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Civil Liberties

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,586 posts) Thu Oct 13, 2022, 10:53 AM Oct 2022

My mentions are full of hot takes on this case so let’s clear a few things up.

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The First Amendment and Alex Jones: a thread (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 OP

This was the key, I thought: Dr. Strange Oct 2022 #1

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1. This was the key, I thought:

Fri Oct 14, 2022, 11:30 PM

Oct 2022

Jones was sued for defamation and could have raised a First Amendment defense, but he fucked around and got a default judgment entered against him.

So much of this nonsense was due to Jones screwing around and not taking things seriously.