Words Die Hard on th eWeb

[Kathleen Bergin]

Thus the fault line in the argument that "the cure to bad speech is more
speech."

 

Bullying on the web is in fact impossible to respond to.  Any response
generates more bullying.  A non-response gives bullies the last word.  Under
these circumstances, the value of the marketplace is a myth.  

 

And as the article shows, internet based bullying generates more than just
an emotional/physical response in the victim.  Law firms, as the article
says, are hesitant to hire someone who is "a lightening rod."  Yet she is
only a lightening rod because a third party (or third parties) decided to
make her one.  The hecklers control of the market place and law firms are
being led them.  

 

Lynne, do you have info on the "correction" site you mentioned.  Im curious
about how it works.  Factual corrections are one thing, but how you do you
"correct" an assertion that an identified prof/lawyer/student has engaged in
(insert vile sexual activity of choice), or is a (insert vile
sexual/racial/etc. epithet of choice).

 

On a strategic level, some of us "lightening rods" have tried to inundate
the web with professionally positive postings in the hopes that it will
bottleneck the rest of what's out there.  

 

 

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From: conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
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Subject: WaPo: Words Die Hard on th eWeb

 

On a serious side--this is harmful speech and virtually impossible to
respond to, no/  Although a correctio nsite has been started. . . .

Lynne Henderson

 

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