01-28-2017, 11:28 AM
(01-28-2017, 07:47 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(01-28-2017, 03:34 AM)Galen Wrote:(01-27-2017, 06:30 PM)taramarie Wrote: and when i say infringe on others rights i mean other Americans rights. Say in the case of the religious baker who did not want to serve gays. That is what i mean. But dismiss me if you want. I know what i stand for.
A libertarian, other than Gary Johnson, would say that was his right to choose who he does business with. I would say he is being stupid but again libertarians in general don't see any particular need to protect the stupid from themselves. Customers can also choose to boycott this baker over the issue and libertarians wouldn't have any particular problem with that either.
Prior to the awakening, especially in the south, overt blatant prejudice was hard wired into the culture. People of color could not stay in many hotels, eat at many restaurants, use many sanitary facilities, drink at certain water bubblers, etc... The sit in at the Woolworth lunch counter where blacks were refused service became a symbol of this sort of behavior. The Supreme Court and various laws passed by Congress made this sort of overt prejudice illegal. Many have come to understand that if one offers a service to the public, one has to provide that service to the People.
This wasn't because the businesses wanted to segregate nonwhites, though. It was because the Democrats had passed laws requiring segregation. Most businesses would have preferred not to have to go to the expense of separate facilities.