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Well, sometimes it is a good idea. If the people getting kicked out, are being kicked out for completely legal behavior, that isn't disrupting the datacenter s
by stale2002 5y ago
Well, sometimes it is a good idea.
If the people getting kicked out, are being kicked out for completely legal behavior, that isn't disrupting the datacenter service, then it very much could be a good idea.
To stick with this bar analogy for way to long, if there were a bar in the 1950s that served black people who weren't allowed into the "regular" bars, I could see that being a good business, in some areas.
- ProjectArcturis 5y agoWhat if they got kicked out because they threatened to kill the bartender for cutting them off?
- stale2002 5y agoWhat if they got kicked out because they were black?
- giaour 5y agoI think what the GP was trying to get across is that you’re making an argument from moral principles that doesn’t necessarily translate to situations without the same moral stakes. Opening a business to serve a minority excluded from mainstream establishments could be a morally righteous decision (as in the example you provided), a savvy business decision (e.g., mob-run gay bars in NYC in the early 1960’s), or both (like thriving businesses run by and for the black community during segregation). Given the current state of what’s on Gab, it’s difficult to see how running a social network that caters to users & content banned from FB and Twitter could be a sound business decision —- what company wants their ads to run in a sea of vaccine disinformation and hate speech? —- so you need to justify it on moral grounds. And in that sense, I’m sorry, but it’s a bit insulting to compare Gab and Truth to businesses that deliberately bucked segregation or apartheid.