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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 May 2016

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Jay Rosen

    Disagree: the very essence of libertarianism is that the rich have the right to bully everyone else into submission.https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/735448418743619584 …

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    Jay RosenVerified account @jayrosen_nyu
    Trying to kill a publication you don't like by funding lawsuits against them isn't very libertarian, is it? http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2016/05/24/this-silicon-valley-billionaire-has-been-secretly-funding-hulk-hogans-lawsuits-against-gawker/#210b5d278057 …
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      2. Jay Rosen‏Verified account @jayrosen_nyu 25 May 2016
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Why not be public about it, then? Proud and loud.

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      3. Emm Martin‏ @emmartin173 25 May 2016
        Replying to @jayrosen_nyu @HeerJeet

        The L blog in my state has unwittingly exposed the sorry truth about Libertarianism. NOT about freedom, liberty...(1

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      1. It's a disgrace‏ @thus9 25 May 2016
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        @squig_ @jayrosen_nyu i hate #neocon idiots as much as everyone else, but still find left libertarian philosophy attractive. Bad?

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      1. (((globule-lists)))‏ @chesed_gevurah 25 May 2016
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        If it was a contract suit, i'd agree, but he used the force of the law to do it.

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      1. Matt Makara‏ @MattMakara 25 May 2016
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        True. Has anyone ever seen met a poor Libertarian? (Grad students who just read Ayn Rand for the first time don't count)

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      1. Craig‏ @CraigKBryant 25 May 2016
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        @jayrosen_nyu Kim Stanley Robinson called them anarchists who want police protection from their slaves. Sounds about right.

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      1. Slam‏ @time_fades_away 25 May 2016
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        @jayrosen_nyu Totally. Libertarians are only libertarian when it comes to rules they don't like that apply to them

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      2. Dal Jeanis‏ @DalJeanis 25 May 2016
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        @seelix As opposed to the left bullying everyone into submission?

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      1. Steven Solomon‏ @speedpasterobot 25 May 2016
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        @danslott confluence of #comics + other Twitter streams apparently leading to singularity, pencilled by Gil Kane in a mad rush

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