Is it naïve to hope that Trump will sue someone such as Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, etc., and get beat in court or in a countersuit in which it is proven to the satisfaction of a fair and unbiased judge and/or jury that the person originally sued had spoken the truth (which is still the standard for permitting defamat…
Is it naïve to hope that Trump will sue someone such as Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, etc., and get beat in court or in a countersuit in which it is proven to the satisfaction of a fair and unbiased judge and/or jury that the person originally sued had spoken the truth (which is still the standard for permitting defamatory statements). Could a few such suits and massive judgments in favor of defendants put a real crimp in the bully’s style? Will our courts hold up and truth ultimately prevail?
Thom says:
“Any company so willing to engage with such tainted government leadership should alarm us all: Going forward, the honesty, reliability, and safety of their products may well be corrupted by their praetorian relationship with Trump’s regulators, rather than responding to the competitive forces of the actual marketplace.”
This suggests boycotts might be in order. However, it seems to me that the more important issue is that far too much relies on responses to “the competitive forces of the actual marketplace”. I believe the marketplace is already badly corrupted and that we should be rethinking about significantly redesigning that milieu.
I had a thought which we might try to convey to ABC/Disney and others. If anyone has imagined a “benevolent dictatorship” this will not be that. Everyone should know right now that benevolence is definitely nowhere to be found in these cards.
Is it naïve to hope that Trump will sue someone such as Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, etc., and get beat in court or in a countersuit in which it is proven to the satisfaction of a fair and unbiased judge and/or jury that the person originally sued had spoken the truth (which is still the standard for permitting defamatory statements). Could a few such suits and massive judgments in favor of defendants put a real crimp in the bully’s style? Will our courts hold up and truth ultimately prevail?
Thom says:
“Any company so willing to engage with such tainted government leadership should alarm us all: Going forward, the honesty, reliability, and safety of their products may well be corrupted by their praetorian relationship with Trump’s regulators, rather than responding to the competitive forces of the actual marketplace.”
This suggests boycotts might be in order. However, it seems to me that the more important issue is that far too much relies on responses to “the competitive forces of the actual marketplace”. I believe the marketplace is already badly corrupted and that we should be rethinking about significantly redesigning that milieu.
I had a thought which we might try to convey to ABC/Disney and others. If anyone has imagined a “benevolent dictatorship” this will not be that. Everyone should know right now that benevolence is definitely nowhere to be found in these cards.