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Thread #99402   Message #1989452
Posted By: GUEST,heric
07-Mar-07 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Pamela Greenbaum Sues Blogger Orthomom
Subject: RE: BS: Pamela Greenbaum Sues Blogger Orthomom
Resident: Thanks for dropping by. I'll bet you are right concerning the tactic. It is so common that in California, under a fairly recent statute, Greenbaum would now almost certainly be sanctioned with the defendants' attorneys fees. What she is doing is called a "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation," with its own official acronym: SLAPP.

Richard I was joking, not very well, that right thinking members of society would favour standing up to the new guard and not worry about its srident web ranting or be coerced in how they have to vote to be free of anti-semitism charges. The orthomom people are saying "You're not with us so you're against us." Being against them, under such threats, is right-thinking.

(In other words, yes, I see fault all around. The new guard seem to be oppressive. Pamela is right to stand up to them, but not in the manner she has chosen.)