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Is there legal recourse for such a thing?

It should fall under libel. Matt Taibbi has spoken recently about how the media in particular have no fear of committing libel:

https://youtu.be/T2uptyJrdu4

They will straight say certain things without any fear that someone might sue them for libel/character defamation. That link is a little topical due to the Rittenhouse case, but for many years they labeled Trump a variety of things on one side, and the right-wing labeled their targets in the same fashion on the other side. I’m pretty sure they also said Joe Rogan was taking horse medicine, which was a low blow. Well, not as low of a blow as insinuating Trump took part in Golden Showers (him pissing on girls, or vice versa, actual pee, if anyone needs to ask) in Russian hotels.

They don’t give a shit, and that’s just the media. Your average person now uses the same appeal to authority attack tactics in every day encounters.

What can you do if someone says you are toxic or __insert psychotic tendency here__ at work, in a relationship? The way we communicate seems to have shifted to the label being thrown out first, versus objectively walking through issues.

I don’t know, I have no answers honestly, and generally find this too exhausting to even try to dissect. I guess only Peter Thiel successfully launched a counter attack:

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/11/peter-thi...

In summary, you need some dope lawyers if you want recourse.




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