The Problems Of Non-Discrimination Laws
In response to this thread, generally arguing in favor of government mandated non-discrimination (as opposed to moral persuasion and people generally not being dicks to each other), I present this opinion piece-
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8371/
That pretty well describes the consequences of and arguments against things like hate speech laws, the first step in government regulating morality and mandating private non-discrimination. It's worth pointing out that the author is in the UK, writing about the problems of that country, which Justin Raimondo touches a bit upon the same subject (from a much different tack) in his latest column. As Raimondo says, the UK tends to be a few years ahead of us in those matters, and generally not for the better. And as I argued in the previous thread in this group, it really doesn't matter what side you start from, or how noble or not your intentions are-once the government starts regulating morality for some, they can come for you next.
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8371/
That pretty well describes the consequences of and arguments against things like hate speech laws, the first step in government regulating morality and mandating private non-discrimination. It's worth pointing out that the author is in the UK, writing about the problems of that country, which Justin Raimondo touches a bit upon the same subject (from a much different tack) in his latest column. As Raimondo says, the UK tends to be a few years ahead of us in those matters, and generally not for the better. And as I argued in the previous thread in this group, it really doesn't matter what side you start from, or how noble or not your intentions are-once the government starts regulating morality for some, they can come for you next.