We need to stop dismissing these comments and take them seriously. False claims like this are defamation, libel, and are inciting violence. I’m not a lawyer, but I’m pretty sure these are all crimes that we’ve just been shrugging off. These are the results.

If we want freedom of speech we need our speech to mean something and use it to seek the truth in good faith.

This is especially true for those holding political office or in the media. They should be held to a higher standard, as they are the example for the people.

Dude, you need to take a pause and read up on this. It’s your civic duty to be informed and you are so very wrong about everything here.

Inciting violence is very different from defamation/libel.

No, lawmakers making false statements is not defamatory nor libelous. In fact, they have complete immunity while on the debate floor.

And defamation/libel have to be knowable false statements of fact which created demonstrable damage. Opinions can’t be defamatory. True statements can’t be defamatory. When Trump’s Chief of Staff, General Kelly, calls Trump a fascist and lists the definition of fascism and saying that he meets each one, that’s neither false nor inciting violence.

Maybe check your priors to see if you are more mad because people aren’t being prosecuted, or because what they are saying has truth to it.