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Remember the Red Scare, when communists, socialists, and leftists were widely hated and persecuted? Do you think such a societal shift can't happen again? Fre
by ThrowawayR2 3y ago
Remember the Red Scare, when communists, socialists, and leftists were widely hated and persecuted? Do you think such a societal shift can't happen again? Freedom of association for businesses is all fun and games until society's values shift and all of a sudden it's you that's unpopular and businesses start refusing to serve you.
- TylerE 3y agoThat’s a lot more likely if the extreme right is continued to be allowed free rein to terrorize this country.
- ThrowawayR2 3y agoThe extreme right is growing because the left is failing miserably in making a case for the public to vote for them. Attempting to squash the speech of their opponents when they're not succeeding legitimately just makes the left look even worse and gives the far right the opportunity to play the oppressed martyr.
- shadowgovt 3y agoSure can happen again, if it happens again it can be dealt with the same way it was dealt with last time: vote the bastards out and maneuver around Hollywood to make the movies. We have a very narrow carve out of service obligation that constrains businesses from refusing service for intrinsic properties. Apart from that, at the federal level: no, we don't and shouldn't obligate businesses to serve Communists. We don't obligate them to serve Nazis. We don't obligate them to serve the KKK. We don't obligate them to serve Democrats. A business that's too picky about the color of people's money is a business that leaves money on the table, and that is almost always counterweight enough.
- adrienne 3y agoIn point of fact, if you want to become a US citizen you have to swear under penalty of perjury that you are not a communist. Now. In 2023!