Practical example.
Here is the tweet of Donald T Jr. in which he is presenting (some)facts that are known and proven to be untrue. Essentially incorporating a lie into data, and therefore misrepresenting its results… whatever his reason to doing so is irrelevant to this question. However, if this is followed by icreased harm to i.e. minorities (like being targeted or even lynched) how do you go about that?
When his liberty indirectly inflicts on the liberty and life of others, is this in line with libertarianism? Under which normative ethical thought is this decision made?
Posted by trrrrraaa
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Is this a long winded way of asking if he ought to be censored? Then no.
You can’t make another person lynch someone through speech (unless its a direct threat: “i’ll xxx you or your family if you don’t xxx that person”). If there is no threat in their speech, then the action of some individual falls solely on the individual taking action. To me it’s as simple as that. If someone were to take rage bait, its on them for not being rational and thorough in their intellectual examination.
I’m not sure exactly what you’re asking… Though I can state with a certain degree of accuracy that no one on this sub is looking to Don Jr. for life advice… Maybe real estate development tips, but that’s about it.