Reply To: Publishing names of Chareidi “Spies”

AAQ said: “this is an example of LK we are discussing. In US, politicians are almost exempt from libel laws in favor of free expression. Do we have a similar exemption for Jewish public figures, whether they are tzadikkim or not?”

YYA: “Tzadikim or not” is one thing, “????? or not” is something else. Bibi is not ?????.

AAQ: “Bava [ben Buta], in Bava Basra, is very careful not to criticize a king [Herod], presumably mostly out of fear, but maybe not also.

YYA: Whatever that was about, it wasn’t about ???? ???. Herod was way out of the range of ????? by all opinions. The question there was ‘cursing’ a king, not ‘criticizing’.

AAQ: “Maybe if we ascribe good intentions to politicians, they’ll have to behave accordingly?”

YYA: Wishful thinking?