By what standard has Conor in particular “refused” to remark on the case? If you simply wanted to call his attention to it, you could have done so without the obvious trolling. As you said, he is among the most admirably consistent voices on free speech issue.
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Replying to @IshBiggs7 @JeremyBiggs7 and
As far as I can tell, none of the people mentioned (and many other free speech defenders) have made an unequivocal statement condemning the libel chill in this case. What you call "trolling" is my way of noting this fact. They're still free to prove me wrong.
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If you’re noting this because you think the case is important and demands attention, you could have avoided the needless provocation. Instead, you decided that failure to issue a statement of unequivocal condemnation within 24 hours constitutes a refusal to comment.
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Replying to @IshBiggs7 @JeremyBiggs7 and
"Needless provocation" or needful provocation? I'm not a civility fetishist or fan of tone policing, so I think provocation can be good.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @JeremyBiggs7 and
I would say “alienating provocation grounded in substantively wrongheaded premises”
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The lawsuit seems abusive to me; I strongly suspect it will be thrown out; if it isn’t, I will almost certainly write about it; until then, it is very low on the list of Trump admin or admin adjacent abuses that I want people to focus on
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You could've said this at the start. But the reason to worry is that this same tactic (used by some of the same people) has already had a major impact on media: i.e. the suit that killed Gawker
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Jeet Heer Retweeted
Exactly. The Gawker case was a free speech travesty. But it rarely seen as s such. I think Yglesias is right here. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1053053265582219264 …
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