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I was disappointed to hear my parents saying businesses shouldn't be allowed to fire unvaccinated employees, whereas when it was about serving gay people wedding cakes they were super supportive of business rights

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eigenrobot

@eigenrobot

Oct 21, 2021

im fairly disappointed by people who generally identify as libertarian leaning yet support vaccine mandates and passports without explicitly grimacing about the implications for government power and considering the actually implementability of these policies

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There is a difference between governments mandating businesses to fire employees and employers choosing to fire employees

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I am against governments mandating businesses to fire employees

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Are you against the government propogandizing business owners into thinking that they should willfully fire the unvaccinated?

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I'm against use of force. "Propoganda" is a little less clear, as it can mean a lot of things in diff contexts; but propoganda isn't force.

5:27 PM · Oct 21, 2021

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If the state can use private business owners as their agents (wittingly or not) I can use the state as self defense. I dont think the NAP applies here as cleanly as you make it out to.