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Not blackballing is different than compulsory hiring. I don’t think anyone is arguing that private companies aren’t allowed to decide. I think the argument is
by prepend 6y ago
Not blackballing is different than compulsory hiring.
I don’t think anyone is arguing that private companies aren’t allowed to decide. I think the argument is that companies shouldn’t decide to block based on the types of comments made by this person.
Similarly if I say “eating a galling of ice cream is bad” it’s incorrect to think I’m arguing that people shouldn’t be allowed to choose to eat a gallon of ice cream. My hypothetical is meant to say that people should be smart enough to do the right thing, not that they should be forced to eat or not eat ice cream
- smt88 6y agoThat's a fair framing, although there absolutely are people who misinterpret the First Amendment to mean that speech is protected from all consequences. Taking that concept at face value, it means that Apple's behavior in this case would be unconstitutional (which sounds insane because it is).