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I'd be curious about the wording of a law that allowed, say, a baker to refuse service to gay or trans people, but required media companies to carry racist or m

I'd be curious about the wording of a law that allowed, say, a baker to refuse service to gay or trans people, but required media companies to carry racist or misogynist comedy. I think it would be harder still to prohibit people from buying goods or services advertised in conjunction with racist or misogynist comedy. I seem to recall some states trying to prohibit boycotts of advertisers or certain goods and services under the rubric of "economic terrorism", but I can't google anything pertinent right now.

detaro 4y ago
> I'd be curious about the wording of a law that allowed, say, a baker to refuse service to gay or trans people, but required media companies to carry racist or misogynist comedy. By making it explicit what categories are ok to boycott and which aren't. It doesn't have to work in a general case to achieve their goals. > I seem to recall some states trying to prohibit boycotts of advertisers or certain goods and services under the rubric of "economic terrorism", but I can't google anything pertinent right now. Closest I have heard of are anti-BDS laws, which usually do it through preventing the state from doing business with people who take part in boycotts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#Anti-BDS_laws_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#Anti-BDS_laws_in... For many industries, not being able to sell to schools/government offices/... is a notable disadvantage. Or if you want bigger reach, make it apply to suppliers of suppliers too.