# Let me be real clear: this message board does NOT need conservatives

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 28, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474 "2021-07-28T02:12:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474/941 "2021-08-06T13:25:24Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Anarchism is just my attitude towards government, not morality or social justice. It’s a big umbrella that incorporates lots of political leanings, some of them personally abhorrent to me.  
> And anarchism has been tested, it’s worked pretty well _where it’s been allowed to_ .

Where has it been tested? Where has it worked pretty well?

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Rubbish. Each owner of a press would be free to censor it exactly as much as they wished, in Libertaria.

You’re right. There’d be no government censorship, but there’d be plenty of private.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Did I? I can’t seem to recall saying that, perhaps you could refresh my memory with a quote…

Here, where you said harm prevention and reduction of violence are more important than telling the truth:

> [@The Ongoing Death of Free Speech: Prominent ACLU Lawyer Cheers Suppression of a New Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-death-of-free-speech-prominent-aclu-lawyer-cheers-suppression-of-a-new-book/925913/219):
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> Harm prevention. Reduction of violence. That kind of thing. You know - tangibles.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> _Only_ in as much as you seem to consider lawful state response to be “violence”, do I admit that. Did you think this was some sort of gotcha, and that the “also” wasn’t deliberately placed there? What a thicko.

Of course I didn’t. I wanted you to clarify.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> You were _not_ talking about repressive governments when you posted your bullshit, it was private speech, and private reactions to it, that was being discussed.

I was talking about the difference between giving an opinion, and actually discriminating against someone. Like a Christian saying publicly they believe atheists are going to hell, and a Christian firing their employee because the employee said they were an atheist on social media.

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