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derpstater [S] 8 points ago +8 / -0

I actually don't buy the "their property their rules" argument. Can they charge me more because I'm wearing a blue shirt? Can they make the women go to the back of the line? Can they make me get a vaccine to enter? The idea that I need to do whatever someone tells me in order to buy food is not a healthy line of reasoning. It only "sucks" because people are going along with it. If folks who don't want to wear a mask didn't, this shit would end in days.

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bill_in_texas 2 points ago +3 / -1
  • "The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail - its roof may shake - the wind may blow through it - the storm may enter - the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter." *

~ William Pitt

We must adhere to the principle that private property is sacrosanct. If a business wants to say that no blue shirts can enter, then they should be able to do that. Let the market decide. If all the customers were blue shirt wearers, then the business will soon go out of business.

If this happened, you'd think enterprising folks would open a store where blue shirts are welcome. Look at Parler and Gab. They're in their infancy, but sprung up as a direct result of people not liking the propaganda and censorship on the big tech social media.

Private businesses should be able to make their own decisions about what does, and does not happen on their properties. Think about it. The business pays the property taxes, mortgage, pays for the business licenses, pays the utilities, pays the employees, etc. I'd say that gives them some skin in the game to dictate what goes on. Would you like your neighbor to come over and start dictating shit to you about what goes on in your house? You pay the bills for that house, not your neighbor. Your neighbor has zero skin in the game.

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derpstater [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

So masks on forever? or you can't buy food? or go to your kid's soccer game? or hike in a State park?

Not sure why tyranny is acceptable. The Jews and Gypsies weren't welcome in Germany, they could've just gone to a different country? Germany had the right to make whatever laws it's citizens voted on?