Timeline for What laws allow social media companies to "choose" who to serve, but not brick-and-mortar business?
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| Mar 17, 2021 at 17:31 | comment | added | George White | I don't think you need to be a socialist to be a socialist-bouncer at the door. | |
| Mar 17, 2021 at 10:50 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @GeorgeWhite if the point of the coffee shop was to not have any socialists then wouldn't not being a socialist be a "bona-fide occupational qualification" as it's essential for the business to run properly? (same as the Hooters case) | |
| Mar 17, 2021 at 1:21 | comment | added | user36183 | @GeorgeWhite It's just my hunch. I know very little about discrimination laws. Maybe it wouldn't, private clubs are, after all, legal (country clubs), so I suppose you could have a private 'democrats club,' or 'republicans club,' and maybe such a restaurant or hotel would be analogous to that. | |
| Mar 17, 2021 at 0:10 | comment | added | George White | "illegal in some way"? I agree that it seems wrong but you'd need to cite some law for this to make sense. | |
| Mar 17, 2021 at 0:07 | comment | added | user36183 | I think if you had a coffee shop that didn't serve people in a certain political group just on the basis of their membership in that group, nothing more, it would be illegal in some way. Making a rule that says 'if you come in my coffee shop and start spreading misinformation like, I don't know, Trump won the election, to other customers, then you'll be kicked out,' I'm almost certain there's no law that'll stop you. | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 23:31 | comment | added | George White | At least in CA this is a feature of employment law. In CA, @Hikonyan's socialist-free coffee shop policy could apply to customers but not employees. | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 22:55 | comment | added | bdb484 | This is correct as far as federal law goes, but note also that California, D.C., and several other jurisdictions do outlaw political discrimination to some extent. | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 22:48 | comment | added | George White | @Hikonyan - you might look up quotes from conservative/ libertarian Rand Paul on his issues with the Civil Rights Act. He thought is was good to legislate against racial discrimination in public places but said that possibly a private business should get to make its own rules. | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 22:16 | comment | added | George White | Not A-Ok, just not illegal. It is very legal for a company's political discrimination to result in public criticism, boycotting, etc. | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 21:59 | comment | added | Hikonyan | I think this and the comment by Rock Ape clear it up - political discrimination is a-OK in America. The conclusions from that are another discussion altogether, but I mistakenly thought it was as illegal as discriminating by race. Thanks! | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 21:58 | vote | accept | Hikonyan | ||
| Mar 16, 2021 at 21:31 | history | answered | George White | CC BY-SA 4.0 |