Re: More on suppression of speech, expressly for foam-at-the-mouth knuckle-dragging troglodyte conservatives

"Rudy Canoza" <pipes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> 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.

Alar has been shown to be harmless. Oprah has not.

BTW, how about when Campbell's was prohibited from saying "soup is good 
food" by the lefties.?

GP