Can you sue for defamation...

[Eddie E]

What is the name of your state?TX


for being called a fag. I left a job after being threatened by numerous people, because they had been told by a coworker that I was a "fag," as well as made other very inflamatory and equally false claims against me, such as being a drug addict, at several job sites in multiple cities, effectivly ending my career in that particular field of work. I became employeed at another job and it just so happens that the sister of the person who started the rumor worked there and began diseminating the rumors again. I have heard multiple people referring to me as such and making remarks about past events that happened at my old job, inwhich they possibly could not know of unless someone from that job told them. It's painfully obvious that this person and other are out to make my life as miserable as possible. Is there anything legal that I can do to stop this from happening? Thanks.

 

[stephenk]

first tell us why these people want to dedicate their lives to making your life miserable. what part did you play in this fiasco?

 

[Eddie E]

I have done nothing to any of these people to warrent this behavior. Most of them I couldn't tell you their names only that I worked with them. I can tell you the person who started this is a known racist. I had had no less than 5 people of various races tell me this out right before I even meet this person. As well as stories of this person calling other co workers up either drunk or high and being cussed out by her. Again is there any action I can take to stop these people from running me from another job. For the record I have never been a homosexual nor a drug addict.

 

[Eddie E]

Does anyone have any constructive advice to give on this situation? Thanks.

 

[BelizeBreeze]

And ARE you a fag?

 

[Eddie E]

No I'm not, never been close to being a homosexual. Never been a drug addict or taken any illegal substance before in my life.

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Well then why are you getting so upset?

 

[Eddie E]

Dude did you read my first post? Unfortunately other people who don't know me believe it and it has caused me embarrassment and ridicule as well as closed an avenue of employment for me. If you are not going to give advice then don't post in peoples threads.


Can anyone here give me any constructive advice of what legal action I can take to stop this from happening? As I said this is the second job they have done this at and I don't want to move to another job and have them start this up there

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Dude did you read my first post? Unfortunately other people who don't know me believe it and it has caused me embarrassment and ridicule as well as closed an avenue of employment for me. If you are not going to give advice then don't post in peoples threads.


Can anyone here give me any constructive advice of what legal action I can take to stop this from happening? As I said this is the second job they have done this at and I don't want to move to another job and have them start this up there

So your predjudice against homosexuals has given rise to your feeling you have any legal standing to sue for defamation.

Which means you are a bigot and want to be rewarded for such feelings.

Get the point?

 

[EdKam]

Don't feel bad this wench gave me the finger also. "
I don't do handouts...but here's a finger". I have no idea why any attorney?? Like Belize pretends to be would be on here acting like Nancy Grace from court tv and be as nasty in her postings as she is. It is, he is. Whatever it is. Read one of the 500 of her post and you quickly get the drift.

 

[EdKam]

I do not care what state you are in, harassment on the job is not legal. If your place of employment has a human resource manager, then report these problems to him/her. This documents the complaint for future actions you can take. You must report the offenses to someone of authority that will properly document your complaints. This will STOP the problem. No company wants loose cannons working for them.
Should you EVER want to take legal action against an employer, any attorney will first and foremost want a chronological outline of the events in detail. Dates, infractions etc.
Corporations are scared to death of employees that are being harassed. It simply is not tolerated like it once was.

 

[Eddie E]

So your predjudice against homosexuals has given rise to your feeling you have any legal standing to sue for defamation.

Which means you are a bigot and want to be rewarded for such feelings.

Get the point?

How am I prejudiced against homosexuals because I don't like being called a fag? So if people start calling me .., and I don't take to it kindly then I must hate blacks, huh? It's actually the homophobic reactions or the people I am encountering that I am upset about not the actually words. It's the loss of income from having to quit a good paying job and take a much lower paying one, because people are threatening me because they have been told that I am a fag. It's the fear that I have that these people might find out if and when I move to another better paying job, that they will find out and begin their campaign to defame me again and cause me to lose another job.


Anyhow Is there nothing short of me buying a gun and putting a few rounds into these evil l.that i can do to stop this from going on? Is there nothing in the law that allows for some way to stop these types of people?

 

[seniorjudge]

Anyhow Is there nothing short of me buying a gun and putting a few rounds into these evil ... that i can do to stop this from going on?

Wouldn't that then make you an evil ..?

 

[ENASNI]

Jeesh

So your predjudice against homosexuals has given rise to your feeling you have any legal standing to sue for defamation.

Which means you are a bigot and want to be rewarded for such feelings.

Get the point?

Now you are threatening to go postal? What the heck is the matter with you Eddie...Yes you are predjudiced... but you will never get the wisdom of Belize's post...
It was succinct and to the point and frankly, poetry... in my book.
Get some help Eddie. Soon. You obviously do not play well with others, ever think about psychotherapy?

 

[Eddie E]

Wouldn't that then make you an evil f'er?

I wasn't serious, I was being facetious, but to answer your question in a serious manner. Is a person who has been threaten on numerous occasions had people degrade and humiliate him, lost several thousand dollars in income due to these false charges, an evil f'er for resorting to self help measures to stop these people? I would say no. Is he right or legal, no. I’m well aware that if I did such a thing I would be in a far worse position than I am now.

Now you are threatening to go postal? What the heck is the matter with you Eddie...Yes you are predjudiced... but you will never get the wisdom of Belize's post...
It was succinct and to the point and frankly, poetry... in my book.
Get some help Eddie. Soon. You obviously do not play well with others, ever think about psychotherapy?

Who are you to judge me? You don't know me how can you claim I'm prejudice? I've lost a job, been threatened, and currently am having my life turned upside down because people are lying about me. The fact that I don't like being called a derogatory word doesn't mean I don't like people who that word is intended for. Again I wouldn't like being called a ...but that doesn't mean I hate blacks. Please explain how I am prejudice because I don't like being called a fag, and thus saddled with the uncomfortable social stigma that that word carries.