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And I see you as one of those lawyers who gets an idea in his head early in a case and then refuses to let it go, no matter how much contrary evidence is developed in the following months.

NO, I do not think Huckabee is intentionally lying. Despite my dislike for his SoCon ideology, I think he is a pretty straight-shooter in most cases.

YES, I think the story got mangled between the husband's brother, then his parents, then the husband, then Sarah, then Mike. And I find it baffling that so many college-educated people are willing to ignore that likelihood ... simply due to political bias.

If this story involved Nancy Pelosi, one of her daughters, the daughter's (hypothetical) GOP husband and in-laws, and a Conservative restaurant owner, 95% of this forum would be discarding Pelosi's story without even CONDUCTING an onsite, factual investigation.

Why is that so damned hard to grasp?

Here's my question for you, and other liberals. And it's a simple one, should be easy to answer.

Why is it acceptable to discriminate against someone that you don't like because of their political ideology, but not because you don't like their skin color?

See, me? I think this woman had EVERY right to ask Sarah to leave her restaraunt ( I don't believe she had the right to chase her family down the street, however) but I also believe that a black man ought have the right to throw a white man out of his BBQ joint, or a baker ought have right to refuse to service a gay, or well you get the point. I don't in ANY case believe that a person should have the right to take it further and harass a person on the street at their home, at their place of work, or anywhere else, but as a business owner on principle alone I defend this woman asking Sanders to leave her place of business. I KNOW you wouldn't support a white person if they asked Maxine Waters, or any other black person, to leave their business though.

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Posted by AggieHank86

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Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 7/6/18 at 11:37 am to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay

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Here's my question for you, and other liberals. And it's a simple one, should be easy to answer.

Why is it acceptable to discriminate against someone that you don't like because of their political ideology, but not because you don't like their skin color?

From an ideological perspective, it isn't.

I have said REPEATEDLY that I disfavor public accommodation laws, would repeal them all and that any business owner should be able to choose who he will (or will not) do business with.

The only caveat on my position is that the business owner must post/publish this fact prior to denying service, because no one should be allowed to be seated for dinner (or whatever service) and then suffer the indignity of being escorted from the premises without prior warning.

Of course, we do not live in that world. In the real world, we DO have public accommodation laws, and those laws (in most jurisdictions) DO prohibit racial discrimination and DO NOT prohibit political discrimination.

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I KNOW you wouldn't support a white person if they asked Maxine Waters, or any other black person, to leave their business though.

So, you would be wrong, in a world without public accommodation laws ... provided only that the business posted a "no service" warning and did not first allow her to be seated.

In the world in which we actually live, that business owner would be breaking the law and should suffer the consequences.

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