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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
No, don't go back to the silly 'concession', you nailed it just there. They can be bigots back to the bigots. It's not necessarily productive or right, but they should have that right as well. They can choose not to let bigots on their property.
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That was the point originally, but it wasn't clear enough (or I hadn't finished the thought). People have the right to be bigots in their head, or maybe even in their words.... but refusing service is an action. They are moving from philosophy to practice. That's a problem, because bigotry is negative and destructive. It's not limiting speech to say, "you can think or say what you will, but doing whatever you want isn't a part of a free society. There are limits to reasonable actions." It's not my right to force someone else to think everyone is made equal, though I'll do my best through my own practice of free speech. They can use derogatory language, even. Unless you're Imus. But when that extra step is taken into action, a line has been crossed.
I'm saying the line is crossed at the action of kicking out, well before the fist fight.