Comment by 45ure | Hacker News Reader

Comment by 45ure | Hacker News Reader

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>Defamation is a great way for those with money to silence dissent and avoid any consequences.

Your comment seems to fit the profile of Brewdog, a UK based 'craft brewery'. They are known for deliberately courting controversy. The egregious examples include frivolous claims on trademarks, misogyny, bullying, harassment, amongst toe-curling and churlish behaviour, when they appeared on a BBC programme Who's The Boss. The latest 'Gold Can' escapade is another deceptive marketing campaign, which is their raison d'être. The strategy works, as it is doing them no harm and the growth is phenomenal.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/10/brewdog-pun...

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/03/brewdog-boss-regre...

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57650685

This comment seems entirely unrelated to what it is responging to...

You seem to be accusing the person you are responding to of being Brewdog? Or were you trying to say Brewdog uses defamation to silence criticism of their marketing tactics? Or are you trying to promote Brewdog by publicising their deliberate controversies? I just can't figure it out.

>You seem to be accusing the person you are responding to of being Brewdog? Or are you trying to promote Brewdog by publicising their deliberate controversies?

There is no such implication on both counts. I am flabbergasted by how you have arrived at your conclusion.

I was not drawing want conclusions. I was struggling to understand your comment and those were the only three plausible (and mutually exclusive) interpretations i could come up with.

I presume you had a point you were trying to make, but i could not figure out what it was from your comment as written.

I suspect the option of the three options you listed which wasn’t one of the two they rejected as flabbergasting, was the right one.

I.e. they were suggesting that brewdog, uh, deliberately invites criticism, and then uses that criticism to their advantage by using defamation law.

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