay $965M damages to Sandy Hook victims' families
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Jones made money from lying, but remains free of government interference. Nobody’s killing him or even putting him in jail. That’s the very definition of free speech.
But free speech doesn’t mean speech without consequences. He’s being sued by the victims of what he said. It’s not the government doing this, it’s the people he hurt, and that’s the definition of “justice”.
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Agreed. This is all bullshit lawyer feasting.
Everyone is cool with fundamental erosions of our liberties as long as some fat jackass get what he deserves. They will never realize people like Trump and Jones are used specifically FOR that purpose.
*People downvoting have never heard of Wolfgang Halbig nor do they really care. That doesn't jive with their need to virtue signal.
Re: Alex Jones told to pay $965M damages to Sandy Hook victims' families
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Jones stated that the Sandy Hook victims were crisis actors. he knew that to be false. it was an egregious case of defamation. knowingly spreading lies that damage someone's reputation is called slander, and it's not protected by the first amendment. neither is shouting "fire" in a crowded theater, or committing perjury, or falsifying your income taxes.
Also the jury could reasonably conclude that he made the false statements to enrich himself knowing it would damage others.
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Jones stated that the Sandy Hook victims were crisis actors. he knew that to be false. it was an egregious case of defamation. knowingly spreading lies that damage someone's reputation is called slander, and it's not protected by the first amendment. neither is shouting "fire" in a crowded theater, or committing perjury, or falsifying your income taxes.
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Re: Alex Jones told to pay $965M damages to Sandy Hook victims' families
#36While nothing can bring back their children, siblings, or classmates, one hopes (but doesn't expect) that this will help consign a particularly vile and repugnant conspiracy theory to the dustbin of polite discourse.
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Jones stated that the Sandy Hook victims were crisis actors. he knew that to be false. it was an egregious case of defamation. knowingly spreading lies that damage someone's reputation is called slander, and it's not protected by the first amendment. neither is shouting "fire" in a crowded theater, or committing perjury, or falsifying your income taxes.
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He made hundreds of millions of dollars spreading his lies. He shouldn't profit from that, and should be forced to give all the revenue to the families he effected with his lies. You shouldn't be able to profit off of others misery like that, get caught out, and then go whoopsy and pay a small percentage of all the money you made off of it. That just encourages you and others to do it again.
Would it be ok if he wasn’t profiting from it?
Re: Alex Jones told to pay $965M damages to Sandy Hook victims' families
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Jones stated that the Sandy Hook victims were crisis actors. he knew that to be false. it was an egregious case of defamation. knowingly spreading lies that damage someone's reputation is called slander, and it's not protected by the first amendment. neither is shouting "fire" in a crowded theater, or committing perjury, or falsifying your income taxes.
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We have a system for that. Juries decide.
Re: Alex Jones told to pay $965M damages to Sandy Hook victims' families
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Jones stated that the Sandy Hook victims were crisis actors. he knew that to be false. it was an egregious case of defamation. knowingly spreading lies that damage someone's reputation is called slander, and it's not protected by the first amendment. neither is shouting "fire" in a crowded theater, or committing perjury, or falsifying your income taxes.
So their reputation was worth a billion?
Wow.
That’s quite a reputation.