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Watching so many self proclaimed libertarians and free market cures all folks twist themselves into pretzels advocating the government should force companies to
by wnevets 6y ago
Watching so many self proclaimed libertarians and free market cures all folks twist themselves into pretzels advocating the government should force companies to allow Parler, Trump and others use their services has been very entertaining. Too bad gay couples wanting to buy a wedding cake didn't receive that same kind of support from these folks.
- krupan 6y agoI think if you paid better attention you’d notice the libertarians are not asking for the government to intervene. You can voice opposition to something without advocating for the government to regulate the thing. That is in fact a core tenet of libertarianism: persuasion instead of government coercion.
- anigbrowl 6y agoIt's kinda disingenuous of them to ignore the fact that Trump made a big thing out of repealing section 230 and has not only talked many times about regulating social media but formally petitioned the FCC to do so: https://www.ntia.gov/files/ntia/publications/ntia_petition_for_rulemaking_7.27.20.pdf https://www.ntia.gov/files/ntia/publications/ntia_petition_f...
- krupan 6y agoI don't believe Trump or his followers have ever claimed to be libertarian?
- wnevets 6y agoI think if you paid better attention you'd noticed I used the self proclaimed qualifier for a reason. I have no interesting in playing the true scotsman game.
- krupan 6y agoAccusing you of not paying attention was wrong and I am sorry. It is quite possible that there exist people that profess to be libertarian and don't understand the point about about persuasion over coercion.