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Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Praises Company For Firing Woman Who Posted “All Lives Matter” on Facebook
Summit News ^ | 08/05/2020 | Paul Joseph Watson

Posted on 08/09/2020 8:09:08 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Libertarian Party presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen praised a company for firing an employee who had posted “all lives matter” on her private Facebook page as an example of the free market standing up against “systemic racism.”

Yes, really.

During a C-SPAN interview, Jorgensen argued that Rosa Parks was discriminated against because, “what a lot of people don’t realize is that that was a government-owned, government-run bus, and the only way that racism was able to go on for so long was the government was putting it into place.”

She then claimed that it’s harder for private companies to engage in ‘systemic racism’ because they would go out of business, before celebrating the fact that a woman lost her job for posting “all lives matter” on her Facebook page.

“There was a woman who on her private Facebook — this was highly publicized — her private Facebook put ‘All Lives Matter,’ and the company fired her,” Jorgensen stated.

“And what I’d like to make note of she wasn’t talking to or wasn’t tweeting a coworker, an employee, a customer, a client, anybody like that, and this was her private Facebook, not the company Facebook, and yet the company said ‘OK, we don’t tolerate that.'”

Maybe someone should point out to Jorgensen that saying “all lives matter” isn’t remotely racist and that disagreeing with this statement is in fact a racist position.

Under her ideal system, woke corporations would feel even more empowered to trample free speech, opening up millions more Americans to be viciously targeted by cancel culture mobs who intimidate and bully companies into policing their employees’ behavior.

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Libertarian Party presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen praised a company for firing an employee who had posted “all lives matter” on her private Facebook page as an example of the free market standing up against “systemic racism.”

Yes, really.

During a C-SPAN interview, Jorgensen argued that Rosa Parks was discriminated against because, “what a lot of people don’t realize is that that was a government-owned, government-run bus, and the only way that racism was able to go on for so long was the government was putting it into place.”

She then claimed that it’s harder for private companies to engage in ‘systemic racism’ because they would go out of business, before celebrating the fact that a woman lost her job for posting “all lives matter” on her Facebook page.

“There was a woman who on her private Facebook — this was highly publicized — her private Facebook put ‘All Lives Matter,’ and the company fired her,” Jorgensen stated.

“And what I’d like to make note of she wasn’t talking to or wasn’t tweeting a coworker, an employee, a customer, a client, anybody like that, and this was her private Facebook, not the company Facebook, and yet the company said ‘OK, we don’t tolerate that.'”

Maybe someone should point out to Jorgensen that saying “all lives matter” isn’t remotely racist and that disagreeing with this statement is in fact a racist position.

Under her ideal system, woke corporations would feel even more empowered to trample free speech, opening up millions more Americans to be viciously targeted by cancel culture mobs who intimidate and bully companies into policing their employees’ behavior.

Jorgensen also claimed that “private companies cannot discriminate as easily and get off as scot-free as the federal government.”

Presumably she missed the last 4 years of rampant social media censorship, which has overwhelming targeted libertarians and conservatives.

No wonder the Libertarian Party is a national joke.

Jorgensen makes Gary Johnson look like a bastion of logic and credibility.


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To: pepsionice

And really the libertarians are supposed to to champion everyone’s liberty, which includes their lives obviously. So this idiot completely betrays the whole reason for being libertarian.


61 posted on 08/09/2020 9:54:53 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

In 2016, Johnson & Weld got the most votes (4.5 million) and highest percentage (3.3%) in Libertarian Party history.

Their platform was absurd.

Johnson publicly campaigned for Open Borders and Amnesty.

Weld publicly stated he would vote for Hillary if we was not on the Libertarian ticket.

The Green Party + the Libertarians got almost 6 million votes in 2016.

Fair Warning - zero Democrats are going to throw away their votes on a Third Party candidate in 2020!


62 posted on 08/09/2020 10:11:58 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen
Fair Warning - zero Democrats are going to throw away their votes on a Third Party candidate in 2020!

Maybe, but Dem "enthusiasm" for Biden is pretty low, while GOP "enthusiasm" for Trump is high.

63 posted on 08/09/2020 10:28:14 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

She is a POLICE HATER. She is a POS.


64 posted on 08/09/2020 10:29:45 AM PDT by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty and Let the the Stupid AmericanTaxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

With this complete and utter moron as the LP party candidate, New Mexico might possibly be in play this year!


65 posted on 08/09/2020 10:58:26 AM PDT by Left2Right (Keep America Great!)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

“Losertarians”


66 posted on 08/09/2020 11:15:15 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: PGR88

Most Libertarian can’t make a decision until the winner is decided. Then they come forward.


67 posted on 08/09/2020 11:16:59 AM PDT by abbastanza
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Is there a difference these days between liberal and libertarian?


68 posted on 08/09/2020 11:22:35 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

In 2016 I couldn’t tell the difference between the Libertarian platform and the Democratic platform. Will that happen again this year?


69 posted on 08/09/2020 11:29:43 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: fwdude

“As I always suspected, “libertarians” are just liberals who are afraid of the title.”

Their party is a joke.


70 posted on 08/09/2020 11:38:52 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

The Libertarian Party just went full retard.


71 posted on 08/09/2020 11:46:15 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: LouAvul

They can get very annoying sometimes... I am surprised JimRob tolerates them so much sometimes, especially when they start pushing for their own politicians (even if the liebertarians are listed as Rs).

There are a couple of new ones here that are doing just that, but I bite my tongue and just skip their bs.


72 posted on 08/09/2020 11:58:46 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: Bikkuri

Nothing worse than the FAR-LEFT liberaltarians on this site posting drug crap. They make the DUmmies look rightwing.


73 posted on 08/09/2020 12:01:13 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: Crucial
"Most libertarians can’t stand her. She’s just using that party."

You mean just like the liebertarians are using the R party (and also trying to pass as conservatives)?
74 posted on 08/09/2020 12:02:42 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

For years the Republican Party has fought for “at-will” employment. IOW your employer can fire you at any time for any reason. How’s that working out for us?

Sadly this is not a 1st Amendment issue. The 1st Amendment states that *Congress* may make no law restricting freedom of speech. It says nothing about what a private company may or may not do. If you tell your boss he is a moron the 1st Amendment will not protect you.


75 posted on 08/09/2020 12:10:52 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Yup the libertarian party has been taken over by con men and grifters.


76 posted on 08/09/2020 12:53:55 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Libertardian = LBAN (Leftist By Another Name)


77 posted on 08/09/2020 2:19:06 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Let’s hope that she and Kanye can steal millions of votes from Biden.


78 posted on 08/09/2020 3:49:27 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Just because it’s private doesn’t mean the fascists aren’t making laws they must follow. Was it city or state ordinance that caused the BOTB or was it the company’s choice?

I couldn't tell you if there was no ordinance of any kind. (Dennis probably knows.) But I kind of doubt a bunch of businessmen offered to lay out their own money for a share in a bus company that had no chance at all of making its own decision.

Even if there was an ordinance, a private move with money behind it is the most powerful way to show it can be done. If it works, the ordinance falls into disuse and is eventually abolished. That's the normal way, and the most common way, for social customs to change--without starting a war over it.

79 posted on 08/09/2020 7:00:04 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; ...

Look on the bright side. This loony bitch may take votes from the Demonrats as a first for this execrable party that has cost the GOP many key races.


80 posted on 08/09/2020 7:14:04 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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