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[–] 244 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Good.

He was a notoriously evil racist, was alleged to have commit almost ric flair levels of sexual assault over the years, and has an argument for singlehandedly killing the unionization of pro wrestling and leading to the modern "independent contractor" mess.

Might have go go chug some gatorade and visit his grave.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    He did get Gawker Media shut down, which should be a plus. But he used Peter Thiel's money to do it, which muddies the waters a bit....

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  • [–] 69 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    “Hard cases make bad laws”

    Whatever one thinks of Gawker, its demise is a footnote next to the precedent it set in muzzling investigative journalism that discomfits the powerful.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Haha, "investigative journalism that discomfits the powerful" doesn't include publishing a sex tape that was taken without a person's knowledge. Gawker got what was coming to it.

    Here's a thought experiment: if it was Chyna who was secretly recorded having sex and had that published in 2012, would you be so dismissive of it?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't remember if they published the ACTUAL sex tape and I assume I would have intentionally refused to look then like I do now.

    Posting non-consensual media of sexual activity is wrong, full stop.

    Posting the AUDIO of that? yeah, if Joanie were dropping n-bombs and being hateful I would be all for a tabloid rag to ruin her (already pretty ruined by WWE and Paul "HH Helmsely" Levesque) life over that.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Gawker got shutdown because they called Peter Theil gay. The rest is just window-dressing.

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