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Shouldn't this be a situation where the market decides, then? AirBNB, developed in leftist SF: No white supremacists on our system. AryanBNB, developed in no
by Frondo 9y ago
Shouldn't this be a situation where the market decides, then?
AirBNB, developed in leftist SF: No white supremacists on our system.
AryanBNB, developed in northern Idaho: White supremacists welcome!
If people are really that turned off by AirBNB banning white supremacists, they'd flock to AryanBNB, wouldn't they?
For my part, I just don't think this slope is that slippery. I'd happily prohibit white supremacists from using any service I ever developed, or if I ever opened a retail shop, I'd happily ask them to leave (reserving the right to refuse service and all that).
But that's just me. Surely the white supremacists can develop short-term rental apps to cater to everyone, can't they? (They wouldn't prohibit any specific groups from using their services, I'm sure, ha ha.)
- averagewall 9y agoThat reason isn't consistent with popular ideology. If it was valid, you could also make the same argument for AirBNB banning gays and say "well, gays can make their own GayBNB if they want. Let the market decide!" No. That wouldn't be fair for gays to be sidelined to the necessarily inferior minority service. Most customers won't use the GayBNB as a political gesture. Just as most Uber users didn't really switch to Lyft when they were angry at Uber because, well, they kind of liked the cheap and available rides.
- Daishiman 9y agoThe difference is that we've agreed for the most part that sexual orientation should be a protected class, and being a white supremacist should not be. It's so blindingly obvious that I have no idea why you'd ever make that argument. Nobody cares about sidelining white supremacists.