PragerU is also fighting censorship (YouTube in this case)

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[–]neovulcan[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

As one who identifies more libertarian than anything else, this makes sense. Always thought PragerU was a more right-leaning platform, but I identify more with the right than the left anyway, so this is acceptable.

As to the spirit of the lawsuit, I figured the predominant goal was reduced censorship, with actual government intervention being the thing neither party really wanted - with PragerU betting YouTube/Google would want government intervention even less.

Whether you agree with their views or not, they appear to fall well short of anything worth censoring (rationalizing racism, sexism, violence, etc), and they consistently present towards the top of the argument pyramid. For example, they posted this video claiming slavery was the cause of the US Civil War, which inspired this rebuttal. I'm not endorsing either video, but this kind of discussion is one of the reasons I come to the internet in the first place.

[–]Breadman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

My point is, it’s censorship. But it’s not government censorship.

Under the libertarian ideology, private actors are able to censor on the private platforms they control.

That’s why it’s ironic that PragerU as a libertarian org, is suing a private company about being ‘censored’.