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Miles Archer

(20,189 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:32 AM Friday

Mike Lee (R-UT) wants Stephen King SUED for REPEATING something Charlie Kirk ACTUALLY SAID.

But King didn't stop there. He later doubled down with a post on his social media that said of Kirk, "He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin’."

That led to outrage from some in MAGA, including GOP lawmaker Mike Lee. He wrote on X, "Please share if you agree that the estate of Charlie Kirk should sue Stephen King for defamation over this heinously false accusation."

"He’s crossed a line It will prove costly," Lee then added.

Kirk did indeed once say] that it was "God's perfect law" to have homosexual men stoned to death.

https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-king-charlie-kirk-lawsuit/

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Mike Lee (R-UT) wants Stephen King SUED for REPEATING something Charlie Kirk ACTUALLY SAID. (Original Post) Miles Archer Friday OP
Not when he can quote you chapter and verse, Mike me boy. Jilly_in_VA Friday #1
Silly people UpInArms Friday #2
Oh they heard his words, just the ones that confirmed their biases. bluesbassman Friday #33
Too Stupid To Know That They're Stupid... GB_RN Friday #41
I'll bet King is just shaking in his loafers. Liberal In Texas Friday #3
If Mikey takes Steve King to court and loses the case, is Mikey liable for Vogon_Glory Friday #4
Mike Lee wouldn't have standing EdmondDantes_ Friday #7
Mikey doesn't have the guts to take King to court. GoCubsGo Friday #14
It would never make it to court. Aristus Friday #38
Exactly, well said democratsruletheday Friday #42
Especially since the two texts that they cherry pick aren't about homosexuality JT45242 Friday #5
Self-hating RW looneys because they ALL dream about their version of 'Brokeback Mountain' wolfie001 Friday #21
Are you talking about Leviticus 18:19 and 20:13? Mariana Friday #40
I have one word for the great Stephen King... OldBaldy1701E Friday #6
Bring it. yardwork Friday #8
King should sue every flapping mouth that complained Old Crank Friday #9
It's a cult. spanone Friday #10
Next they will be angry that you speak ill of Satan tulipsandroses Friday #11
Meaning tRUMP wolfie001 Friday #20
Mike Lee... GiqueCee Friday #12
Lee is really an asshole kwolf68 Friday #13
Mr. King said some of the nicest things I have read about Kirk the jerk. twodogsbarking Friday #15
The gop desire to turn Kirk into someone he was not is so over the top.. Takket Friday #16
Legalize weed and then the gays can be stoned willingly IronLionZion Friday #17
Mike Pee is a dumb christo-fascist wolfie001 Friday #18
Republicans - so litigious. Who knew? Iris Friday #19
Remember, back in the innocent days, when The GOP was hysterical about travelingthrulife Friday #30
Note to self: never get into a Twitter joust with Stephen King!! aeromanKC Friday #22
Republicans and their Frivolous Lawsuits. Emile Friday #23
These people have all the wrong heroes EnergizedLib Friday #24
Mike Lee should be sued for bearing false witness. Marcuse Friday #25
Truth in defense of slander is no vice. /nt bucolic_frolic Friday #26
Also, you can't defame a dead person. Hassin Bin Sober Friday #32
Faux outrage and gaslighting are what Republicans are so good at. Doodley Friday #27
Folks who really wanted to say what they thought about Kirk exboyfil Friday #28
Really. Kirk thought some gun deaths were necessary to maintain gun rights. travelingthrulife Friday #31
Is a false accusation of defamation, in itself, defamation? Xipe Totec Friday #29
discovery jonstl08 Friday #34
You cant defame the dead Johonny Friday #35
Said the senator who posted a photo of a man shooting two Minnesota Democrats... Grins Friday #36
Stephen King repeated what Charlie Kirk said. If that is "defamation"... Martin Eden Friday #37
Bring it on relayerbob Friday #39
Says the moron who said crap about the Hortons vapor2 Friday #43

Jilly_in_VA

(12,985 posts)
1. Not when he can quote you chapter and verse, Mike me boy.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:37 AM
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Don't you ever read anything besides your Book of Mormon? Hint: it's in Leviticus. But Jesus never said a damn thing about it,

UpInArms

(53,381 posts)
2. Silly people
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:39 AM
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They never heard a word he said … but then again, they never understand what crap falls out of their mouths, either.

They are too stupid to know how stupid they are.

bluesbassman

(20,317 posts)
33. Oh they heard his words, just the ones that confirmed their biases.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:55 AM
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Same as with their cult leader.

GB_RN

(3,438 posts)
41. Too Stupid To Know That They're Stupid...
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:48 PM
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But even dumber than that.

That’s the tRump-Kruger Effect.😂

Liberal In Texas

(15,598 posts)
3. I'll bet King is just shaking in his loafers.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:42 AM
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If there's anybody who has the funds to slap back a frivolous suit like this, it's Stephen King.

EdmondDantes_

(891 posts)
7. Mike Lee wouldn't have standing
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:57 AM
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As for getting costs paid, probably depends on the anti-slapp laws where the suit is filed.

GoCubsGo

(34,292 posts)
14. Mikey doesn't have the guts to take King to court.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:29 AM
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That's why he's encouraging Kirk's estate to do that.

Aristus

(70,832 posts)
38. It would never make it to court.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:30 AM
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I doubt the first deposition would last longer than five minutes. All King's lawyer would have to do is produce records of Kirk saying exactly that, and it's case dismissed.

JT45242

(3,615 posts)
5. Especially since the two texts that they cherry pick aren't about homosexuality
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:56 AM
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One is about using male prostitutes to foreign gods.

The other is more aptly translated as rape. But the revised standard version translation favored by many protestant demonstration mistranslated it because some of the lead translators had aces to grind.

wolfie001

(6,082 posts)
21. Self-hating RW looneys because they ALL dream about their version of 'Brokeback Mountain'
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:54 AM
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Old Crank

(6,190 posts)
9. King should sue every flapping mouth that complained
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:58 AM
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About a billion each. They will all get hammered in discovery.

GiqueCee

(2,809 posts)
12. Mike Lee...
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:11 AM
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... is a democracy-hating piece of shit who does not deserve to hold public office. A few years ago, Lee said this: “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity[sic] are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.”
Do not take his word for anything.

(Bold emphasis mine)

Takket

(23,207 posts)
16. The gop desire to turn Kirk into someone he was not is so over the top..
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:42 AM
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I think even Kirk himself would be upset by how the gop is changing his beliefs after his death. Stoning people to death might be a vile and horrible thing but it’s something that Kirk believed and the GOP are trying to erase his beliefs to turn him into a sympathetic figure to do what they always do: create hatred towards Democrats in the general public.

wolfie001

(6,082 posts)
18. Mike Pee is a dumb christo-fascist
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:51 AM
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RW lunatic. He really expects to shake jeeesus' hand when he returns to Utah because, why the f6ck not? Clown. 🤡

travelingthrulife

(3,209 posts)
30. Remember, back in the innocent days, when The GOP was hysterical about
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:46 AM
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frivolous lawsuits? I guess that was before we realized that everything they whine about is projection.

EnergizedLib

(2,765 posts)
24. These people have all the wrong heroes
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:57 AM
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Mike Lee, who mocked the Minnesota deaths, now wants to sue someone for using Charlie Kirk’s actual words in death.

They’re insane.

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,245 posts)
32. Also, you can't defame a dead person.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:53 AM
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The AI machine thingy agrees with me:

No, in the United States, you generally cannot slander a dead person because defamation requires an injury to a living person's reputation, which the deceased no longer possesses. While such statements are considered reprehensible and may harm the memory of the deceased or impact the family, they do not constitute legal defamation. However, living family members may have a cause of action if the defamatory statements also harm their own reputations.

exboyfil

(18,276 posts)
28. Folks who really wanted to say what they thought about Kirk
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:28 AM
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Should have just used his own quotes:

Bailing out Pelosi's husband's attempted murderer.
Seeing scores of kids being killed is just the price of freedom (2nd Amendment)
This quote
Kirk's quote about bringing the fight to Washington (Jan. 6th)

No need to say more.

travelingthrulife

(3,209 posts)
31. Really. Kirk thought some gun deaths were necessary to maintain gun rights.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:48 AM
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He got what he wanted. Let's move on.

jonstl08

(501 posts)
34. discovery
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:15 AM
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If they sue King all they have to do is bring up Kirks comments about gays and it will be thrown out. Maybe the estate would have to pay Kings legal expenses.

Grins

(8,815 posts)
36. Said the senator who posted a photo of a man shooting two Minnesota Democrats...
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:24 AM
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...Said the senator who posted a photo of a man posing as a police officer and shooting two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers. And their spouses. And their dog.

His photo had the words: "This is what happens When Marxists don’t get their way."

The shooter - A registered Republican and strong backer of TRUMP.

Confronted by fellow a senator from the victim's state, Lee didn't back down. The Senate has rules and traditions about decorum and collegiality. Republicans ignored them.

Here is Jon Stewart beautifully ripping Lee apart, and showing what an ass he is. The segment was so powerful, Utah papers wrote it up!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v4ol6Neyu5U

Martin Eden

(14,873 posts)
37. Stephen King repeated what Charlie Kirk said. If that is "defamation"...
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:26 AM
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... Charlie Kirk defamed himself.

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