{"id":27687,"date":"2011-11-28T10:40:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27687"},"modified":"2011-11-28T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T14:40:58","slug":"george-will-and-stolen-valor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27687","title":{"rendered":"George Will and Stolen Valor"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like George Will, I’ve met him twice and the conversations we had were some of the most memorable I’ve ever engaged in my entire life. That’s why I tried to ignore this column he did a few weeks ago in the Washington Post “Who gets to judge political truth?<\/a>“, but it haunts me.<\/p>\n

First, I’d ask Mr. Will, what’s the difference between “political truth” and “good old every day, run-of-the-mill truth?” A lie is a lie no matter who is say it. He cites the Alvarez case in which Xavier Alvarez lies at a political to potential voters that he was a 25-year Marine with a Medal of Honor in an obvious attempt to win votes from sympathetic military supporters. He was defrauding voters. If there is no Stolen Valor Act, how are voters compensated and protected from this malfeasance?<\/p>\n

But Alvarez defamed no one, and it is unclear how his fabrications about himself caused America\u2019s armed forces reputational harm. Furthermore, his lies did not fit any of the other four traditional categories of unprotected speech \u2014 obscenity, fraud, incitement, or speech integral to criminal conduct.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, without the Stolen Valor Act, Will is right, it’s not criminal conduct, except that he did defraud the voters with his lie. Wouldn’t Will like to see politicians forced to tell the truth during their campaigns? I would and this might be a good start.<\/p>\n

Like I said, I like George Will as a person, but unfortunately, it looks like he has joined the folks who think that opposing the Stolen Valor Act makes them look smart. It doesn’t, George. It makes you look blind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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