In Tiny’s America, a person with significant means could defame his enemies, opponents and competitors without regard for the truth as long as he has the money to get the lie aired constantly on TV and in print. If the things stated are true, the law says, go ahead. But if it’s a lie, the law says you can be sued into bankruptcy. That’s the beauty of the system, a person can decide not to tell lies in print or on the air and there won’t be a lawsuit. I thought we liked people making choices and living with consequences. Or does that not apply to conservatives and the conservative media? Originally Posted by 1blackman1So you want to bankrupt all the politicians (i.e. people who defame their opponents without regard for the truth)? Or rather all the politicians with significant means? Those with, as Salty says, big $$$$ targets on their backs? The plaintiffs' attorneys wouldn't have the motivation to go after the rest.
In Russia, the powers that be can just say Alexei Navalny is a liar and throw him in the clinker. Now you're not going to see that here. I guess they'd just bankrupt him instead, if you got him in front of a judge and jurors who didn't like him. Which is exactly what Singapore's People's Action Party does to its opponents.
I wouldn't by any means put Navalny in the same category as Sidney Powell, who has a screw loose. But who's going to make that determination? A court in Alabama or New York? She probably will be bankrupted.
If something similar happens on MSNBC someday, and it may very well, you're not going to see me saying the channel should be bankrupted or shut down.
