That a civil servant of Ms. Abedin's caliber should be subject to this kind of slander and harassment is simply shameful. Bachmann and her minions can rot in hell.

From the headline, I thought that this might have been a repeat of Fark's Thread of the Year

It should be pointing to xenophobic retards like Michelle Bachmann and the scum that follow her and support her words.

ginandbacon: That a civil servant of Ms. Abedin's caliber should be subject to this kind of slander and harassment is simply shameful. Bachmann and her minions can rot in hell.

She's only asking questions!

FTC:

Bill Hagan · Top Commenter · Clyde A.Erwin High
Well Matt,are you trying to say Huma Weiner has no ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Muslim Sisterhood and Sec of State Hillary Clinton ??? The Rumor that Hillary and Huma are Carpet Munchers might or might be true but that one is a conspiracy theory. Tell me where I'm wrong on the other one.

So his evidence of Abedin's terrorist connections is "Is so!!!"

Don't tell me his Fark handle - I have some strong suspicions.

Diogenes: FTC:

Bill Hagan · Top Commenter · Clyde A.Erwin High
Well Matt,are you trying to say Huma Weiner has no ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Muslim Sisterhood and Sec of State Hillary Clinton ??? The Rumor that Hillary and Huma are Carpet Munchers might or might be true but that one is a conspiracy theory. Tell me where I'm wrong on the other one.

So his evidence of Abedin's terrorist connections is "Is so!!!"

What do you expect from someone who takes Bachmann seriously?

Aarontology: What do you expect from someone who takes Bachmann seriously?

A Darwin victory long before they learn how to use the internets.

ginandbacon: That a civil servant of Ms. Abedin's caliber should be subject to this kind of slander and harassment is simply shameful. Bachmann and her minions can rot in hell.

And who are you, her former campaign manager?

this is what happens, assholes, when you throw around hate speech like this. some innocent person is going to be hurt or killed. it's just a matter of time.

FlashHarry: this is what happens, assholes, when you throw around hate speech like this. some innocent person is going to be hurt or killed. it's just a matter of time.

But enough about Brad Pitt's mom.....

You have learned well, my young apprentice.

Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

I can't believe that woman continues to win her seat. WTF is wrong with the people in that district?

Sounds like a couple republican heroes fighting against the Muslim Brotherhood/lamestream media/Illuminati conspiracy. You libtards will just never understand.

theknuckler_33: I can't believe that woman continues to win her seat. WTF is wrong with the people in that district?

I suspect her crazy eyes have Hypnotoad powers.

So, is this gonna be like that Dr. Tiller thing? You know, where heroic patriots get someone else to do their dirty work.

Diogenes: FTC:

Bill Hagan · Top Commenter · Clyde A.Erwin High
Well Matt,are you trying to say Huma Weiner has no ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Muslim Sisterhood and Sec of State Hillary Clinton ??? The Rumor that Hillary and Huma are Carpet Munchers might or might be true but that one is a conspiracy theory. Tell me where I'm wrong on the other one.

So his evidence of Abedin's terrorist connections is "Is so!!!"

Don't tell me his Fark handle - I have some strong suspicions.

Their insane paranoid bigotry is terrifying in its ability to create new terms out of thin air.

Esc7: Muslim Sisterhood

There actually is a Muslim Sisterhood. But since they're not allowed outside or to otherwise be seen you don't hear much about them.

There's alot of diversity out there. Why, I myself am a member of Muslims with Unfortunate Cowlicks.

Esc7: Diogenes: FTC:

Bill Hagan · Top Commenter · Clyde A.Erwin High
Well Matt,are you trying to say Huma Weiner has no ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Muslim Sisterhood and Sec of State Hillary Clinton ??? The Rumor that Hillary and Huma are Carpet Munchers might or might be true but that one is a conspiracy theory. Tell me where I'm wrong on the other one.

So his evidence of Abedin's terrorist connections is "Is so!!!"

Don't tell me his Fark handle - I have some strong suspicions.

Their insane paranoid bigotry is terrifying in its ability to create new terms out of thin air.

The ability to conceive a lesbian conspiracy to bring about a radical Islamic government isn't exactly comforting either.

Diogenes: Esc7: Muslim Sisterhood

There actually is a Muslim Sisterhood. But since they're not allowed outside or to otherwise be seen you don't hear much about them.

There's alot of diversity out there. Why, I myself am a member of Muslims with Unfortunate Cowlicks.


Dennis the Muslim

Is this a NY Post exclusive? Because if it is I'll wait for confirmation from a real news source.

Again you'd think this would be enough of an embarrassment, but this



Is full of just enough dumbasses to keep this harpie in office at least another two years.

Philip Francis Queeg: Esc7: Diogenes: FTC:

Bill Hagan · Top Commenter · Clyde A.Erwin High
Well Matt,are you trying to say Huma Weiner has no ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Muslim Sisterhood and Sec of State Hillary Clinton ??? The Rumor that Hillary and Huma are Carpet Munchers might or might be true but that one is a conspiracy theory. Tell me where I'm wrong on the other one.

So his evidence of Abedin's terrorist connections is "Is so!!!"

Don't tell me his Fark handle - I have some strong suspicions.

Their insane paranoid bigotry is terrifying in its ability to create new terms out of thin air.

The ability to conceive a lesbian conspiracy to bring about a radical Islamic government isn't exactly comforting either.

First, the lesbians came for JC Penny and I said nothing....

verbaltoxin: Again you'd think this would be enough of an embarrassment, but this


Is full of just enough dumbasses to keep this harpie in office at least another two years.

I asked this earlier but where is all of her money coming from. I just don't see $6mil coming out of that district and going into her campaign. Must be outside money.

FlashHarry: this is what happens, assholes, when you throw around hate speech like this. some innocent person is going to be hurt or killed. it's just a matter of time.

Scott Roeder, Jim Adkisson, that nut in Pittsburgh who shot a couple cops....

What do mean a matter of time? You mean until the irresponsible slander and hate speech of a far-right politician or pundit causes innocent people to be hurt or killed again?

space_cowgirl: Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

Congressmen cannot be sued for something they say as on the floor of the House. That might be expanded further to anything they say as part of an official duty, but I'm not sure about that.

Now the second situation would be someone shooting Mrs. Abedin because they're trying to protect the country from the muslim infiltrator as exposed by Bachmann - that would be a different question. I doubt she could be held civilly liable for someone else's actions that she and she alone incited, but I would hope so.

The derp has come full circle. A muslim terrorist threatening someone accused of being a muslim terrorist by Christian terrorists.

monoski: verbaltoxin: Again you'd think this would be enough of an embarrassment, but this


Is full of just enough dumbasses to keep this harpie in office at least another two years.

I asked this earlier but where is all of her money coming from. I just don't see $6mil coming out of that district and going into her campaign. Must be outside money.

And she still owes over a $1 Million in campaign debt from her joke of a Presidential run.

Michele Bachmann Focuses On Congressional Campaign Despite Debt From Presidential Run

Wow, we sure did make the right representative leave office, didn't we, America? Good to know you can incite your most violent, hate-filled, followers and skate along with no consequences, but if you should ever show your clothed bulge to a person who isn't your wife, the hammer falls down.

Karac: space_cowgirl: Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

Congressmen cannot be sued for something they say as on the floor of the House. That might be expanded further to anything they say as part of an official duty, but I'm not sure about that.

Now the second situation would be someone shooting Mrs. Abedin because they're trying to protect the country from the muslim infiltrator as exposed by Bachmann - that would be a different question. I doubt she could be held civilly liable for someone else's actions that she and she alone incited, but I would hope so.

Really? Even if it's a blatant lie? Even if it is malicious and identical to slander? I'm genuinely curious.

space_cowgirl: Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

Abedin is a public figure, so sheer idiocy is not enough. She would need to prove that Bachmann acted with "actual malice" and published the statement with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard for the same.

verbaltoxin: Again you'd think this would be enough of an embarrassment, but this

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Is full of just enough dumbasses to keep this harpie in office at least another two years.

Hmmmm... I'm surprised that her district is so close to civilization. I never bothered to check but I had just assumed that her district was one of those ones where it's the biggest in the state geographically, yet contains no population center larger than 10,000 people.

Cork on Fork: space_cowgirl: Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

Abedin is a public figure, so sheer idiocy is not enough. She would need to prove that Bachmann acted with "actual malice" and published the statement with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard for the same.

That'd be tough. In fact, it'd probably take several million dollars worth of lawyerin' just to prove that Bachmann has enough intelligence to form intent... let alone that her intent was malicious.

SixPaperJoint: So, is this gonna be like that Dr. Tiller thing? You know, where heroic patriots get someone else to do their dirty work.

And then the "heroic patriot" disavows any endorsement of said fatalistic event.

Cork on Fork: space_cowgirl: Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

Abedin is a public figure, so sheer idiocy is not enough. She would need to prove that Bachmann acted with "actual malice" and published the statement with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard for the same.

What about lacking evidence of its truth? Does it only apply to pushing a known falsehood? From the standpoint of jurisprudence, I'd say it's similar to acting with motive vs. acting recklessly.

Of course, in this case Bachmann's getting her intel from Frank Gaffney, so I don't know how you would regard its validity.

EyeballKid: Wow, we sure did make the right representative leave office, didn't we, America? Good to know you can incite your most violent, hate-filled, followers and skate along with no consequences, but if you should ever show your clothed bulge to a person who isn't your wife, the hammer falls down.

False equivalence. The people of Weiner's district saw in their elected official a serious lapse in judgement and removed him out of concern for his ability to lead them appropriately.

They have no control over the fact that the people of congressional district 6 in Minnesota are cruel, wicked and vile things that lack even basic decency and rationality. That the people of district 6 in Minnesota choose to enable hate and violence is their choice and nobody else can stop them from doing that. It is more important that we support our principles than that we make exceptions that would take away their rights to be horrible and destructive human beings.

This is not a reflection on America, it is a reflection on the poor state of morality in Minnesota district 6 and the only people who should feel shame for themselves in all this are those Minnesotans who continue to vote in support of such loudly pronounced evil.

Karac: Congressmen cannot be sued for something they say as on the floor of the House. That might be expanded further to anything they say as part of an official duty, but I'm not sure about that.

Now the second situation would be someone shooting Mrs. Abedin because they're trying to protect the country from the muslim infiltrator as exposed by Bachmann - that would be a different question. I doubt she could be held civilly liable for someone else's actions that she and she alone incited, but I would hope so.

Thanks. That's interesting. I was under the (mistaken) impression that they were only immune from prosecution when the person they were defaming was also a member of Congress.

space_cowgirl: Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

Probably not. It's an iffy question as to whether she could be considered a public figure, but in any case, you'd usually have to prove that the written statements were false. In this case, it appears the letter does not provide false information, but only dickish implications that Ms. Abedin may be influenced by her family. So I doubt it.

Vegan Meat Popsicle: EyeballKid: Wow, we sure did make the right representative leave office, didn't we, America? Good to know you can incite your most violent, hate-filled, followers and skate along with no consequences, but if you should ever show your clothed bulge to a person who isn't your wife, the hammer falls down.

False equivalence. The people of Weiner's district saw in their elected official a serious lapse in judgement and removed him out of concern for his ability to lead them appropriately.

They have no control over the fact that the people of congressional district 6 in Minnesota are cruel, wicked and vile things that lack even basic decency and rationality. That the people of district 6 in Minnesota choose to enable hate and violence is their choice and nobody else can stop them from doing that. It is more important that we support our principles than that we make exceptions that would take away their rights to be horrible and destructive human beings.

This is not a reflection on America, it is a reflection on the poor state of morality in Minnesota district 6 and the only people who should feel shame for themselves in all this are those Minnesotans who continue to vote in support of such loudly pronounced evil.

Weiner was not removed by the people of his district. He resigned after a media firestorm about his tweets.

Diogenes: monoski: verbaltoxin: Again you'd think this would be enough of an embarrassment, but this


Is full of just enough dumbasses to keep this harpie in office at least another two years.

I asked this earlier but where is all of her money coming from. I just don't see $6mil coming out of that district and going into her campaign. Must be outside money.

And she still owes over a $1 Million in campaign debt from her joke of a Presidential run.

Michele Bachmann Focuses On Congressional Campaign Despite Debt From Presidential Run

PARTY OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

EyeballKid: Wow, we sure did make the right representative leave office, didn't we, America? Good to know you can incite your most violent, hate-filled, followers and skate along with no consequences, but if you should ever show your clothed bulge to a person who isn't your wife, the hammer falls down.

Or claiming that a man who lost three limbs in Vietnam is anti-American. Michelle Bachmann and Saxby Chambliss can share their flaming bag of dicks.

This stupid biatch is going to get somebody hurt because of her lies. She needs to be locked up and heavily medicated

I'll just leave this here:

Petition to Remove Michele Bachmann from the House Intelligence Committee

Link

theknuckler_33: I can't believe that woman continues to win her seat. WTF is wrong with the people in that district?

Her district includes both Blaine and St. Cloud both of which are right wing crazylands. St. Cloud has been crazy for as long as I can remember (Minnesota born and raised), and Blaine is normally where people from Forest Lake and Fridley go to shop when they are tired of sitting around and doing meth.

cubic_spleen: PARTY OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

To be fair, she'll get her debt retired by Romney if she promises to say nice things about him.

Karac: space_cowgirl: Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

Congressmen cannot be sued for something they say as on the floor of the House. That might be expanded further to anything they say as part of an official duty, but I'm not sure about that.


I'm pretty sure the speech and debate clause would extend to this letter, but I'd have to research that.

ACtDiogenes: What about lacking evidence of its truth? Does it only apply to pushing a known falsehood? From the standpoint of jurisprudence, I'd say it's similar to acting with motive vs. acting recklessly.

Of course, in this case Bachmann's getting her intel from Frank Gaffney, so I don't know how you would regard its validity.

Actually, I didn't even think about it but what others said is true... Bachmann is immune from liability for anything she says as part of her job.

Whether others who repeat the statements could be liable is a different issue, but I don't see how when they are merely repeating what Bachmann said and not vouching for the truth or falsity.

Bachmann is the most dangerous kind of liar -- the kind who knows there will be no consequence (for her, at least).

EyeballKid: Wow, we sure did make the right representative leave office, didn't we, America? Good to know you can incite your most violent, hate-filled, followers and skate along with no consequences, but if you should ever show your clothed bulge to a person who isn't your wife, the hammer falls down.

The hammer is his penis.

Bachmann is a bat sh@t crazy mistake and hopefully my fellow Minnesotan's will fix the problem.

Cork on Fork: space_cowgirl: Can one of the Fark attorneys explain whether or not Ms. Abedin has legal grounds to sue for defamation?

Abedin is a public figure, so sheer idiocy is not enough. She would need to prove that Bachmann acted with "actual malice" and published the statement with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard for the same.

Huma Abedin is a public figure? Really? The only reason I know her name is because Michelle Bachmann is talking about her. I didn't even hear her name when her congressman husband got on TV for sexting pictures of her crotch. You can't call someone a public figure because you put their name into the public sphere.

FlashHarry: this is what happens, assholes, when you throw around hate speech like this. some innocent person is going to be hurt or killed. it's just a matter of time.

Anders Behring Breivik