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>The thing is, if you like private property and private contract, this is what can happen to you. If you think any company is within its rights to police speech, then you agree that it's fine for Google to exclude conservative or libertarian speech.

Then why do people go on so about the so-called "Hollywood Blacklist" whereby private entities refused to hire people who supported Communism?



Because they didn't like it and it had a chilling effect on a lot of artistic careers.

And so many people feel about current views.

But in both cases, if you are a bog-ordinary conservative or libertarian, it's hard to remain self-consistent and argue that private property and private contract are sacrosanct except when you don't like the outcomes.




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