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cheetojeebus's avatar

It was as if the entire human genome cried out in anguish when this came out.

just_jim's avatar

And evil. Don't forget evil.

Jared Andrew Shoemaker Jr's avatar

Considering the way he talks I don’t think there is much to puzzle out

RMS's avatar

I've always thought that the public RWNJ figures were all grifters playing the rubes, but apparently these guys believe their own press releases. Either that or they were gaslighting Diana. But I'm leaning more towards the idea that they've really bought into the wingnuttism. An education for me, certainly.

Ωbjectifier's avatar

"To say nobody can believe anything, ever? "

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

RawrIhavePi's avatar

We're supposed to believe someone was dating Wohl?

jamesgray8's avatar

For (sometimes) better and (sometimes) wose, the defamation and libel laws aren't as stringent in the U.S. as they are in the U.K. -- and lean more heavily toward the freedom of expression. More specifically, the case law allows vast protection for statements of opinion, with the standards for proving defamation needing (among other things) proof of "actual malice," which is related to "publishing information with reckless disregard of whether it was false" or "knowledge that the information was false" (New York Times vs. Sullivan).

I personally believe their words and actions probably pass a number of those tests and could be actionable. But unless something momentous happened as a result (e.g., an attack on Fauci; a riot; a widespread video), I doubt anyone would bring a case -- especially in this Idiocracy culture where "Plandemic" easily gains a foothold and Republicans control the courts. A lawsuit would simply be a rallying cry for dimwits -- and probably lose in the end, after a protracted and costly battle.

gammarae's avatar

i think we were still all trying to puzzle out ben shapiro

jtgillick's avatar

why? because it makes money for them, duh. follow the money (like, maybe following the money that funds Klayman?).

Lorindel Ó Loingsigh's avatar

Wohl/Burkman/Trump Centipede and then launch the three of them/it into space.

Keith Taylor's avatar

The money must have had far more to do with it. It's beyond my capacity for belief that Wohl, from all I've read about him, could merely "charm" anybody into doing anything A fungus-infected newt probably has more charm. I suspect Andrade was even bribed to say she'd been in a relationship with him. Because that too seems dubious.

Skaarphy's avatar

Even psychopaths have their losers.

SterWonk's avatar

This was too stupid to take off right now. But wait a few weeks, when the prematurely-reopened states start seeing spikes in infections. By then, the nutjobs will be even more desperate to deny reality.