The beauty of living in the USA is we have the right to free speech. Many countries are not as fortunate. That said however does not mean we have the right to no repurcussions for this free speech. The counter balance to this right of free speech is called liable. We need to make sure what we say is in effect not untrue or does damage to one. Our free speech does not allow us the right to damage one's reputation regardless of what we think of that person's reputation.
When there is disagreement as to whether or not damage was done and renumeration for such is warranted, we have a court system (imperfect as it may be) which often times asked to mediate or arbritrate a conclusion. It will be interesting to see what the courts decide in this situation.
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