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In response to "Yup. I said as much yesterday. He's a true libertarian and credit to him for sticking to his principles. -- nm" by Mop (222 lbs)

I really don't think (or at least I hope it's not) a widely held libertarian view that denial of service equals free speech.

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) May 21 '10, 09:57

I would think libertarians would be equally concerned about the right of individuals to buy from anyone they choose. You can support someone's right to put a sign in their establishment that says we don't like XXX (race/nationality, etc) without supporting their ability to deny them service.

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I believe it is the libertarian view that a business can do pretty much what it likes without gov't intervention. - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 10:04
I thinks it's a widely held libertarian view that the government should stay out of their business - znufrii May 21, 10:02 3
- His argument was that it's a free speech right. - pmb May 21, 10:05 2
  - regardless of how they rationalize it, the implications are the same. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 10:10
  - whether it's based on property rights or free speech rights, it boils down to the same thing. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 10:07

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I really don't think (or at least I hope it's not) a widely held libertarian view that denial of service equals free speech.

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