Who determines what is a lie, and what's just wrong? Or what's just opinion? Her view is just idiotic. Is that a lie? She'd probably think so:
Democratic political analyst Donna Brazile doesn't believe the U.S. Constitution protects lies.During Fox News's The Five, Brazile got into a heated argument with co-host Jesse Watters over Twitter fact-checking President Trump's tweet on mail-in voting, asserting the Bill of Rights doesn't apply to lies...
"There's no First Amendment right to lie, period," Brazile concluded, prompting pushback from hosts Greg Gutfeld and Dana Perino. "What would happen to politicians, Donna? If you couldn't lie, you'd have no politics!" Gutfeld said, but Brazile doubled-down on her opinion.
Amazing.
The constitution cannot compel a third party to spread lies on a platform that they own. You moderate the comments on your blog, and you would be perfectly in your rights to refuse to publish lies. Certain types of lies are not protected by the constitution such as defamation of character and false advertising. I am far more concerned about falsely accusing someone of murder that the kerfuffle about mail in voting. Men who have been falsely accused of assault have prevailed in court. I don't see why a false accusation of murder should be treated any differently.
ReplyDeleteThe term "lie" is often thrown about to mean "something I disagree with" or "something that is wrong". "Lie" means something specific.
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