Abusive threads bordering on Slander

[Scataphagos]

You should not tolerate threads started that is bordering on slander at best! There are atleast, a couple by unhinged liberals! Those threads should be deleted and they should be banned from this site! If you allow these people to do as they please, you expose your site Elite Trader to lawsuits of the parties slandered!

There's a difference between referring to someone as a "dickhead" and legal slander.

You understand the diff?

" slander
n. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed..."

 

[El OchoCinco]

Oral defamation....in a written forum...

wow...you cannot make this stuff up..no wonder the discourse is in the gutter.

 

[smallfil]

There's a difference between referring to someone as a "dickhead" and legal slander.

You understand the diff?

" slander
n. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed..."

Did you even read the thread? Nowhere was "dickhead" mentioned. It suggested he was a "predator". Huge difference between the two.

 

[Scataphagos]

Oral defamation....in a written forum...

I'm aware of the definition of slander. But does what's said "materially harm the reputation" the one spoken about?

For example... calling a politico a "shithead"... accurately described or not, doesn't really do any harm to his reputation (we already know that)... and is different from falsely claiming he "committed sexual assault against a specific minor person". Damaging if true, of course. Slander if not true.

 

[LS1Z28]

You should not tolerate threads started that is bordering on slander at best! There are atleast, a couple by unhinged liberals! Those threads should be deleted and they should be banned from this site! If you allow these people to do as they please, you expose your site Elite Trader to lawsuits of the parties slandered!

You shouldn't take political boards so seriously. It's all fun and games. Listening to unhinged liberals whine about Trump is high quality entertainment.

 

[speedo]

Anybody can sue over anything...realistic remedy is another thing.

 

[El OchoCinco]

I'm aware of the definition of slander. But does what's said "materially harm the reputation" the one spoken about?

For example... calling a politico a "shithead"... accurately described or not, doesn't really do any harm to his reputation (we already know that)... and is different from falsely claiming he "committed sexual assault against a specific minor person". Damaging if true, of course. Slander if not true.

Scata clubs baby seals while pleasuring himself!

Not slander just because it is not true. Truth, or lack thereof, is not the only requirement. So I can say what I said above and it is not LIBEL.

Plus, public figures have a much higher standard for libel cases.

Trump is a racist who dislikes people of color!

Trump cannot sue me over what I said above.

 

[OptionsOptionsOptions]

You should not tolerate threads started that is bordering on slander at best! There are atleast, a couple by unhinged liberals! Those threads should be deleted and they should be banned from this site! If you allow these people to do as they please, you expose your site Elite Trader to lawsuits of the parties slandered!

Link?

There is thread in the politics section. The link is there.

Could you post a link to the offending thread or post?

 

[Scataphagos]

Scata clubs baby seals while pleasuring himself!

Going for a laugh, are you? (If so, lame attempt.)

 

[Scataphagos]

Plus, public figures have a much higher standard for libel cases.

Which "public figures" are posting on ET?