In the US what he said would not legally be slander, but then we at least still have some decent protection of free speech.
Of course that's not true. That guy defamed a whole group of people by claiming they were drug dealers when they were not..........its called defamation of character. And if it happened in the US, they could have taken his sorry ass to court.
Here's an explanation of defamation and its legal consequences:
"In law, defamation is the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government or nation. Most jurisdictions allow legal actions, civil and/or criminal, to deter various kinds of defamation and retaliate against criticism.
The common law origins of defamation lie in the torts of slander (harmful statement in a transitory form, especially speech) and libel (harmful statement in a fixed medium, especially writing but also a picture, sign, or electronic broadcast), each of which gives a common law right of action.
"Defamation" is the general term used internationally, and is used in this article where it is not necessary to distinguish between "slander" and "libel". Libel and slander both require publication. The fundamental distinction between libel and slander lies solely in the form in which the defamatory matter is published. If the offending material is published in some fleeting form, as by spoken words or sounds, sign language, gestures and the like, then this is slander. If it is published in more durable form, for example in written words, film, compact disc (CD), DVD, internet blogging and the like, then it is considered libel."
en.wikipedia.org
The position of the speaker doesn't change whether or not a statement is slander.
Huh? What point are you trying to make? |
