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Pamela Geller is a professional troll. (Original Post) NuclearDem May 2015 OP
She's trollin' for a "commentary" job at Fox. Eleanors38 May 2015 #1
You have the right to say that. haele May 2015 #2
Insults are not considered defamation starroute May 2015 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #3
I agree 100% on both counts. GoneFishin May 2015 #4
I didn't see Mayweather v Pacquiao JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #5
Pretty much so. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #6
Ayup. PeaceNikki May 2015 #8
More than two fucking idiots are feeding her. cbayer May 2015 #9
True, she is pure troll and two people tried to out troll her. Rex May 2015 #10

haele

(12,682 posts)
2. You have the right to say that.
Mon May 4, 2015, 02:24 PM
May 2015

And I have the right to agree with that.

Unless, of course, she decides she needs money and wants to sue anyone who says nasty or naughty things about her for defamation.
Which, as she is not a government, she can do legally in some states - even if it is true that she is a pathetic attention-seeking professional troll.

What is even more sadly pathetic that two lack-wits went ahead and took her bait, instead of recognizing the bridge they decided to rush to prove their idiotic ideological purity had a huge troll under it.

Haele

starroute

(12,977 posts)
7. Insults are not considered defamation
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:33 PM
May 2015

If you were, say, to accuse Geller of being a paid agent of the Israeli government, that would be defamation. But simply calling her a troll is like calling someone an asshole. It's an expression of opinion and not of fact.

http://injury-law.freeadvice.com/injury-law/libel_and_slander/insults_epithets.htm

Insults and epithets are usually not considered to be defamatory because they are emotional outbursts and the intent of the person is to show displeasure or dislike. They are not normally meant to harm the person to whom they are directed, so would not generally meet the criteria required under the law for a defamation suit.

Defamation is, by nature, a false statement made to sound true and meant to cause harm. Examples may include subjecting a person to ridicule or contempt and/or causing him to be shunned or avoided. Defamation could also cause injury to the victim in his occupation.

Response to NuclearDem (Original post)

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
9. More than two fucking idiots are feeding her.
Mon May 4, 2015, 04:02 PM
May 2015

Say what you will, this was a brilliant move on her part. Support from the far right and the far left all in one package.

Brilliant. She's despicable beyond words.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
10. True, she is pure troll and two people tried to out troll her.
Mon May 4, 2015, 04:03 PM
May 2015

If we survive as a nation for another 100 years, I will be amazed. We seem too stupid as a people, to be able to cope for much longer with each other.

I expect the fundie idiot elite to start mobilizing any day now against the liberal arts and all people of color.


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