Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business

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Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business - Lemmy.world

If behind a paywall you can read it here: https://archive.li/az14v [https://archive.li/az14v]

Core of the lawsuit:

  • Newspaper received a tip from a reader
  • The reader alleged senator Tomczyk called a 13-year-old boy a homophobic three-letter word
  • The senator denied this and demanded a retraction
  • The paper kept their foot down and got sued
  • witnesses to the incident recall Tomczyk calling the child a “removed” and prior usage of similar language
That’s a useful addition. Additional sources add more weight to the story.

Tomczyk himself admitted in a deposition that he used the word occasionally.

Also worth noting he uses the word unapologetically to refer to his gay brother both "out of joking and out of spite."

It's a part of his normal vocabulary.

I’ve got black friends, does that mean…
Also, three more people corroborated that he said the slur. Cory Tomczyk is a piece of shit. Sue me, asshat. That was an opinion, not a fact. Though the fact remains that you’re a petty bitch.
Got sued and the judge dismissed it because Tomczyk did call a 13yo a fag.