Quote (Plaguefear @ Sep 17 2018 02:55am)
Should you not have impeccable character to sit on the supreme court?
As far as i am concerned everything should be out in the open.
Yes you should have impeccable character. And, as it's already been posted... 6 FBI vettings, 1300 questions over 3 days, etc., etc., etc.
This isn't mudslinging, this is character assassination, slander etc.
The demas have already gone through the mudslinging phase, ad nauseum.
Here for you out of staters (foreigners)
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Character Assassination refers to the slandering or vicious personal verbal attack on a person with the intention of destroying or damaging that person’s reputation or confidence. In other words it is malicious verbal assaults designed to damage or tarnish the reputation of a person. Once done, these acts are often difficult to reverse or rectify. Therefore it is likened to a literal assassination of a human life. The damage sustained can last a lifetime or, for historical figures and important personalities, for many centuries after their death.
It involves a deliberate attempt to destroy a person's reputation, especially by criticizing them in an unfair and dishonest way when they are not present. It can also involve exaggeration or manipulation of facts to present an untrue picture of the targeted person, double speak, spreading of rumors, innuendo or deliberate misinformation on topics relating to the subject's morals, integrity, and reputation. It is a form of defamation.
You know, defamation... what that bimbo is suing Trump for. After her accusation of sexual misconduct, didn't fly.
It is the fact that Kavanaugh is a
judge that makes accusations of this type especially harmful. The really sad part is that this could possibly destroy this guy's carreer, when it's just a delaying tactic by the Dems.
Personally I question the character of people that would reduce themselves to this type of... character assassination, just to delay an acceptance vote.
THOSE are the people you should be afraid of, not Kavanaugh.
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slan·der
ˈslandər/
nounLaw
noun: slander
1.
the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
"he is suing the TV network for slander"
a false and malicious spoken statement.
plural noun: slanders
"I've had just about all I can stomach of your slanders"
synonyms: defamation (of character), character assassination, calumny, libel; More
scandalmongering, malicious gossip, disparagement, denigration, aspersions, vilification, traducement, obloquy;
lie, slur, smear, false accusation;
informalmudslinging, bad-mouthing, smack talk;
archaiccontumely
"he could sue us for slander"
verb
slander; 3rd person present: slanders; past tense: slandered; past participle: slandered; gerund or present participle: slandering
1.
make false and damaging statements about (someone). "they were accused of slandering the head of state"
This post was edited by Ghot on Sep 17 2018 05:56am