@jeffwM to News • 3 months agoLauren Boebert called "racist" for saying Karine Jean-Pierre is a "DEI hire"www.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square56arrow-up1290arrow-down116
arrow-up1274arrow-down1external-linkLauren Boebert called "racist" for saying Karine Jean-Pierre is a "DEI hire"www.lgbtqnation.com@jeffwM to News • 3 months agomessage-square56
minus-square@jeffwOPMlink24•3 months agoBecause if you don’t quote someone it sounds like you’re saying it and then you get sued
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkEnglish14•3 months agoBut she is a racist. And that’s not a quote. That’s a “quote”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 months agoIt’s almost impossible for a public figure to win a defamation suit. Especially a politician.
minus-square@jeffwOPMlink1•3 months agoLawsuits are expensive as hell, especially for smaller publications
Because if you don’t quote someone it sounds like you’re saying it and then you get sued
But she is a racist.
And that’s not a quote. That’s a “quote”
“Lauren Boebert” “called” ““Racist””
Truth is an absolute defense
It’s almost impossible for a public figure to win a defamation suit. Especially a politician.
Lawsuits are expensive as hell, especially for smaller publications