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Re:Alex Jones must pay $50m in punitive damages for Sandy Ho... by unixbane on Friday August 05, 2022 @09:53PM (#32364069)
>> People should be able to monetize lies.

>What? No.

He was obviously arguing from a standpoint that there shouldn't be a law against that specifically (there isn't), due to the implications such a law would have.

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Re:Alex Jones must pay $50m in punitive damages for Sandy Ho... by kypro on Friday August 05, 2022 @10:28PM (#32364247)
Yes, but I think I probably could have been clearer. I don't think drug companies should be able to lie about the effectiveness of their products, for example.

What I mean is that I don't think it should be illegal to say what you think about something as an individual, even if you're lying. If you're trying to sell a product then you I don't think you should be able to lie about what the product does, but you should be free to lie about how much you like it.

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