Falsely accusing someone of pedophilia w/ knowledge of falsity shld be a crime. Many Trump surrogates are guilty of doing this to HRC. Is it criminal only if, as in the case of Roger Stone’s old friend Joel Greenberg, the perpetrator (eg, Greenberg) … 1/ mediaite.com/politics/its-e…
… uses the mail and/or impersonates the victim or a witness w/ a fake social media account, as Greenberg did when falsely accusing Brian Beute (his political opponent) of pedophilia w/ the help of Roger Stone protege Jacob Engels, who roams free despite suspicion that he… 2/
… is an unindicted co-conspirator? We cannot go on like this. Stone also falsely accused journalist Bob Norman of pedophilia. Deliberately slandering people on social media by knowingly making false claims against them shld be criminal but I guess it’s not? 3/
This should be criminal. Is there no criminal statute under which it fits? 4/ 
The far right is using the First Amendment to destroy individual peoples’ lives and the country at large. Much of this seems to not be criminal. Unethical, yes. Criminal, no. That is a huge problem if true. 5/
How do we defeat this cancer? They have taken over so much of the information space with hate radio and hate podcasts and fake news sites and bots and trolls and they have no morals or compassion. They are having the time of their lives lying to the public & destroying lives. 6/
That’s something else that gets me. They really are having the time of their lives. 7/
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