By UCmeNdc
That didn't take long. Not even a week has passed, and the president
elect's team is already warning Trump critics to be "careful" about the
way they criticize Trump. (Freedom does not include criticizing
President Trump.)
Donald Trump's minions seem to be confused about this, so let's fill
them in on something they're going to need to know going forward: The
President of the United States has the least legal protection against
criticism or libel of anyone in the country. As the ultimate public
figure, courts are obliged to grant public citizens wide leeway. This is
why, for example, elected public officials, private citizens, and the
Fox News channel have been repeatedly able to peddle 100% false
information about Barack Obama for a decade with absolutely no
repercussions.
To demonstrate how this works, I could, for example, say something
like "President Donald Trump is a small-penised sex-obsessed pervert who
stands accused of raping a 13 year old girl and who, given his
temperament, has in all likelihood sexually abused at least one of his
own children. He is mentally unstable and among the dumbest individuals
ever to hold any public office anywhere, is quite probably colluding
with Russia to undermine American interests, and spends his evenings
aggressively masturbating to National Geographic footage of burrowing
meerkats. His sole aim in acquiring the presidency is to convert the
Lincoln Bedroom into a Rape Room, and he will sell an American nuclear
weapon to ISIS for fifteen dollars and change if he thinks he'd make two
dollars worth of profit on it."
Welcome to the big leagues, President Summer Squash. You're going to have quite the adventure from here on in.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1598359/-Kellyanne-Conway-to-Trump-critics-Be-careful-what-you-say
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