Comment by openasocket

I really hate this lazy argument, that what happened to Alex Jones is another step on the slippery slope to fascism or something. He was sued for defamation and lost. Defamation has been a tort in the US this entire time. Defamation as a concept goes back centuries before the US was even founded. There wasn’t some change to defamation laws that brought down Alex Jones, there wasn’t some novel interpretation of the statutes or jurisprudence. The facts aren’t even novel, this is clearly defamation of the families of Sandy Hook. Alex Jones losing his lawsuit is the system working the way it always has. This isn’t a step towards fascism; it isn’t a step at all!