slanderous

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His free speech was clearly violated, by the public, slanderous nature in which it was handled.

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(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

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adjective

(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

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adjective

(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

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His free speech was clearly violated, by the public, slanderous nature in which it was handled.

Wow, an anonymous comment ripping someone who has just passed away with a bunch of slanderous accusations.

Would you trust them enough to be certain enough that it would always stay this way so you could safely put slanderous information about a person here?

We think highly of pg, why should we not defend what is merely slanderous nonsense?I'm the first one to disagree with many ideas in our echo chamber ...

"not 100% factual" ia an interesting way to spin "completely fabricated and slanderous"

You can make your point about how men do not suffer the constant fear of assault, but you are not free to drag gays into this in a slanderous, offensive, and deeply harmful manner.

Specifically, "any text containing vulgar or offensive words or expressions; any text that might be slanderous or libelous to individuals and/or institutions.

The problem is publicly posting a creepily-taken photograph of two friends at a conference, with entirely baseless slanderous claims of something you allegedly overheard them say to each other.

Is that acceptable you think?I also think there is space here for PSF to also issue an explicit statement regarding public humiliation and posting face pictures of attendees with slanderous and insulting captions.

Alright so digging a bit:At common law, eavesdroppers, or such as listen under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to hearken after discourse, and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales, are a common nuisance and presentable at the court-leet; or are indictable at the sessions, and punishable by fine and finding of sureties for [their] good behavior.

I stopped reading at this point: > ...when Gandhi's wife lay dying of pneumonia and British doctors\n > insisted that a shot of penicillin would save her, Gandhi refused to\n > have this alien medicine injected in her body and simply let her die.\n\nTrue as far as it goes, but a near-slanderous distortion of what actually happened: To those who tried to bolster her sagging morale saying "You will get\n better soon," Kasturba would respond, "No, my time is up.