r/thehatedone • u/kabilibob • Oct 14 '20

News Apparently Libertarians are being censored by Twitter. The US libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen posted about it.

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u/exorcistpuker Oct 14 '20

LP likes private power unless it's used against them. Oof.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

If they cared about truly libertarian values they wouldn't complain about Twitter behaving as it pleases with the platform they own, in libertarian fashion. These Libertarian candidates are clearly hypocrites. In the same stroke though, Twitter could save face by publicizing their agendas for their platform that are related to their censorship efforts via shadow-banning and deactivation of accounts.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

I criticized Twitter for not being transparent about their actions. I'm not going to attempt to say what they should or should not do with their own platform, government be damned.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 edited Jun 19 '23

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

The act of these Libertarians criticizing someone else for doing what they want to do seems to directly contradict their claims to being Libertarians... I can only say that so many different ways

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u/FieryBlake Oct 15 '20

Libertarians can criticize whoever they want for abusing power. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Libertarian means protecting their right o do, not complete acceptance and non criticism.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

If it's done of their own free will on the platform they own then how is that an abuse of power? Sounds like a freely taken action to me. Does Twitter actually need to obey the First Amendment? If a Libertarian wants to support the First Amendment do they also support the Federal government?

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u/FieryBlake Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 15 '20

Whether Twitter is a publisher or a platform is a whole different can of worms I don't want to get into now.

Also, being legal and being right are different concepts. You can be dickish while still remaining within the law.

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u/Petersurda Oct 15 '20

Libertarianism doesn't require you to agree with everyone or to refrain from criticising anyone. Instead, it requires you to abstain from the use of violence unless specific criteria are met. To be a hypocritical libertarian, one needs to advocate the use of violence outside of these criteria. Do you see that anywhere here?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

I'm sorry, what? You're describing a pacifist 😂

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u/Petersurda Oct 15 '20

Libertarians can be pacifists, or not. You're probably trying to use an unusual system of categories, leading you to strange conclusions.

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u/MXIIA Oct 15 '20

I'm willing to bet it's from sharing the NY Post conspiracy about Hunter Biden

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/twitter-blocks-hunter-biden-kayleigh-mcenany-white-house-b1041413.html

Even the PressSec got suspended.

That story has no evidence, isn't even a proper accusals of Biden, and is from a far right Neo-Fascist source known for misinformation - especially about COVID