Comments on: Islamic Society of Boston uses litigation to silence its critics https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/islamic-society-of-boston-uses-litigation-to-silence-its-critics/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 25 May 2008 16:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ted https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/islamic-society-of-boston-uses-litigation-to-silence-its-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-7316 Sat, 19 May 2007 01:48:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4916#comment-7316 Your ADL link (and here’s a more complete set of articles about the Ciralsky and Tenenbaum cases) doesn’t really support your claim that the ADL has been engaging in improper tactics.

]]> By: David Wilson https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/islamic-society-of-boston-uses-litigation-to-silence-its-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-7315 Fri, 18 May 2007 10:17:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4916#comment-7315 The use of litigation to silence critics should be roundly condemned, but in the ethnic struggles now visiting the multiracial/cultural United States with increasing frequency and intensity, lawsuits aren’t the only tool. Baldly aggressive tactics characterize such groups as the Anti-Defamation League, which is also keen to silence critics or opponents, and similar ethnic activism can also include lawsuits.

http://www.jonathanpollard.org/1999/060099a.htm

Groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center also do not shy away from litigation ostensibly predicated on personal torts but ultimately designed to undermine groups, individuals or movements whose politics they oppose.

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