Go Magat, Go Broke - Mike Lindell edition
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https://electionlawblog.org/?p=152297
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled recently.
But US district judge Jeffrey Bryan deferred until future proceedings the question of whether Lindell – one of the country’s most prominent propagators of false claims that the 2020 election was a fraud – acted with the “actual malice” that Smartmatic still needs to prove to collect any damages.
The judge said there are “genuine fact disputes” as to whether Lindell’s statements were made “with knowledge that they were false or made with reckless disregard to their falsity”. He noted that the defense says Lindell has an “unwavering belief” that his statements were truthful….
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It seems unlikely that he knew he was wrong.
Education is extremely important.
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@Horace said in Go Magat, Go Broke - Mike Lindell edition:
It seems unlikely that he knew he was wrong.
If you tell a lie long enough (to yourself), it will be believed (by yourself).
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@Horace said in Go Magat, Go Broke - Mike Lindell edition:
It seems unlikely that he knew he was wrong.
If you tell a lie long enough (to yourself), it will be believed (by yourself).
@taiwan_girl said in Go Magat, Go Broke - Mike Lindell edition:
@Horace said in Go Magat, Go Broke - Mike Lindell edition:
It seems unlikely that he knew he was wrong.
If you tell a lie long enough (to yourself), it will be believed (by yourself).
That’s true. And controversial subjects are only rarely provable with pure logic and evidence. One can honestly develop high conviction beliefs, but pure undoubted beliefs are just a figment of human psychology that shouldn’t be taken as seriously as the believer takes them. Humans are not truth finding machines, but they are believing machines.
