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[–] [email protected] 70 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That seems like a clear case of libel, and Gaetz should sue... If it were false.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Your point still stands, but he said it at Georgetown University, so that would be slander.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I very much appreciate the comment in the first place. Haha

It’s more for other readers. I assume you know the difference and used libel because the meme was written word. Most people who don’t know the difference tend to refer to everything as slander.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

And that's how I learned the difference between libel and slander.

[–] jballs 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damn I don't know how that wasn't bigger news

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Because in a party full of corruption, one freshman congressman raping a kid doesn't even register on their radar. They've got much bigger crimes to ignore and hide.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

I'm sure he will, if it's false.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

McCarthy didn't name who it was. It reasonably could have be almost any Republican!