Ken WhiteDec 12, 2022

I've gotten a lot of responses to that Substack piece about leaving Twitter. Many are positive but some are negative. A few are saying "oh so you think free speech is nasty?"

What kind of stupid question is that? Of course I do. The Nazis marching at Skokie were nasty. All sorts of speech is nasty. Supporting free speech doesn't mean reserving judgment about it, you imbecile. It means not using the state to suppress it.

Show threadAaron Ross Powell ☸️Dec 12, 2022
@Popehat When I was at Cato, if I publicly criticized reactionary right wing preference or social behavior, I'd frequently hear from internet libertarians that, "As a libertarian, you should only discuss what the state should or shouldn't do, and not take moral positions on issues unrelated to state action," and it was tremendously stupid. But there are weirdos who think that way—usually because they don't want such criticisms directed at their own reactionary preferences.
Show threadMark Gardner
@arossp @Popehat The lack of a moral stance (and thus acceptance of anyone’s moral code) is precisely why libertarians fail again and again
Dec 13, 2022 at 1:02amWeb