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If You Repeat Something Do You Become Responsible For Its Content?
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Not so long ago Trump re-tweeted a post originating from the far right. He was vilifies for it particularly so by the left and liberal press effectively say yes you are responsible.
Now we have McDonell repeating a 'joke' that purported to violence against a fellow MP. He says he just repeated it and so should not apologize. The left wing and liberal press seem to thing he should.
Is McDonnel right or wrong?
Now we have McDonell repeating a 'joke' that purported to violence against a fellow MP. He says he just repeated it and so should not apologize. The left wing and liberal press seem to thing he should.
Is McDonnel right or wrong?
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If you repeat/ retweet/ forward something it implies that you agree with it. I have a friend who sends me racist jokes as emails - I never forward them.
08:55 Mon 22nd Jan 2018
// If a statement should turn out to be libellous then anyone who publishes it is liable.//
I would say actionable rather than libellous
The usual suspects have their usual underwear unusually knotted. Are they really saying that if you say knee-jair or packie in public - then a defence would really be " yeah my dad said that in 1956 and I am just repeating it"
I suggest it wouldnt work. Blimey
or stab himi stab him, kill the pig!
oh yeah it wasnt me I was just repeating what I just heard from someone behind me yeah ?
I would say actionable rather than libellous
The usual suspects have their usual underwear unusually knotted. Are they really saying that if you say knee-jair or packie in public - then a defence would really be " yeah my dad said that in 1956 and I am just repeating it"
I suggest it wouldnt work. Blimey
or stab himi stab him, kill the pig!
oh yeah it wasnt me I was just repeating what I just heard from someone behind me yeah ?
In this world of cyber-communication, there are plenty of people who type first and think afterwards - President Trump being among the biggest offenders.
In communication, especially written communication which is open to scrutiny and analysis in a way that the spoken word is not - unless recorded - context is everything.
If you re-tweet a racist comment, then you are inferring that you agree with it. If you re-tweet it as a quote which you then condemn, then your antipathy is clear.
It is these simple rules which regular users of social media need to be aware of - and the higher their profile, and therefore the greater attention paid to social media observations - the more aware and more careful people need to be.
I don't do Twitter, and I am happy enough to elaborate on the odd misunderstanding that crops up on here, and I accept it as part of the downside of written-only communication.
But I can do that, because I am not a politician, and I am not the President.
In communication, especially written communication which is open to scrutiny and analysis in a way that the spoken word is not - unless recorded - context is everything.
If you re-tweet a racist comment, then you are inferring that you agree with it. If you re-tweet it as a quote which you then condemn, then your antipathy is clear.
It is these simple rules which regular users of social media need to be aware of - and the higher their profile, and therefore the greater attention paid to social media observations - the more aware and more careful people need to be.
I don't do Twitter, and I am happy enough to elaborate on the odd misunderstanding that crops up on here, and I accept it as part of the downside of written-only communication.
But I can do that, because I am not a politician, and I am not the President.
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