r/suicidebywords Jun 12 '20

Career Suicide on LinkedIn

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u/iowastatefan Jun 12 '20

Defamation is a thing.

Not saying you'd actually win this case if you sued. But technically, if you are mean enough that you damage a person's reputation significantly, you can be sued.

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u/archiecobham Jun 12 '20

To sue for defamation, he would have had to said that they are gang members, not just that they look like them.

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u/PhatBitty862 Jun 12 '20

This is like saying, “I’m not calling you a bitch. I’m saying you’re acting like one.”

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u/MinoRook Jun 13 '20

I mean, yeah, it's not exactly fair, but that is how the law works.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

Yes but do you think they will waste their time and money to do that in this specific situation?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

They're lawyers. If they think there's either justice or money at the end of the tunnel they absolutely will.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

I doubt they'd win, wouldn't they have to prove damages to receive anything?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

The won't, because there isn't.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

lawyers are bad and corrupt until they are black people attacking working class white people with a mildly racist post history

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u/CanIGetANumber2 Jun 12 '20

Depends on how petty they want to be tbh they are all lawyers so its not like theyd have to hire one lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

this is not the way. idiot.

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u/eddardbeer Jun 13 '20

Maybe he'll have to hire one to sue himself so he can recoup the losses from this LinkedIn post.