"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.
Also, can the private business just prevent Blacks, Whites, Asians, bald people from shopping there? They can always go elsewhere, right? Their property, their rules?
I absolutely agree with all of that. Look at how the Colorado cake baker has been harassed, harangued, and dragged into court over and over, in an attempt to put him out of business, all because he refused to make a gay wedding cake. You good with that?
I'd be perfectly fine, for example, if a Muslim owned business told me to GTGO because I am a kafir, or a gay owned business refuses to serve me because I am straight, or a white owned business refuses to serve me because I am black. Let the free market sort that out. We should rescind laws that outlaw all of that.
~ 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.
Also, can the private business just prevent Blacks, Whites, Asians, bald people from shopping there? They can always go elsewhere, right? Their property, their rules?
I absolutely agree with all of that. Look at how the Colorado cake baker has been harassed, harangued, and dragged into court over and over, in an attempt to put him out of business, all because he refused to make a gay wedding cake. You good with that?
I'd be perfectly fine, for example, if a Muslim owned business told me to GTGO because I am a kafir, or a gay owned business refuses to serve me because I am straight, or a white owned business refuses to serve me because I am black. Let the free market sort that out. We should rescind laws that outlaw all of that.
same with Germany making Jews wear yellow stars? OK, let the free market sort it out? Rosa Parks should've started her own bus company?
I understand your sentiment, but life doesn't happen on paper or in theory. This is not a college campus; there are real people involved.