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>You shouldn't be able to sue someone for writing a review

You can sue anyone for anything.

They said you "shouldn't" be able to. Being able to sue for anything becomes effective censorship by those with the deepest pockets.

>Being able to sue for anything becomes effective censorship by those with the deepest pockets.

You've misunderstood both my post and the post I was replying to. I know what they said, and I agree that the pay-to-play American legal system needs to be reworked. They were talking about stopping a specific kind of lawsuit, not all lawsuits that you'd consider "censorship".

Nothing was misunderstood. They want lawsuits for reviews stopped - lawsuits for reviews by the offended party, with deep pockets, is effectivly censorship - they can control the message. The poster never implied they can or cannot be sued - just that they shouldn't. Opinion vs fact.

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