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> claims to be libertarian > ruins press outlet that used too much free speech by burning them with lawsuits
by doggerel 3y ago
> claims to be libertarian
> ruins press outlet that used too much free speech by burning them with lawsuits
- brvsft 3y agoI like that this thread is going to become a bunch of invective where people who aren't libertarians are going to claim libertarian hypocrisy on subjects like (a) outing someone as homosexual and (b) suing a media outlet for what was effectively revenge porn. Is it your honest opinion that all libertarians are supposed to be ethically okay with outing someone's sexuality or posting revenge porn tapes? If so, why?
- doggerel 3y agoAbout the lawsuits that he bankrolled that shut down a press outlet, he himself said: "I strongly believe in the First Amendment" [...] "I believe journalists are a privileged group in our society. They play an important role in getting us information and in the system of checks and balances. But these were not journalists." https://www.engadget.com/2016-10-31-peter-thiel-silicon-valley-billionaires-justice.html https://www.engadget.com/2016-10-31-peter-thiel-silicon-vall... It is my honest opinion that Thiel is a hypocrite and is a libertarian only if and when it's convenient to him. In this quote, he's letting himself off the hook for undermining the First Amendment protection of the press, which he also did covertly, btw, by claiming that his targets were not journalists when they were. I'm not saying they weren't scumbags for publishing what they did, but he doesn't get to have it both ways. That's the point.
- WanderPanda 3y agoDon‘t hate the player, hate the game!
- transcriptase 3y agoWhat's that line that people on one end of the political spectrum like to use? "Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences"?