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> "You're absolutely allowed to discriminate based on hair color because it's not a protected class." The "not a protected class" counterargument is self-defea
by ThrowawayR2 6y ago
> "You're absolutely allowed to discriminate based on hair color because it's not a protected class."
The "not a protected class" counterargument is self-defeating because it suggests that discrimination was A-OK before that protected class was created by law. If illegality does not imply immorality, as is often said on HN, then conversely legality does not imply morality.
- sfkdjf9j3j 6y agoThat's the inverse, not the converse, and if we're talking about propositional logic it is not implied by the original statement.