Taylor Swift threatened to sue a blogger who accused the singer of white supremacy. The ACLU responded and told her to back off and respect the bloggers right to free speech. Pick a side:
Miss Swift needs to stop doing all these things just for the sake of publicity. Stick to singing, your good at it. Using the tabloids for attention only cheapens you.
Because bloggers have the right to free speech but smart women do not? That is about the nastiest insult/accusation there is, I'd expect her or any decent human to address it head-on with a vengeance.
I would tell ACLU to fork themselves and sue the blogger over false conspiracy. She won one case she can win again. No more of this left paranoia, should be stop.
Accusing someone of being or supporting a radical white group without fact can be slanderous. Calling people Hitler is just dumb. I think she has enough money to sue the dopey blogger and cause a lot of financial grief to the blogger and ACLU. I’m sure she has very good lawyers.
It is recognized that public figure forfeit some of their rights to privacy. No one forfeits their right to protection from defamation of character. (slander or libel).
There are still requirements which must be met.
Malekithe, it’s not libel unless it’s demonstrably false. The claims, while a stretch in many people’s opinions (including mine), are not demonstrably false. Therefore, you cannot take the case to court.
The law of defamation varies from state to state, but there are some generally accepted rules. If you believe you are have been "defamed," to prove it you usually have to show there's been a statement that is all of the following:
published
false
injurious
unprivileged
People who aren't elected but who are still public figures because they are influential or famous -- like movie stars -- also have to prove that defamatory statements were made with actual malice, in most cases.
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