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race seems such a taboo subject in the US. whats wrong with businesses only serving ppl they want. why would you want to do business w/ them if they dont like you anyway?
You are being logical,that doesn't work when having a discussion with leftist droids....
Why should the government be allowed to force a private individual to serve someone they do not want to serve?
It's not that hard to understand.
You right-wingers love to quote the Declaration of Independence, so you should be committed to the principle that all men are created equal, with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
In order to have a civil society we cannot tolerate a system that allows businesses to categorically deny service to people based on their race, religion, or the other categories protected by the Civil Rights Act.
To hear Ron Paul say it, racial discrimination was the result of law, not the cause of it.
It is very convenient for all of you who have never faced race discrimination to parrot the "businesses should be allowed to serve anyone they want" line. If you think civil rights laws are no longer needed you are kidding yourselves.
Where does Paul ever say that? Again, he would also be opposed to Jim Crow laws.
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Originally Posted by Sophiasmommy
What a shameful garbage post; and for the record, I'm not even a RP supporter. Shame on you frozen yogurt.
Paul refused to deny that those signs were a bad thing. Sorry folks, it is what it is. You can try and blame me or the media but it was Ron Paul stammering when all he had to say was no. Saying no takes less than a second but he couldn't muster it up. His feelings are his feelings.
And what does that have to do with the issue at hand - whether or not the government should have a right to tell a business who it can and cannot serve?
It's easy to say this when you are the majority. If every black owned business decided to not serve whites and every white owned business decided o not serve blacks, white people would win out of sheer volume.
This all goes back to what I said on the last page about the ease of dismissing something that doesn't affect you.
You right-wingers love to quote the Declaration of Independence, so you should be committed to the principle that all men are created equal, with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
In order to have a civil society we cannot tolerate a system that allows businesses to categorically deny service to people based on their race, religion, or the other categories protected by the Civil Rights Act.
To hear Ron Paul say it, racial discrimination was the result of law, not the cause of it.
It is very convenient for all of you who have never faced race discrimination to parrot the "businesses should be allowed to serve anyone they want" line. If you think civil rights laws are no longer needed you are kidding yourselves.
Apparently you have not read this thread since that has been answered time and again. If a business was so stupid as to blatantly discriminate we would picket, protest and call for boycotts and this business would go belly up; no need for a nanny state whatsoever. I believe in you more than you do.
David Duke joined the KKK in 1974. He formed the National Association for the Advancement of White People in 1980.
He ran for office as a Democrat in 1988. He was still a member of the NAAWP.
He quit all racist organizations and ran for office as a Republican in 1992. His campaign was blocked by the National Republican Party, which effectively kicked him out of the party.
Paul refused to deny that those signs were a bad thing. Sorry folks, it is what it is. You can try and blame me or the media but it was Ron Paul stammering when all he had to say was no. Saying no takes less than a second but he couldn't muster it up. His feelings are his feelings.
Lemme ask you a question: why do you need the government to tell you something is wrong when you already know it is? I believe in you more than you do.
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