OMG Nunes is suing Twitter...

[oped]

and i seriously have not laughed this long or this loud in two years...

[Tennesseer]

Snowflakes everywhere it seems.

GOP Rep. Devin Nunes sues Twitter for $250 million

[Deleted]

Mar 18, 2019 19:23:54 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Snowflakes everywhere it seems.

GOP Rep. Devin Nunes sues Twitter for $250 million

Thank you, I really needed that!

[oped]

You have to take a deep dive, so to speak, lmao... he even included memes. My sides hurt. Worst self own ever. It's like, why take all the insults anyone has ever lobbed about all your worse traits and put them together publicly in one place?  Why does the GOP think this shit is a good idea? lmao.. 

[oped]

So seriously, I'm still laughing... but also its not lost on me that yesterday Trump threatened SNL etc. and today Putin introduced laws to stop people saying bad things about him on the internets...

[mmhmm]

Nunes is filing suit in Virginia and Virginia does have an anti-SLAPP law. Haven't read the law so I don't know if it has real teeth. Still, these suits are usually filed in order to drag the purported perp into court and bury them in legal paperwork and wrangling so they'll give up. It will be interesting to see where this goes.

[Virgil Showlion]

Mar 18, 2019 19:32:57 GMT -5 oped said:

You have to take a deep dive, so to speak, lmao... he even included memes. My sides hurt. Worst self own ever. It's like, why take all the insults anyone has ever lobbed about all your worse traits and put them together publicly in one place?  Why does the GOP think this shit is a good idea? lmao.. 

He's alleging harassment and defamation, hence the suit has to compile relevant behaviour.

He's also alleging 'shadowbanning', which is a real and measurable practice on Twitter (in 2017, at least; they may have since desisted). In short, he may well be able to prove that aspect of the suit.

Hence I'm assuming you're beside yourself due to skepticism a judge/jury will award him any damages. On this I tend to agree with you, but juries have awarded millions in more far fetched circumstances. And regardless, frivolous lawsuits aren't worth belly laughs.

If you're hamming it up to stress your contempt for the man and the lawsuit, just say so. Another hour of rolling on the floor in stitches might be pushing the limits of believability.

[mroped]

It is a frivolous law suit if Kim Kardashian sues some plastic surgeon for putting in boobs that get punctured by needles or for spilling hot coffee on your crutch( and get awarded millions) but when you are a politician and you have a team/legal team working for you, you are doing that out of sheer ignorance or because you are seeking the spot light.
I don’t think Nunez wants the spot light!

[oped]

Devin Nunes Cow has 1200 followers at the time of filing. As of now it has 55k... and it keeps growing. Not to mention there are now hundreds+ more devin nunes parody accounts springing up.

And the nene of the Putin trump nunes human centipede, which I had never seen, is everywhere.

And the insults from the parody accounts are freaking hysterical. And just show nunes is a thin skinned asshole on top of everything else.

[happyhoix]

The GOP should be careful in how they go after social media. Facebook was heavily used by GOP operatives in 2016 to spread a pro-Trump message, and they are ramping up their efforts again, for the 2020 cycle. The most frequently cited news source on Facebook is Fox News, and despite Facebook claiming to have clamped down on 'fake news' there is still plenty of pretend news stories out there in support of Trump.  Some 30% of Americans claim to get their news primarily from social media, which is tragic, but something we can't ignore.

Nunes can't sue social media for allowing unflattering posts about himself while he and other GOPers eagerly use social media to spread the kind of false narrative that boosts the GOP brand, at the same time. Kind of like killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

[oped]

But that's how they operate. They constantly hypocritically try to project and or stop the very actions they themselves are taking... and no one calls them on it in any significant way. Its's why they think they can get away with the national emergency and Merrick Garland etc.

[oped]

Wasn't there just a post on a thread yesterday about how trump supporters are a-okay with a dictator, as long as its their dictator... short sighted imbeciles. 

[NastyWoman]

Mar 19, 2019 7:34:21 GMT -5 oped said:

But that's how they operate. They constantly hypocritically try to project and or stop the very actions they themselves are taking... and no one calls them on it in any significant way. Its's why they think they can get away with the national emergency and Merrick Garland etc.

Fixed for the time being. Their ride may be coming to an end, but they have succeeded in some pretty sleazy things to date

[oped]

The cow now has 125k followers. Lmao. Hard to keep up the numbers change so rapidly.

[countrygirl2]

Where are all these messes going to end for the US?  I am so afraid we are watching the downfall of our wonderful country as we know it. Is anyone going to step up to stop it.

[oped]

Tried. Didn’t work. So I’m just gonna laugh at cow and human centipede jokes while this fucker burns...

[oped]

Devincow is at 140k followers. 15k in an hour. That’s 250 people a minute. More than 4 per second... and I can’t coont the number of nunes parody accounts I’ve seen in passing today...

Such good results.

[billisonboard]

Mar 18, 2019 21:39:42 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

... He's alleging harassment and defamation,  ...

Truth, or substantial truth, is a complete defense to a claim of defamation.

[justme]

Dude, you're threatening a cow.

[Chocolate Lover]

Mar 19, 2019 15:56:05 GMT -5 justme said:

All this makes me wonder if Roy Moore ever figured out his horse has a Twitter page. 

[Chocolate Lover]

And now Devin Nunes's mom's cow is a thing....

[oped]

And his alt mom... and his mom’s psychiatrist... seriously. I’ve seen everything from nuneses’s left nut to his abandoned uber... it’s hysterical...

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Question from a dummy who has avoided many formats he wasn't interested in. Do I have to join twitter to see what you all are laughing at? 

[justme]

Mar 19, 2019 16:23:46 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Question from a dummy who has avoided many formats he wasn't interested in. Do I have to join twitter to see what you all are laughing at? 

No. There are some quirks if you don't have an account (I don't either) and to me it seems there's less quirks if you are looking on a computer vs a phone. Just google devincow on twitter and it should pop up quickly. 

[TheOtherMe]

Some of his cows are located in Iowa, in the part of the state known for hiring illegal immigrants as labor.  He or any family member refuse to speak with the press about who actually works on the farm.

[Virgil Showlion]

Mar 19, 2019 15:37:07 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Mar 18, 2019 21:39:42 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

... He's alleging harassment and defamation,  ...

Truth, or substantial truth, is a complete defense to a claim of defamation.

From the FOX News story linked-to in the OP:

The complaint also named specific Twitter accounts that spread allegedly defamatory material about Nunes. One defendant, identified as "Liz" Mair, purportedly published tweets that "implied that Nunes colluded with prostitutes and cocaine addicts, that Nunes does cocaine, and that Nunes was involved in a 'Russian money laundering front,'" according to Nunes' lawyers.

...

The complaint quoted a June 22, 2018 tweet from Mair that implied Nunes invested in a winery that "allegedly used underage hookers to solicit investment."

...

The complaint also named "Devin Nunes’ Mom," "a person who, with Twitter’s consent, hijacked Nunes’ name, falsely impersonated Nunes’ mother, and created and maintained an account on Twitter (@devinnunesmom) for the sole purpose of attacking, defaming, disparaging and demeaning Nunes."

...

"Devin Nunes’ Mom," the complaint alleges, "stated that Nunes had turned out worse than Jacob Wohl; falsely accused Nunes of being a racist, having 'white supremist friends' and distributing 'disturbing inflammatory racial propaganda'; falsely accused Nunes of putting up a 'Fake News MAGA' sign outside a Texas Holocaust museum; falsely stated that Nunes would probably join the 'Proud Boys', if it weren’t for that unfortunate 'nomasturbating’ rule'; disparagingly called him a 'presidential fluffer and swamp rat'; falsely stated that Nunes had brought 'shame' to his family; repeatedly accused Nunes of the crime of treason, compared him to Benedict Arnold, and called him a 'traitor.'"

Some of these are clearly subjective, but others hinge on specific facts, and I doubt Rep. Nunes' lawyer would include them in the suit if they weren't demonstrably false.

Subjective attacks and insults seem to be a part of the equation too.

ibid.:

The lawsuit alleged defamation, conspiracy and negligence, as well as violations of the state's prohibition against "insulting words" -- effectively fighting words that tend towards "violence and breach of the peace."

I suspect the prohibition on "insulting words" may have been brought in as part of legislation to combat cyberbullying. While shielding public figures wasn't the intent of such laws, if they exist, they apply equally to everybody. Twitter might well be in trouble if Rep. Nunes can prove they ignored ongoing harassment the laws specifically classify as bullying. (I also suspect these laws don't indemnify offenders if their taunts and insults happen to be true.)

It does raise a curious question: if the suit is shot down on the grounds that Twitter isn't responsible and the courts ostensibly grant Twitter leave to ignore harassment of this nature (I'm not saying they shouldn't), what of similar attacks directed at non-public figures? What of cyberbullying laws?

[oped]

Mar 19, 2019 16:23:46 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Question from a dummy who has avoided many formats he wasn't interested in. Do I have to join twitter to see what you all are laughing at? 

Look at the cow page (now at 203+k followers) but also just search nunes. So many parody accounts...

[laterbloomer]

Question, do civil lawsuits go to the supreme court eventually if they are appealed?

[Tennesseer]

Mar 19, 2019 20:07:20 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Question, do civil lawsuits go to the supreme court eventually if they are appealed?

The U.S. supreme court only deals with federal or constitutional issues. Cannot speak for Canada but probably the same.

Civil lawsuits are private disputes between two parties and have nothing to do with federal or constitutional issues.

[Lizard Queen]

I hadn't signed into my Twitter account in ages. +1 on the followers.