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So you are fine with a restaurant or a convenience store refusing to do business with people of color or LGBT supporters? What if it was the only viable place i
by fuoqi 6y ago
So you are fine with a restaurant or a convenience store refusing to do business with people of color or LGBT supporters? What if it was the only viable place in town? What about cable companies refusing to provide internet connection to them?
While I do not support Trump, I think such segregation (based on race, gender, political views, etc.) is a very dangerous phenomena in the mid/long-term.
- tehbeard 6y ago> ...a small set of protected classes... You really need to read the comments before replying.. Something needs to be done, certainly. But status quo is not the answer. Out of all of this, I do have to give Twitter some credit for having/working on a policy to deal with world leaders usage of the platform, even if it's been rough both the last few years and last week or so.
- fuoqi 6y ago"Small and protected class" has nothing to do with the message of the comment to which I have replied. Read it again carefully, "like a bar" means that it's nothing more than an example. In the comment a clear opinion has been voiced: private enterprises have right to refuse to do business with anyone whom they don't like.
- ntgftg 6y agoAllowing businesses to deny service to gay people is a Republican party position. Donald Trump is a Republican. So it goes.
- upbeat_general 6y agoA) I think internet providers should be regulated as utilities which would prevent them from arbitrarily refusing service B) It is illegal to refuse service on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability. It is legal to refuse service on the basis of ‘I don’t like your opinion’. If I start a bar, I can’t ban people because they’re of a race, from a country, etc. but if there’s a group supporting the overthrow of our government, I absolutely can (and probably would).
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- guerrilla 6y agoI think they were making a moral and practical argument, not a legal one...
- jrace 6y agotrump being kicked off Twitter et al is not because of his personal beliefs, sexual orientation, or race. He is being kicked of for inciting violence. Something that he agreed not to do when he signed up for the service.
- isaiahg 6y agoThis isn't the same thing as a convenience store where they're refusing to sell to someone. This is more like a network refusing to display an ad for someone. In that Trump is displaying his own content on their platform. This doesn't bother me, it's well within their right not to be associated with this man. The bigger concern is that we've become so consumed with privately owned social media in the first place