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--- tactics:lawfare [2024/10/04 08:22] – Humphrey Boa-Gart
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 > This is especially common in situations when individuals and civil society use nonviolent methods to highlight or oppose discrimination, persecution, corruption, lack of democracy, limiting freedom of speech, violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law.
-Lawfare is an extremely common tactic that many [[anonymous:anonops|AnonOps]] personnel are likely to encounter. Everyone who leaves this Institute is going to witness lawfare deployed against various individuals and groups on the field, and some of you may even be threatened with it yourselves. [[hazards:astroturf|Astroturf]] groups, [[tactics:suicide-trolling|suicide trolls]] and [[hazards:wingnuts|political parties]] frequently use lawfare to silence their opponents. Whistleblowers, anti-war activists and journalists are frequent targets of these types of attacks.
+It is extremely effective because it costs a lot of money to defend yourself in court, even if you are not actually guilty of anything. By wasting a target's time and money with a mountain of [[wp>Frivolous litigation|frivolous litigation]] that cannot be ignored, well-funded malevolent actors can win what is essentially a **war of attrition** from which many victims never recover.
-It is extremely effective because it costs a lot of money to defend yourself in court, even if you are not guilty of anything. By wasting their time and money with a mountain of [[wp>Frivolous litigation|frivolous litigation]] that cannot be ignored, well-funded malevolent actors can win what is essentially a **war of attrition** from which many victims never recover.
 [[hazards:bunny-boilers|Bunny boilers]] are especially adept at lawfare in certain western countries, as [[tactics:lying|studies say]] that women are never wrong and never guilty of abuse. Major public relations firms also have lawyers on-hand to engage in these types of attacks, for when the public image of their clientele is threatened. [[hazards:cults|Cults]] such as the [[op:chanology|Church of Scientology]] are known to leverage this tactic as well, oftentimes against the press, government regulators, and those attempting to escape the cult.
+Lawfare is an extremely common tactic that many [[anonymous:anonops|AnonOps]] personnel are likely to encounter. Everyone who leaves this Institute is going to witness lawfare deployed against various individuals and groups on the field, and some of you may even be threatened with it yourselves. [[hazards:astroturf|Astroturf]] groups, [[tactics:suicide-trolling|suicide trolls]] and [[hazards:wingnuts|political parties]] frequently use lawfare to silence their opponents. Whistleblowers, anti-war activists and journalists are frequent targets of these types of attacks.
+Anons subject to lawfare attacks are encouraged to contact [[twitter>AttorneyLeghorn|Foghorn Leghorn, Attorney at Law]] for representation.
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