# Smirky McDouchebag lawsuit dismissed **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 26, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686 "2019-07-26T20:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/362 "2020-01-13T15:49:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What on earth does this mean? This is contingency-fee litigation. There is no need for outside money to “push the case.” Partisan cases like this do not settle for peanuts. That’s what I mean. A major reason that cases against large companies settle is because it is very costly and expensive to maintain a case against a defendant with almost unlimited resources compared to the plaintiff. They can bury you in paper and lawyer you to death. They can drag out their day of reckoning until you run out of money. As long as they don’t cross the line into outright barratry, outside money can make it real easy to keep pursuing a case. Depending on the jurisdiction and the jury pool, this case could have been a significant exposure for CNN. I suspect that the plaintiff filed suit in Kentucky. Therefore I don’t think that the plaintiff would settle for peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/363 "2020-01-13T17:14:42Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Partisan cases like this do not settle for peanuts. That’s what I mean. A major reason that cases against large companies settle is because it is very costly and expensive to maintain a case against a defendant with almost unlimited resources compared to the plaintiff. They can bury you in paper and lawyer you to death. They can drag out their day of reckoning until you run out of money. > > As long as they don’t cross the line into outright barratry, outside money can make it real easy to keep pursuing a case. Depending on the jurisdiction and the jury pool, this case could have been a significant exposure for CNN. I suspect that the plaintiff filed suit in Kentucky. > > Therefore I don’t think that the plaintiff would settle for peanuts. This load of nonsense that you just made up is not as convincing as you think it is. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/364 "2020-01-16T16:08:59Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > This load of nonsense that you just made up is not as convincing as you think it is. It’s more convincing than what you just wrote. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/365 "2020-01-16T18:01:29Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > This load of nonsense that you just made up is not as convincing as you think it is. > [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > It’s more convincing than what you just wrote. both of you are equally unconvincing. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/366 "2020-01-16T21:29:17Z")
> [@simster](#): > > both of you are equally unconvincing. Maybe we need a separate pit thread: “For Smirky McDouchebags Only, Come Insult Each Other!” ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/367 "2020-01-18T22:19:18Z")
> [@simster](#): > > both of you are equally unconvincing. But I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything so this doesn’t bother me. That has the added bonus of saving me the embarrassment of posting ridiculous shit like, “The Sandmann family has limitless resources when compared to CNN.” Like flat out, dumb as shit, obviously untrue, low IQ keyboard diarrhea like **Damuri Ajashi** is currently selling in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/368 "2020-01-24T22:08:40Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > But I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything so this doesn’t bother me. That has the added bonus of saving me the embarrassment of posting ridiculous shit like, “The Sandmann family has limitless resources when compared to CNN.” > > Like flat out, dumb as shit, obviously untrue, low IQ keyboard diarrhea like **Damuri Ajashi** is currently selling in this thread. So you have no response to my argument other than “I don’t find it convincing” This is the pit and you can reply to arguments with insults but that just makes you look inept. I don’t remember if it was you or another poster But I think it was you that I thought was a total retard. it might have been another poster. I have to start keeping better track of the retards. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/369 "2020-01-25T02:30:17Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > So you have no response to my argument other than “I don’t find it convincing” This is the pit and you can reply to arguments with insults but that just makes you look inept. I have a bunch of responses. You just quoted them. In addition to being unconvincing, it is… Ridiculous Dumb as shit Obviously untrue Keyboard diarrhea Try harder, fuck nugget. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/370 "2020-01-25T17:24:59Z")
Cutting to the chase… > [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Free speech absolutists everywhere rejoice. > > [Link](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/07/26/nick-sandmann-lawsuit-against-washington-post-dismissed-federal-judge-trump/1841278001/) > [@Skywatcher](#): > > Sandmann told to pound sand, man. > [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > IMO the purpose of the lawsuit was not to win damages, but to prolong the kid’s exposure as an official victim of political correctness and the liberal media, in hopes of getting him a career in right-wing grievance media. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > His family filed a $250 million lawsuit against a newspaper for reporting the facts and you think the left overreacted? > [@Procrustus](#): > > MAGA cap is the new Klan hood. So, the progressive left was at least partially justified. > [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > He’s in the news again for being a whiny bitch snowflake. … When these asshole snowflakes like Smirky McDouchebag and others (Deven Nues etc) file stupid SLAAP laswuits and lose, they shoul be forced to pay ALL the court costs and lawyer fees for BOTH sides. Make it cost, and I bet their bullshit would stop. I’m glad the little fucker lost. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/371 "2020-01-25T21:14:55Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I’m glad the little fucker lost. You are a little late to this party. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/372 "2020-07-25T17:34:56Z")
[The Washington Post settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann after viral March for Life controversy](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/media/washington-post-sandmann-settlement-lawsuit/index.html) As expected, the terms are confidential, however > “Nicholas Sandmann agreed to settle with the Post because the Post was quick to publish the whole truth—through its follow-up coverage and editor’s notes,” Sandmann’s attorney, Todd McMurtry, said in an email. could be taken to infer that WaPo may have gotten off a little lighter. Queue triggered **Lance\_Turbo**. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/373 "2020-07-25T18:16:18Z")
Enjoy another white supremacy support participation trophy, baby dick. No admission of wrongdoing. No retraction. Sandmann gets an undisclosed amount of STFU money. Whip dee friggin’ ding dong. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/374 "2020-07-25T19:21:48Z")
Waitaminnit. Suit dismissed last July (per OP and other early posts in this thread) but now WaPo makes some settlement? Will somebody please read all the relevant news articles (so I don’t have to) and post some TL;DRs here? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/375 "2020-07-25T19:41:26Z")
Excerpted from the WaPo link: > The judge overseeing the case [previously dismissed the lawsuit](https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/27/media/washington-post-defamation-lawsuit-sandmann/index.html) against The Post last summer. But he later [reinstated the case](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/federal-judge-reinstates-libel-lawsuit-filed-by-covington-catholic-teen-against-washington-post/2019/10/28/30155c52-f9ae-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html), narrowing its scope significantly. > > Sandmann in 2019 became a national news story when as a student at Covington Catholic High School he was in Washington, DC, for the annual March for Life rally. > > In a video that gained national attention, Sandmann was in an encounter with Omaha tribe elder Nathan Phillips, who was beating a hand-held drum and singing at the Indigenous Peoples March at the Lincoln Memorial on the same day. > > Another video that surfaced days later provided additional context for the encounter, but the first video had gone viral, touching off widespread controversy as photos of the teenager and the red Make America Great Again hat he was wearing spread across social media. > > In the second video, a group of black men who identified as members of the Black Hebrew Israelites were seen taunting the students from Covington Catholic High School with disparaging language and shouting racist slurs at participants in the Indigenous Peoples Rally and other passersby. > > Sandmann at the time strongly denied accusations against him, saying he had been trying to “defuse the situation” by “remaining motionless and calm.” > > Major news outlets, including the Washington Post, the Associated Press and CNN, covered the aftermath of the incident. > > Sandmann also filed lawsuits against several other news organizations, including CNN. > > CNN [settled with Sandmann](https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/media/cnn-settles-lawsuit-viral-video/index.html) in January. The terms of that settlement were not disclosed. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/376 "2020-07-26T04:16:46Z")
Yep. You sound deranged and triggered. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/377 "2020-08-18T18:08:33Z")
> **[Catholic school student who confronted Native American protester to speak at...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nick-sandmann-republican-national-convention-trump-maga-hat-viral-nathan-phillips-rnc-a9676016.html)** > > Covington Catholic student will reportedly speak at RNC along with other viral sensations like Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a St Louis couple who received felony charges after pointing guns at protesters Anyone still think that hat was just a coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/378 "2020-08-18T20:58:14Z")
Or that he’s not a douchefucking bag? Smirking fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/379 "2020-08-18T21:11:27Z")
This kid is not the proper target of our ire. His parents and teachers are. They’re just using him as a prop. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/380 "2020-08-19T19:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Covington Catholic student will reportedly speak at RNC along with other viral sensations like Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a St Louis couple who received felony charges after pointing guns at protesters Looks like Republicans have given up even pretending to be uniters, not dividers. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686/381 "2020-08-21T04:35:05Z")
Who’ll they trot out next for the RNC? Kim Davis? George Zimmerman? Chris Cantwell? James Field? Stella Emmanuel? Mike Flynn? Harold Bornstein? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smirky-mcdouchebag-lawsuit-dismissed/837686.md?page=20)