I think I am, all things considered, sad about this. I think libel suits are really bad tools for limiting speech, and I declined being involved with them when some of the plaintiffs offered me to be involved on behalf of LW and Lightcone.
Appreciate you saying this. It raises my esteem for LW/Lightcone to hear that this is the route that you all choose. Perhaps that doesn’t mean much since I largely agree with the view you express about defamation suits, but even for those that disagree, I think there is something to admire here in terms of sticking to principles even when it’s people you strongly disagree with how are benefiting from those principles in a particular case.
Appreciate you saying this. It raises my esteem for LW/Lightcone to hear that this is the route that you all choose. Perhaps that doesn’t mean much since I largely agree with the view you express about defamation suits, but even for those that disagree, I think there is something to admire here in terms of sticking to principles even when it’s people you strongly disagree with how are benefiting from those principles in a particular case.