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He made hundreds of millions of dollars spreading his lies. He shouldn't profit from that, and should be forced to give all the revenue to the families he effected with his lies.

You shouldn't be able to profit off of others misery like that, get caught out, and then go whoopsy and pay a small percentage of all the money you made off of it. That just encourages you and others to do it again.

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But maybe he does not think they're lies. He thinks he is spreading the truth. Doesn't that make a difference, from lying on purpose for profit?

The same for the people giving him money. They don't care what he says, they never believed Sandy Hook was real for starters. They give him money because they want to see it "uncovered" and investigated from the only "journalist" that takes it

To prove prima facie defamation, a plaintiff must show four things: 1) a false statement purporting to be fact; 2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person; 3) fault amounting to at least negligence; and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the reputation of the person or entity who is the subject of the statement.

<https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defamation>

Belief is not an element of the definition.

Would it be ok if he wasn’t profiting from it?

HN doesn't like these kinds of questions.

You're right - it is OK as long as he's not profiting nor has a bullhorn the size of his. Otherwise, Wolfgang Halbig would be in the same kind of shit. He isn't.

HN isn't one guy with coherent views...

But anyway, it's not a very good question because it isn't plausibly serious nor logically related to the previous post.

When group censorship creates a lack of diversity that's exactly what it becomes.

just look at the downvotes man. look at the overemotional (protip: use of the word "fuck") posts. the consensus on this site is clear.

With some cause.

<https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions>

See the first seven items under HN guidelines for "In Comments":

<https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html>

Sounds like something someone does before blacklisting you.

No. But it would be less bad.

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