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Need legal advice to complain to the state of california about reddit pao and ohanian (self.legaladvice)

endomorphosis が 投稿

I was asked by a anti-trust lawyer on a thread about discrimination by Reddit inc. if anyone was looking into pursuing a case against reddit. We are discussing the protections of the unruh act, fraud, deceptive practices and libel and defamation.

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[–]grasshoppa1 20ポイント21ポイント  (11子コメント)

Oh for fuck's sake. Give it up. Move over to Voat if you don't like it here, like the rest of the morons are doing.

You have no case against Reddit. No one does, at least not with regards to the current "fattening" situation. No lawyer would tell you otherwise.

We are discussing the protections of the unruh act, fraud, deceptive practices and libel and defamation.

No you're not. You're talking bullshit. Not a single one of those things would apply here.

Jesus Christ.

EDIT: Oh god, this guy's comment is fascinating.

As should be obvious, profiting from a website you've said is in favor of free speech and then banning that speech is a clear example of financial advantage by deception, and if there isn't a law firm already working on a case this strong, I would be very surprised.

LOL. Nope.

They call themselves "The Front Page of the Internet," and due to its traffic numbers, Reddit essentially holds a monopoly on a certain kind of discourse. To not allow other kinds of discourse it to essentially profit from your monopoly status by making competition impossible.

LOL. Nope.

I don't think I've ever seen a group as maligned and libeled as Fatpeoplehate by reddit as a corporation, and the evidence is right there in front of anyone's face.

While membership in a subreddit isn't a legally protected class in the US, that doesn't mean there's no protection at all. In broad terms, if "print, writing, pictures, signs, effigies, or any communication embodied in physical form" is injurious to a person's reputation, "exposes a person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or injures a person in his/her business or profession," there's a case.

LOL. Nope.

If this guy is really a lawyer, he should be disbarred for being a moron.

[–]KingKidd 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

A frightening number of people lack general intelligence. Across all industries.

[–]oddmanout 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yup. I work in IT. It's a myth that it's an industry for smart people. I come across frighteningly stupid things on a daily basis.

[–]taterbizkit 3ポイント4ポイント  (5子コメント)

You shouldn't be so quick to dismiss this idea. Things like Reddit have never been contemplated by common law. Even if current legal theories would not support a cause of action, I think there is a solid policy argument that this needs to change.

I would explore the balancing test in California's Rowland v Christian and progeny (in the public duty sense, not the premises liability sense). Its very flexible and can support a broad range of policy positions.

If it was foreseeable to Pao et.al. that the response to the bannination of FPH would result in an epidemic of bruised sphincters and torn glutei maximi, then it's simply unconscionable for them to have proceeded without at least setting up a public fund to supply Dulcolax suppositories and topical butt ointments to those poor souls who have been afflicted with near lethal butthurt dosages.

[–]Feralplatypus 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

Talk to your legislature then. The courts don't make law and they're not going to extend any cause of action to cover this.

[–]taterbizkit 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

Someone's in a hurry today. Read my whole post.

[–]Feralplatypus 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I responded before you made the edits, so the sarcasm didn't come through at that point.

[–]taterbizkit 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ooh my bad. I fat fingered the send button in bacon reader before I finished it.

[–]endomorphosis[S] -3ポイント-2ポイント  (2子コメント)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruneyard_Shopping_Center_v._Robins

[–]UsuallySunny 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

1) The internet is not a shopping center.

2) The shopping center was allowed to make reasonable restrictions. Banning people from harassing others is reasonable.

[–]endomorphosis[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The civil harassment laws say “harassment” is:

  • Unlawful violence, like assault or battery or stalking, OR
  • A credible (real) threat of violence, AND
  • The violence or threats seriously scare, annoy, or harass someone *and there is no valid reason for it.

http://www.courts.ca.gov/1044.htm

Who where the victims of /r/whalewatchers or /r/fatpeoplehate2 "harassment"?

[–]Aaragon 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

Holy shit this has to be the best troll of the week.

If you're serious, uh. Good luck. None of those things you mentioned would get a lawyer to look at without him/her laughing their ass off, let alone a judge.

[–]Silent_Hastati 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

If so, can I sue you for being so goddamn stupid it's actually contagious? I feel like my IQ dropped double digits reading that rambling wall of nonsense.

[–]SaulKD 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

You need a therapist not a lawyer.

[–]jcar128 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Dear christ. Go. Away.

[–]d4rthdonut 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is fucking fantastic! I haven't had a good laugh in days.

[–]KillerPotato_BMW 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ok

[–]Feralplatypus 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Lets keep this one going people /r/bestoflegaladvice needs another thread like this.

[Meta] Mods - has this been asked enough to warrant putting it in the wiki?

[–]Feralplatypus 4ポイント5ポイント  (3子コメント)

Oh. My. God. his post history is GOLD. I'm sure most people here have read complaints. Some among us have had the honor (sentence of eternal damnation) of reading a pro se filing. This suggested filing by OP tops even the idiocy of a Pro Se filing.

tl;dr OP wants people to file a complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing over Reddits actions in relation to /r/fatpeoplehate under the Fair Housing Act and the Civil Rights Act.

I'll tell you, if this landed on my desk it would MAKE. MY. WEEK.

[–]travio 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I don't know, I have to think that Teri Smith Tyler v. Carter is still the craziest pro se filing I have ever read about.

[–]Silent_Hastati 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That stuff always astounds me. If the US Government was really a sham government that secretly abducted 1000s of citizens and killed them daily, blew up the WTCs, fake the Moon Landing and/or The Moon itself, or insert pet conspiracy theory here, and thus controlled every aspect of everything, why would the government allow you to win in court. They wouldn't follow their own rules because you are alleging the rules aren't real.

Man that argument would probably make a Sov Cit literally combust in flames wouldn't it.

[–]endomorphosis[S] -5ポイント-4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Is your desk accessible to people with disabilities?

[–]oddmanout 4ポイント5ポイント  (6子コメント)

I can't wait until these people are gone. I'm glad they banned /r/fph, I don't want to have to deal with those assholes. I hope they go make their own Reddit somewhere else.

[–]FoghornLawhorn 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

If I knew how to code, I'd make a bot that auto-bans anyone who posts the words "fat people", sell it to every sub on reddit, and retire tomorrow.

You want to go in 50-50?

[–]Feralplatypus 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

It would have to shadowban them, because apparently that pisses them off even more.

[–]FoghornLawhorn 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Nice.

Ok, you're in for 10%, but it's coming out of that other guy's share.

[–]endomorphosis[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

You should take it as convertible equity, then wait for the company to be almost profitable, then call in the debt and claim the company for yourself.

[–]oddmanout 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

haha. You're the last person who should be giving legal advice. If we need advice on how best to make fun of fat people, we'll come to you.

[–]oddmanout 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nah, I'm too worried about people filing civil rights lawsuits against me for discriminating against them (apparently asshole is a protected class, now) and violating their free speech.

[–]GhostShirt 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

You could try suing under the precedent set by Temper v. Tantrum.

[–]Brad_Wesley 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

You are wasting your time.