Libel laws are too weak

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. The only lawsuit I know of involving that matter is one brought by one James Tracy

who was a professor of communications at Florida Atlantic University. He was one of the "Sandy Hook truthers" who claimed that shooting never happened but was a hoax perpetrated by the government as an excuse for more gun control. This asshole harassed one of the Sandy Hook parents, demanding proof of their son's death. As a result the university fired him, even though he had tenure. He sued the university for wrongful termination, claiming they had violated his right to free speech, but a jury upheld his termination. So it looks like the law doesn't necessarily protect that sort of bullshit. It was not a defamation case but a jury evidently didn't think Tracy's free speech rights were violated by his getting fired for spreading bullshit.