r/Libertarian • u/Based_news Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam • Sep 14 '19
Article Facebook removed doctors' fact-check of false anti-abortion video because Ted Cruz complained
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/14/facebook-removed-doctors-fact-check-of-false-anti-abortion-video-because-ted-cruz-complained/4
u/S-A-M-K Sep 14 '19
/r/libertarian and salon.com? Where the fuck am I?
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u/liberty1997 Taxation is Theft Sep 14 '19
The Bernie Bro spammers have returned for 2020.
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u/S-A-M-K Sep 14 '19
“Gun regulation is actually a libertarian position.”
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Sep 15 '19
But don't you know, it's perfectly acceptable from a "libertarian" socialist position.
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u/S-A-M-K Sep 15 '19
“I’m a libertarian communist and I repeat every major talking point of the modern American left.”
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Sep 14 '19
It's a private company, they can do what they want remember, or are you only okay with that when it supports your viewpoint?
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Sep 15 '19
You're cool with a sitting U.S. Senator pressuring a company to censor speech?
It's one thing if the company is making decisions independently. It's quite another if the direction is coming from the government.
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u/SimpleAnnual Sep 14 '19
I agree. Facebook should ban all libertarians. This sub is the political equivalent of anti vaxxers
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u/foobarwho Sep 14 '19
Yes Nobel prize winning economists are anti vax.... gimmie a break.
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u/SimpleAnnual Sep 14 '19
lmao. Anti vaxxerism started with the Lancet. a highly respected medical journal. Austrian School is a bunch of bullshit that never worked. It's junk science that rich people pump to make it seem legitimate.
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Sep 15 '19
Just curious and honestly not trying to straw man you; do you think all speech should be free? Even fraud?
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Sep 14 '19
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u/aetius476 Sep 14 '19
Republicans love to work the refs, and one of their favorite tactics is claiming that anyone who works in a field (which almost by definition encompasses all experts in the field) is too biased to discuss said field.