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What a Constitutionalist.
1 posted on 02/26/2016 12:41:29 PM PST by ConservativeTeen
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To: ConservativeTeen

“What a Constitutionalist.”
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Cuz libel should be legal?

Got it.


2 posted on 02/26/2016 12:42:51 PM PST by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: ConservativeTeen

So they can’t tell the truth about him.


3 posted on 02/26/2016 12:43:01 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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Media would actually double check their facts.


5 posted on 02/26/2016 12:43:43 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (My first choice is Trump 4 economics and Not a Politician . Cruz to endorse Rubio Stay Home)
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You can’t sue people for writing bad things about you. That’s called free speech.


6 posted on 02/26/2016 12:44:17 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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The Big Media should be broken up. No national TV station, that is also a ‘News Outlet’ should have more than a handful of affiliates, and no more than a viewership of say thirty million.


7 posted on 02/26/2016 12:44:22 PM PST by heights
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Not having to prove actual malice when you are a public figure would cut down on stories such as, “Donald Trump inherited $200 million”. That and “Looser pays” and we might have a less litigious society.


8 posted on 02/26/2016 12:44:40 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: ConservativeTeen

Recommend you don’t get behind what the Propaganda Ministry has become.


9 posted on 02/26/2016 12:45:12 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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Something needs to keep the media in check so they stop acting as a facilitator/enabler of the state’s political whims. The founding idea was that of a free press, not a govt press.

Not sure yet what a solution would be.


10 posted on 02/26/2016 12:45:18 PM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State)
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To: ConservativeTeen

I’m not seeing the “satire” tag. Please tell me there’s supposed to be a “satire” tag!


12 posted on 02/26/2016 12:46:07 PM PST by Johnny B. (Trump IS the croney capitalist his fans want him to protect them from.)
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Folks, if you're reading this, you know what needs to happen.
It doesn't take a big contribution. Pick your comfort level and
please join others to help put the FReepathon to rest. Thank you.

13 posted on 02/26/2016 12:46:24 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: ConservativeTeen

Donald SUEsan Trump.


15 posted on 02/26/2016 12:46:51 PM PST by Toespi
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As a Trumpian I admit this is dopey, but for one tiny sliver. The media bear no responsibility or ultimate consequence for anything they say save “malice aforethought” and total immunity for what they do to those “in the public eye”. In a real free market so be it. But in a litigious society they shouldn’t have such a loose standard. Covering culture and current events doesn’t extend to lying about them.


18 posted on 02/26/2016 12:47:30 PM PST by major-pelham
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I think the idea that the media should have to tell the truth is a scum sucking idea...

/s


19 posted on 02/26/2016 12:47:31 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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Ummmm, the First Amendment protects all of us...
20 posted on 02/26/2016 12:48:18 PM PST by GOPJ (I will never vote for an Establishment Republican (GOPe) as long as I live - on any level.)
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"I'm gonna open up our libel laws, so when they write purposely negative and horrible, false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money," Trump said at a rally in Fort Worth, Texas.

He already can if he can prove actual malice on the part of the writer. Which is something he should know.

23 posted on 02/26/2016 12:49:13 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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I thought this was satire, but it is real. Trump wants to outlaw criticism of his highness. A lot of Freepers don’t mind a thug, as long as they think he is on their side. He is an “alpha male”, and his critics are “wimps” and GOPe.

This crap probably won’t work in the general election, and if it does work, look out.


24 posted on 02/26/2016 12:49:19 PM PST by reaganaut1
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To: ConservativeTeen

And campaign promises should be considered legally binding verbal contracts with every person who votes for said promises.


25 posted on 02/26/2016 12:49:41 PM PST by FunkyZero (... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
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To: ConservativeTeen
And then he would stack the court to make sure all the cases that made him look bad would be immediately dismissed.

He sure will show all those stupid media hacks that they can't mess with The Donald.

26 posted on 02/26/2016 12:50:48 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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Holy crap, Trump fans can’t bring themselves to criticize him even when he says he is going to restrict political speech to protect his fragile ego. This is nuts.


27 posted on 02/26/2016 12:51:09 PM PST by dinoparty
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I am not with him on this.

Can you imagine what the Clintons would have done to Matt Drudge? Obama to Sean Hannity when he started playing the Rev. Wright clips? Etc.


28 posted on 02/26/2016 12:51:33 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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