Stew Peters Advocates for a Violent Overthrow of the Government | Right Wing Watch
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Stew Peters is a far-right virulently anti-LGBTQ bigot who regularly uses his nightly “The Stew Peters Show” program, speeches, and social media accounts to promote white nationalists and antisemites and to spread wild conspiracy theories, …

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Stew Peters is a far-right virulently anti-LGBTQ bigot who regularly uses his nightly “The Stew Peters Show” program, speeches, and social media accounts to promote white nationalists and antisemites and to spread wild conspiracy theories, bigotry, and calls for violence. Despite his bigoted views and unhinged rhetoric, Peters regularly manages to get Republican leaders, elected officials, and candidates for office to appear on his program. In addition, Peters has participated in ReAwaken America events alongside various Trump insiders and members of the Trump family.

    • kava@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      It wasn’t a criminal charge so he never was at risk of going to jail. He got sued for defamation.

      Defamation must involve someone making a false statement of fact publicly — typically via the news media — and claiming that it’s true. An opinion can’t be defamatory. The statement also must have done actual damage to someone’s reputation.

      The parents suing Jones say his lies about their child’s death harmed their reputations and led to death threats from Jones’ followers.

      Essentially if he had said “I think sandy hook was a hoax” he would have been fine. I think the judge also wanted to make an example out of him, given the nature of his statements.

        • BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’m still not really getting this. You could also say: you are free to say this, you just might get a death penalty. Which i would interpret as not being free to do so.