"If you can't legally reveal an address, why can you legally reveal a name" is a legal question. Either you care about the law or you don't. Caring selectively is ridiculous.
-
-
also what if the person in question is a prominent campaigner for enforcing a particular morality code through law?
-
say, there's a conservative congressman who campaigns for an unqualified ban on abortion and who forced his mistress to have her pregnancy terminated
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
Keep in mind that the concept of free speech is meaningless outside 2A, which only protects from govment interference. Libel laws protect private citizens more than public figures, but this dude doesn't seem to have been libeled. There might be issues of ethics or common decency.
-
Truth is an absolute defense against libel, yes It is an obviously true fact that Scott Alexander's actual last name is Siskind, and it cannot be illegal in any sense to broadcast that fact
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.