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Your regular reminder that... you know, this one just sucks.
Cory Tomczyk, a Republican state senator in my delightfully broken home state of Wisconsin, is spitefully suing a tiny four-person local newspaper for defamation after it reported that he used a homophobic slur at a county board meeting. The mounting legal costs could put the paper out of business.
I will say it over and over again: the biggest threat to free speech is the government, and it should be disqualifying and shameful for politicians to try and chill speech they dislike, especially accurate reporting of their own actions.
Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business
[The New York Times]
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