Nick Gillespie

And not to get too libertarian on this, it means that if you want to marry, if you're a man and you want to marry a man, anything that is among consenting adults is good. If you want to smoke weed rather than drink whiskey, you shouldn't go to prison for that. And it shouldn't be illegal to buy and sell this shit. And if you want to run a

And not to get too libertarian on this, it means that if you want to marry, if you're a man and you want to marry a man, anything that is among consenting adults is good. If you want to smoke weed rather than drink whiskey, you shouldn't go to prison for that. And it shouldn't be illegal to buy and sell this shit. And if you want to run a

If you want to run a business that does this versus that, like, you know, anything that's peaceful.

If you want to run a business that does this versus that, like, you know, anything that's peaceful.

But that's part of what government is designed to do, right? I mean, I don't think that's a bug. I think that's a feature of government. And you would argue, and I understand this, capitalism's the feature is- That's what I'm saying. It is like, really, no, we need more girls in the shirt waist triangle factory.

But that's part of what government is designed to do, right? I mean, I don't think that's a bug. I think that's a feature of government. And you would argue, and I understand this, capitalism's the feature is- That's what I'm saying. It is like, really, no, we need more girls in the shirt waist triangle factory.

So that is, you know, it's a fascinating kind of question. And I can't really speak for other libertarians. Sure. But I am, you know, what I liked about Trump winning. is that I think it put a cap on a broad series of developments and kind of policies and attitudes that had settled over the country, kind of like, you know, a DDT fog that wasn't going away.

So that is, you know, it's a fascinating kind of question. And I can't really speak for other libertarians. Sure. But I am, you know, what I liked about Trump winning. is that I think it put a cap on a broad series of developments and kind of policies and attitudes that had settled over the country, kind of like, you know, a DDT fog that wasn't going away.

Popping a wheelie on my banana seat and all this. And that had to do – there were certain things about wokeness and about kind of policing of speech in a public way. That was onerous, you know, and the only solution to that really is for people to say, like, you know what, I'm not going to allow you to call me a racist, you know, and I'm going to speak my mind. I'm going to be public about that.

Popping a wheelie on my banana seat and all this. And that had to do – there were certain things about wokeness and about kind of policing of speech in a public way. That was onerous, you know, and the only solution to that really is for people to say, like, you know what, I'm not going to allow you to call me a racist, you know, and I'm going to speak my mind. I'm going to be public about that.

No, no. I mean, people are now talking about the woke left is being replaced by the woke right. And I mean, the idea that policing language so that if you're in the presence of Trump or a Trump-tard and you call it the Gulf of Mexico, They will be like, you no longer exist to me or something. And like, this is not progress by any stretch.

No, no. I mean, people are now talking about the woke left is being replaced by the woke right. And I mean, the idea that policing language so that if you're in the presence of Trump or a Trump-tard and you call it the Gulf of Mexico, They will be like, you no longer exist to me or something. And like, this is not progress by any stretch.

Oh, it was great, though. And I like that. I mean, I think it's empowering even as it fractures us.

Oh, it was great, though. And I like that. I mean, I think it's empowering even as it fractures us.

Yeah, yeah. And I mean, I was early on in Twitter, or not that early on, but I remember when Bill Cosby, you know, he was coming back with like a Netflix special and a tour and stuff like that. And he had a Twitter feed, an official Twitter feed. And they would put out stuff saying like, you know, hey, you know, Dr. Cosby wore great sweaters on the Cosby show, you know, post your favorite sweater.

Yeah, yeah. And I mean, I was early on in Twitter, or not that early on, but I remember when Bill Cosby, you know, he was coming back with like a Netflix special and a tour and stuff like that. And he had a Twitter feed, an official Twitter feed. And they would put out stuff saying like, you know, hey, you know, Dr. Cosby wore great sweaters on the Cosby show, you know, post your favorite sweater.

And everybody just like immediately went after him for all of the sexual assault and rape allegations. Yeah. And it's like, that's a world I want to live in, where the big people and the little people are suddenly kind of in the same room. And that can be terrifying. It's especially terrifying if you're a big person, right?

And everybody just like immediately went after him for all of the sexual assault and rape allegations. Yeah. And it's like, that's a world I want to live in, where the big people and the little people are suddenly kind of in the same room. And that can be terrifying. It's especially terrifying if you're a big person, right?

But then you get to places where it becomes implemented in terms of various kinds of speech codes, as well as hiring policies at universities, at corporations, because corporations are not in the business. Corporations are just doing whatever they can do to make the next buck.

But then you get to places where it becomes implemented in terms of various kinds of speech codes, as well as hiring policies at universities, at corporations, because corporations are not in the business. Corporations are just doing whatever they can do to make the next buck.