There's a lot I could say about the attempted rehabilitation of Lucy Connolly by the right-wing press, but I'll use what's happening as an opportunity to make just one point: you are responsible for what you publish in public.
It's really that simple. If you don't want to be held accountable for, or, God forbid, have to defend, what you've written, don't write it. Nobody is compelling you to share every thought you have with the world.