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Sarah Palin accuses critics of "blood libel"

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Posted by tipper 2011-01-12 09:26|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Starting against Krugman, is filing a libel law suit winable or a waste of time and money?

Posted by Muggsy Glink 2011-01-12 10:49|| 2011-01-12 10:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The lefty hysteria reminds me of the period after Rabin assassination. But, at least, in that case they had the justification of ideologically motivated assassin.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-01-12 11:47|| 2011-01-12 11:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Reading the comments, should have bought stock in scare quotes and spell check. Seems many are confused that Palin writes above a 4th grade level.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-01-12 12:59|| 2011-01-12 12:59|| Front Page Top

#4 "Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them,"

-exactly. Period & end of story. Loughner was a 22yr old man - deal w/him accordingly.

Posted by Broadhead6 2011-01-12 13:27|| 2011-01-12 13:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Muggsy,

The prevailing law on libel is enunciated in New York Times v. Sullivan. I think it's 1964.

The standard breaks down on these lines; is she a public figure? and if so, were the statements made knowingly false?

This is why most of the anti-Palin statements are couched in specious terms like,"to the casual observer this could be seen as X." Who do we go after, the theoretical strawman? Or the observation that this "could" be seen as X, even if, in other conditions, this would not be seen as a necessary outcome?

It creates an innuendo, but not an assertion. Political speech is the most protected speech in America--unlike other nations, think Canada fer example. When listening to speakers who are attempting to create a memetic innuendo, listen carefully and you'll hear the "all/some fallacy" being used over and over again. If x is the case sometimes, then it must be the case in this instance." Only the very reckless would remove all the conditions of ambiguity, equivocation and innuendo in attempting libel Mrs. Palin. That is why it does sound like so much "weasel-speak." They are weasels, and they're working hard not to be eviscerated by their own speech by being too explicit.

A dance of weasels. Simply.
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Posted by OregonGuy 2011-01-12 13:44|| www.oregonguythinks.blogspot.com 2011-01-12 13:44|| Front Page Top

#6 ..is she a public figure?

So much for equal protection under the law. Remember it's a 'living, breathing' document. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-01-12 14:09|| 2011-01-12 14:09|| Front Page Top

#7 The last thing the left wants to discuss is the possibility that paranoid fixation on a female politician caused the violence.

Posted by Nero 2011-01-12 15:41|| 2011-01-12 15:41|| Front Page Top

#8 That the left is trying to do is handle Sarah Palin the way their Dutch branch handled Pim Fortuyn.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-01-12 15:45|| 2011-01-12 15:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Starting against Krugman, is filing a libel law suit winable or a waste of time and money?

It's next to impossible, and never worth it.

The best thing anyone could do would be to just hit back in a manner that makes them look like the a$$ they are. Which is just what she did. If Krugman and his like actually understand it, it's all the better.

Posted by gorb 2011-01-12 19:14|| 2011-01-12 19:14|| Front Page Top

#10 The left has done themselves a lot of damage by trying to politicize this.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-01-12 20:50|| 2011-01-12 20:50|| Front Page Top

#11 TOPIX/WORLDNEWS > seems SARAH is getting TWITTER-BASED DEATH THREATS in aftermath of Gabrielle Giffords shooting???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-12 23:06|| 2011-01-12 23:06|| Front Page Top

#12 Joseph,

That is correct. Death threats almost always generate from the left.

Posted by Glusorong Trotsky7204 2011-01-12 23:56|| 2011-01-12 23:56|| Front Page Top

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