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Robert W Malone MD, MS's avatar

What I find fascinating about some of the comments below is the subtext that malicious defamation by the NYT, WaPo, Atlantic etc. is wrong, but that repeated malicious ongoing defamation by an elderly couple should be overlooked and forgiven.

This position lacks integrity, and I do not share the ethics of those making such arguments.

Furthermore, the underlying assumption is that the legal case here has merit and will probably prevail, hence it should be dropped? Which is a concession that the repeated, ongoing, malicious defamation in question is real. And that, after multiple attempts to get the behavior stopped, resorting to court action is reprehensible and "tearing the movement apart" or some variation of that theme? Sorry, if this is your version of ethics, and these are the ethics of what your version of "the movement" constitutes, then "your movement" is not one that I wish to be associated with.

The attacks continue, and by the defendants' own admission they are intended to yield a "political takedown". Of me. This is not about some valid "inside baseball" academic dispute about proper use of the term "psychosis". The absurdity of that claim is refuted by the long and rich history of leaders in modern psychology using the term for precisely the same process. I suggest that those posting about this topic take a moment to examine their own ethical bearings. Wrong is wrong. Repeated ongoing malicious defamation is wrong. And it is wrong no matter what one's age happens to be.

Look into the mirror. Those who make such attacks, who loudly claim "controlled opposition" without solid evidence, are the ones most likely to be guilty of that which they accuse. The attacks have been obsessive, did not cease with the letter requesting that they stop, and they have not even stopped after the suit was filed.

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Bettina Palisek's avatar

Merry Christmas to you and Jill, your family, horses and dogs!! We love and appreciated you so much!! Bettina

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