The article points out that this republican politician and businessman, Cory Tomczyk, is suing a non-profit news site for reporting on his use of the slur towards a 13 year old boy. Although he lost his suit, he is appealing the decision. This suit has already cost the news site $150k.
How do these lawsuits not fall under SLAPP laws?
4 Comments
Kftrendy@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 3y
From the article:
Zoom, enhance:
Out of spite? You've called someone a slur - the specific slur in question, in fact - out of spite, multiple times, and yet you're claiming this specific time you've been defamed? What's the defamation? Did they falsely imply that you were at a 10/10 on the homophobia scale at the meeting while in fact you were only at a 9/10 that day?
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y
Because political capital protects its own.
Trekman10@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
Maybe he's appealing because he can't afford to pay the fees he forced the news site to incur if he loses (I think that can sometimes be part of a decision, but maybe I'm wrong).
goforliftoff@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y
I didn’t read the article, I don’t know where this took place, I don’t know anything about any of the people involved, but I do know this does not seem out of the ordinary at all and I am not surprised in the least.