[Thank you for correcting that egregious typo in the headline, btw, Julia.]

I would be more inclined to side with Julia Allison on this debate, and in my own words I would say, “Get over it.” I did. I spent my own days as a flame-war-starting online whore, and received my own kind of Internet comeuppance as some sort of karmic retribution. And you know what? I dealt with it. Got sad. Laughed it off. Et cetera. Did I ever think once about taking it to court? Of course not. This is the Internet, people: once you step into it, if you’re not, you know, twelve years old (or Jason Calacanis, apparently), you know what to expect. The judge’s citation of free speech in regard to the Barbara Bauer case was totally correct, because those opinions of her at the time were expressed by others who, well? That was their truth.

Yes, Rachel Sklar, I agree that truth should count online (um, as it should count in the real world, but also equally as rarely does not), but your truth might not be the same as my truth, or Barbara Bauer’s truth, etc. We have not reached a point yet at which the legal system can accurately navigate the Internet culture. And until you have that? I think it is really difficult to police “truth” online in the way you suggest.

(via juliaallison)