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The context here is a Office Depot employee refusing to print charlie kirk posters. IIRC, that employee was fired.
IMO, a private business should have the right to refuse service for any reason. I might be sympathetic to an argument that if all businesses are refusing service to someone on the basis of race or political affiliation, then the state might have a compelling reason to step in, but in this case I am sure many other businesses would have been willing to print the posters.
It's the same with the Christian baker who refused to bake a gay wedding cake. The gay couple could have gone to many other bakers to get their cake. The state should not be compelling a baker to make a product he doesn't want to make.
Exactly.
My real problem with the state compelling people is that if the state is "the people" (its not but people believe that lie) then the state should reflect the will of the people. Not some ideal that the people don't like.
This is where democracy really breaks down for me. It seems to me the free market is more democratic.
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