the rightwing ***** lied:
> "Rudy Canoza" <pipes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:JPGdnfKA1OLqfrnVnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> One of the more insidious forms of suppression of speech by the right
wing
>> are SLAPP and "product disparagement" lawsuits. There is nothing
>> inherently rightwing about SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public
>> Participation), but they are used by rightwing organizations or
business
>> far more often than by the left. Product disparagement suits are
almost
>> exclusively the province of the right, the most infamous instances
being
>> the suit brought against Oprah Winfrey by the Texas cattle producers,
and
>> a case brought by Wa****ngton state apple growers against CBS and an
>> environmental group (NRDC - rabid extremists, to be sure) over the
>> chemical Alar.
>>
>> Foam-at-the-mouth knuckle-dragging troglodyte conservatives pooh-pooh
this
>> aspect of suppression of speech, trying to explain it away as something
>> else. It is, of course, suppression of speech that ought to be
protected.
>
> As rare as these types of lawsuits are, most business people are
> conservatives, so it stands to reason that most would be brought by
people
> on the right, but that having been said, you of course have some proof
of
> your assertion, right?
>
> Furthermore, when it comes to lawsuits against conservative bu****ness
> people,
We're talking about lawsuits *brought* by conservatives, to suppress
speech.
Nice try, *****.


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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-09 16:49:02 |
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"Eddie Haskell" |
2008-05-09 20:14:07 |
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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-09 21:41:51 |
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Larry in AZ <usenet2@[ |
2008-05-10 06:21:25 |
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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-10 03:55:44 |
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Larry in AZ <usenet2@[ |
2008-05-10 15:48:37 |
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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-10 09:32:02 |
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Starkiller <NoSpam.SKS |
2008-05-10 12:25:45 |
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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-10 10:46:45 |
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Governor Swill <govern |
2008-05-11 02:16:54 |
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Starkiller <NoSpam.SKS |
2008-05-11 09:19:21 |
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Governor Swill <govern |
2008-05-13 00:54:36 |
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Starkiller <NoSpam.SKS |
2008-05-13 06:52:47 |
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Larry in AZ <usenet2@[ |
2008-05-10 18:58:44 |
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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-10 11:59:55 |
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"Godzilla Pimp" |
2008-05-16 11:20:07 |
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Rudy Canoza <notgenx32 |
2008-05-16 10:11:22 |
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"Godzilla Pimp" |
2008-05-17 09:17:03 |
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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-17 08:31:30 |
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Starkiller <NoSpam.SKS |
2008-05-17 12:27:19 |
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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-17 10:50:16 |
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Governor Swill <govern |
2008-05-19 03:13:58 |
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Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM |
2008-05-19 06:22:49 |
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Starkiller <NoSpam.SKS |
2008-05-19 17:07:04 |
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