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Thread #99402   Message #1988945
Posted By: GUEST,lawrence resident
06-Mar-07 - 08:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Pamela Greenbaum Sues Blogger Orthomom
Subject: RE: BS: Pamela Greenbaum Sues Blogger Orthomom
This suit is ridiculous. Orthomom did not call Greenbaum any of the names mentioned in the suit. In addition, no one AT ALL called Greenbaum "anti-semitic"(Greenbaum curiously claims that orthomom "implied" she was an anti-semite rather than saying she actually called her one outright. Does that mean I can't "imply" GWB is a warmongering fascist?). An anonymous commenter called Greenbaum a "bigot", and did so in response to a quote of Ms. Greenbaum's as reported in a newspaper. The quote was in regards to her positions on aid to private school students (she came out unequivocally against it). Also, the comment thread Ms. Greenbaum refers to in her complaint has more than a hundred comments that run the gamut from supportive of Greenbaum, abusive of Orthomom, etc. It is clear that the comment calling Ms. Greenbaum a bigot holds no more water than a comment calling other board members names (which exist in the same thread). To my eyes, and I am a local, it seems that greenbaum is not intending to file a libel suit at all (she has no case) but simply trying to unmask Orthomom or at least silence her criticism.