Mike Masnick ✅Dec 29, 2022
It's so nice to have @Popehat blogging about free speech again: https://popehat.substack.com/p/can-a-tarot-card-reading-be-defamatory
Can A Tarot Card Reading Be Defamatory?

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But if Guillard's audience believes (which they presumably do), that tarot readings are a valid source of information, why isn't that defamation to them?

Dec 30, 2022 at 12:24amWeb
Show threadKen WhiteDec 30, 2022

@errg @mmasnick

Because the standard is a reasonable person, not an idiot or dupe.

Show threadBernie Luckily Does ItDec 30, 2022
@Popehat @errg @mmasnick At this point there's pretty strong empirical evidence that a lot of "reasonable people" are dupes.
Show threadKonrad RudolphDec 30, 2022
@BernieDoesIt @Popehat @errg @mmasnick If the standard is a reasonable person, shouldn't tarot reading be recognised as fabricating evidence?