Donald Trump tried to convince a state judge to drop his Georgia election interference case on Thursday, summoning a tortured relationship between falsehoods and truths to make his case.
Trump’s lawyers argued that lies aren’t just protected by the First Amendment; lies are sometimes essential, his lawyers said, at getting to the truth.
There’s no real right answer to the situation. Deplatforming is an incredibly effective tool to reduce his reach, but deplatforming also only does so much when he can just create his own platform (like truth social, doing rallies) or other platforms just promote him harder in response to deplatforming (see OANN, FOX Newsmax).
On the other side, it’s also important to shine a light on what he’s doing, so he can’t just go back to doing exactly what he’s been doing without any public acknowledgement or challenge.