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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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Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay

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Posted on 7/6/18 at 12:39 pm to AggieHank86

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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.

So , you're argument boils down to

"Gosh darnit , if it just wasn't illegal to discriminate against negroes, like it is not illegal to discriminate against people who you disagree with politically I'd defend the right to discriminate against both?"

Pathetic.

We're not talking about legality here, we're talking about morality. Of course being a liberal, you have no principles or morals. So there is that.

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