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

"Rudy Canoza" <notgenx32@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 16, 8:20 am, "Godzilla Pimp" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Rudy Canoza" <pi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
>
> No, it hasn't.

The minuscule amount found on apples is harmless. There are far more 
naturally occurring carcinogens in fruits and vegetables. Small amounts of

carcinogens are good for you. So is a small amount of radiation and germs.

People who have radon in their basements have LESS lung cancer. Kids who 
nver play in the dirt with other children are less healthy as adults.

>
>> BTW, how about when Campbell's was prohibited from saying "soup is good
>> food" by the lefties.?
>
> They weren't.  That didn't happen.

I remember when it happened. Too much salt, the gov't claimed. I don't
know 
if they got around to banning the ad but Campbell dropped it.

GP