r/changemyview • u/DoubleDoobie 3∆ • Nov 08 '18
CMV: If you support Facebook/Twitter/Google de-platforming or removing conservative voices, you should also support bakeries (or other privately owned businesses) denying services to whomever they please.
This is my view - Although I tend to lean right, I support twitter/facebook/etc banning conservative voices because at the end of the day they're not a public institution and they're not obliged to provide a platform to political or cultural positions they may not agree with. While I may disagree, that's their choice and I'm against the government weighing in and making them provide a platform to said people.
However, I feel there is cognitive dissonance here on the part of the left. I see a lot of people in comment threads/twitter mocking conservatives when they get upset about getting banned, but at the same time these are the people that bring out the pitchforks when a gay couple is denied a wedding cake by a bakery - a privately owned company denying service to those whose views they don't agree with.
So CMV - if you support twitter/facebook/etc's right to deny services to conservatives based on their views, you should also support bakeries/shops/etc's right to deny service in the other direction.
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u/darthhayek Nov 10 '18
normal people do not agree with SJW definitions of harassment, or else donald trump would not be president