OPINION: “A favorite tool of the rich and powerful for bullying critics into silence is the SLAPP: Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation,' writes AriCohn
the effect of SLAPPs this way: “Persons who have been outspoken on issues of public importance targeted in such suits or who have witnessed such suits will often choose in the future to stay silent. Short of a gun to the head, a greater threat to First Amendment expression can scarcely be imagined.”A favorite tool of the rich and powerful for bullying critics into silence is the SLAPP: Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.
to Stanley saying “Keep your opinions to yourself,” and “I hope you of all people will think twice before expressing opinions on subjects in which you are not fully versed.”replied
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