tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post206253637861357081..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: TGIF: We Can Fight Bigotry without the PoliticiansSheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-84389021078873805532014-03-04T13:01:39.240-06:002014-03-04T13:01:39.240-06:00Hi Sheldon,
Thanks for another great article (I r...Hi Sheldon,<br /><br />Thanks for another great article (I read all of it at FFF). I wish more people understood that social cooperation and market preference do a much better job of punishing "bigotry" than legislative fiat. However, I have to agree with the first comment. Even with your qualification, it is not self evident that refusal to serve particular customers is repugnant.<br /><br />You state: <br /> "But does this mean that private individuals may not peacefully sanction businesses that invidiously discriminate against would-be customers?<br /><br /> No! They may, and they should. Boycotts, publicity, ostracism, and other noncoercive measures are also constituents of freedom of association."<br /><br />I agree completely that this tactic is valid and socially useful. However, may not a business owner employ the same strategy? As a business owner, can I not boycott customers I find to be morally objectionable? For an easy example, if a customer walked into my store wearing a "God Hates Fags" T-shirt, I would ask them to leave. For a more difficult example, consider the possibility that a self-organized business boycott of "particular" people may be socially beneficial in the same manner as a customer boycott of business. Imagine that the "particular" people being boycotted comprise anyone who chooses to be employed in a profession that requires the rights violation of others (policeman, soldier, DEA agent, IRS agent, prosecutor, etc...).<br /><br />Kind Regards,<br />JeremyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-14285544117628992532014-03-03T10:29:12.006-06:002014-03-03T10:29:12.006-06:00It's not self-evident in the sense that denial...It's not self-evident in the sense that denial is a logical contradiction. But it is self-evident in this sense: If I entered a store ready to accept the terms apparently offered and was told, "Get out. We don't serve your kind here," I would not find it repugnant. The golden rule is a reasonable rule.Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-40222701730204947182014-03-01T15:11:28.888-06:002014-03-01T15:11:28.888-06:00"Such behavior" [refusal to serve partic..."Such behavior" [refusal to serve particular customers] is "repugnant?"<br /><br />Is that supposed to be self-evident? It isn't, you know.Jim Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.com