I Apologize to My Fellow Americans

[Bob Butler 54]

(01-29-2017, 08:44 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(01-29-2017, 08:31 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(01-29-2017, 07:29 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: You've got your answer now.  Everyone is okay with some forms of discrimination, even you. 

Huh?  I must have missed something.  I do have some deep down prejudices which I try hard not to act on.  I'm no saint.  I spent some time trying to come up with some examples of when I did act on them.  If I had come up with something, I would have printed it.  What act of discrimination are you talking about?

The following strongly implies that you think it's fine to discriminate when choosing one's friends:

(01-29-2017, 01:44 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I never ever deny goods or services to minorities.

You seem to be confusing the ability to chose one's friends with refusing to provide goods and services to minorities.

You snipped my post and are taking it quite out of context.

First, I never ever deny goods or services because the purchaser is a minoriy.  That's not because I'm a saint.  I'm retired.  I don't sell goods or services period.  To anybody.  

When I worked, I wrote software for the military industrial complex.  The customer representatives were predominantly white and male, with a scattering of exceptions, but you don't ever show prejudice against representatives of the government overseeing your contract.  Bad idea.  Really bad idea.  Respect the customer.

Take it in context of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  It is correct to ban prejudice and discrimination when one in providing certain types of goods and services in a public setting.  On the other hand, I'll endorse entirely the libertarian concept of freedom of association when one is at home, in a private club, or just amongst friends.  It is not the government's place to regulate who one might befriend, who one might date, whom one might marry, etc...  I don't see practicing freedom of association while in private settings as discrimination.  I thought you liked freedom of association.

My primary social activity is playing role playing games at two game stores, and with Jorge's group.  There are a few women, blacks and latinos that play in the same games I play.  I have absolutely no problem with that.  Most of them are fine players who make the game more fun.  Some of the games are closed, invitation only.  Some of them are public.  The store owner wants business and welcomes anyone who walks in off the street wanting to learn a game.  I have no problems with religion, skin color, culture etc...  Thus, while in abstract I don't want the government deciding who one might date, who one might befriend, etc...  I can't think of any examples where I have personally rejected social contact due to race, religion, gender, etc... 

(01-29-2017, 07:29 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: I'm pretty sure you didn't come out in favor of prohibiting gays from discriminating against straights when accepting dates, and vice versa, either.

Correct.  Freedom of association is a fine principle in a private setting.  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 does a decent job of drawing the line between public and private settings.