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Kal, competition in a free market is the very essence of " a threat".
How do you figure?
Kal, competition in a free market is the very essence of " a threat".
By JACK SHAFER
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/19/stop-the-stupid-tucker-carlson-boycott-223387
Right On!
(Love the IHOP reference!)
The blacklist is already here insomuch as the mob demands that those slayed in this Purity Panic stay unemployed with no "platform".
Is it really free when you can be threatened?
What good is a free market, if a small minority can artificially silence demand?
Being a rascit white trash moron is bad for business...Carlsen needs to be shut down
By JACK SHAFER
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/19/stop-the-stupid-tucker-carlson-boycott-223387
Right On!
(Love the IHOP reference!)
The blacklist is already here insomuch as the mob demands that those slayed in this Purity Panic stay unemployed with no "platform".
By JACK SHAFER
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/19/stop-the-stupid-tucker-carlson-boycott-223387
Right On!
(Love the IHOP reference!)
The blacklist is already here insomuch as the mob demands that those slayed in this Purity Panic stay unemployed with no "platform".
Is it really free when you can be threatened?
"To Hell with freedom of minds, brute force, shut it down" is where you are at.
I'm not talking about the decisions of a business. I'm talking about a small minority of people, of whom, many hate the free market anyway, being vocal enough to pressure the consumption of millions of people. How is that capitalist? I'm not talking about forcing companies to do anything, nor am I saying the government should do anything about it, because I don't think it should. I'm just saying, the free market has nothing to do with this.Are you kidding me? What would the alternative be to continuing to allow those who buy advertising time to choose (periodically change) which media markets they prefer to use?
If the Widget Corp. once paid for 3 minutes of advertising time on the XYZ network (or on their Goofy Spews His Opinion Show) are they now required to continue doing so for life?
It would seem that you want to turn the tables completely and allow the smaller market of media advertising providers to force the larger market of potential goods/services advertisers to sign lifetime commitment contracts.
Is it really free when you can be threatened?
I'm not talking about the decisions of a business. I'm talking about a small minority of people, of whom, many hate the free market anyway, being vocal enough to pressure the consumption of millions of people. How is that capitalist? I'm not talking about forcing companies to do anything, nor am I saying the government should do anything about it, because I don't think it should. I'm just saying, the free market has nothing to do with this.
Strawman not accepted.
Seeing as he isn't a racist, or white trash. Your opinion on him needing to be shut down is just as much a fallacy.
But if being a racist is enough to remove someone from their position. I'm curious to hear what your opinion on Don Lemon might be.
Why is it that people don't understand that Americans are free to boycott or not boycott businesses at their pleasure?
The advertising industry is one of the freest of free market enterprises that was have. They are free to spend their advertising dollars where it makes the most sense for them from a financial perspective. If they think Tucker will hurt them, they will spend their money elsewhere. That's how a free market works.
By JACK SHAFER
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/19/stop-the-stupid-tucker-carlson-boycott-223387
Right On!
(Love the IHOP reference!)
The blacklist is already here insomuch as the mob demands that those slayed in this Purity Panic stay unemployed with no "platform".
You're asking how do I figure that competitors, or even just powerful capitalists, in a relatively free market, can be threatening?How do you figure?
Kal, competition in a free market is the very essence of " a threat".
How is this so "different" all of a sudden?! It's not.Yes I know. There's a difference now though. Previously that "threat" was never directed towards groups/people that said things that the "majority" (the loudest really) did not like. It didn't affect free speech. This "threat" isn't about competition. It's about control of what people say that has no relation to businesses or business practices.
Oh well. My parents don't watch Neftlix now or like Stephen King, despite having enjoyed both since they were created...all because of right wing nuttery. What do you want to do, force them to admit they are idiots about it?We have in recent years gotten into the notion that if an advertiser allows shows to have their advertisements shown during a show then they are in favor/endorse whatever that show says/does. That was never the intention of ads and is still not the intention of ads.
Americans are also free to declare any boycott to be stupid, or similarly to voice their support for said boycott.
More Fascist Democratic Party book burnings?
How is this so "different" all of a sudden?! It's not.
...you do understand that this has been going on since recorded history? I mean, civil rights movements, you don't think they pushed the idea that attacking blacks verbally was bad? Same with women's movement. Same with gay rights. Anti-communism. Anti-confederate flag. All have been going on since before the internet, you do realize?
Even so, rather than using government to help shape our societal behavior, people are banding together with the help of our networked society, to help do it without government? Sounds like progress...sounds like it's right up a libertarian's alley!
Oh well. My parents don't watch Neftlix now or like Stephen King, despite having enjoyed both since they were created...all because of right wing nuttery. What do you want to do, force them to admit they are idiots about it?
Welcome to the digital age.