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Originally Posted by pensacola_niceman What you "think" can not ever be considered slander - no matter how vile and twisted it might be. | I am referring more to actual written or spoken words.
And even then, it's more complicated than just "that's slander" because somebody says the holocaust didn't happen. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ave Gloria Dei  I wonder if you can be charged with slander if it's a historical event, especially since there isn't anyone in this circumstance to "blame." We have to define both slander and libel.
slan·der
n.
Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
li·bel
n.
A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation.
The act of presenting such material to the public | And I think one of the main barriers to successful prosecution of such a situation would revolve around the phrase " person's reputation".
1) If all that occurred was somebody saying "The holocaust never happened." with nothing further, no reputation is maligned.
2) If the statement is "The holocaust never happened. It was a lie created by Jews.", then a GROUP of people have had their reputation maligned.
Arguably, an individual "person's" reputation may not be directly maligned, even if that person was of the Jewish faith. In addition, if the person involved was born after the Holocaust, the claim to a tarnished reputation is probably even harder to prove. "(Gay marriage) is a debate about whether you think gay people are part of the human condition or just a random fetish."
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