A shopkeeper in Anglesey has put up a sign banning Reform voters. For those outside the UK, Reform is a far right political party that operates along the lines of Americas MAGA.
As you may imagine, they're unpopular with many people, particularly with leftwing voters (and quite a few on the right too).
During a recent conference a female protester was rightly evicted by security but several members of the audience attacked her while in custody pulling her hair and one person gave her a few hard whacks of a walking cane. In typical "MAGA" fashion the beaten woman was then mocked by party leaders.
But is it acceptable to ban people for how they vote or does that open the doors to banning people on other grounds such as race and gender?
Shops should ban ANY group they want
Shops should ban any political party they want
Shops should not ban political parties but should be allowed to ban certain groups
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Is it acceptable to refuse service based on political beliefs?
Voted 38 times in total
12 Girls
26 Guys
Shops should ban ANY group they want
53%
6 Girls (50%)
14 Guys (54%)
Shops should ban any political party they want
21%
2 Girls (17%)
6 Guys (23%)
Shops should not ban political parties but should be allowed to ban certain groups
26%
4 Girls (33%)
6 Guys (23%)
Is it acceptable to refuse service based on political beliefs?
In the US, political affiliation isn’t a protected class. I think shopkeepers should have the right to refuse service for any reason or no reason at all. If people don’t like it, then they shop somewhere else. If the store policy is bad, then the market will put them out of business. Here’s the problem as i see it. Well, there are a few. Contrary to your assertion, MAGA is not “far right”. The reason many long time republicans oppose Drumpf is that some of his policies and practices are hurting the big corporations that traditionally fund republicans. Drumpf was a lifelong democrat supporter before he ran for president, and his work has proven that he didn’t outgrow his moderate legacy. The mainstream media loved him before he ran as a republican and they alone created this “far right” narrative to disparage him out of spite. Second, if the shopkeeper didn’t also ban the far left and bigoted cops after Henry Nowak was cuffed while bleeding to death as his killer stood by and watched, and the radical left government did nothing but make excuses, well… then he’s a hypocrite. Something tells me if someone who votes differently from him was being beat up for attacking people who vote like him, he wouldn’t be protesting and banning his cohorts. Hopefully the reasonable people of his community boycott him and he goes out of business. Or maybe someone he cares about gets r*ped and murdered by an import and nothing is done about it. Then maybe he’ll rethink his hypocrisies. Either way, i support his right to be a bellend in a free market. Cheers!
Liberal businesses do that all the time in the US. It's fine.
Of course, a lot of them go out of business due to a lack of sufficient customers, but that's just open-market capitalism.
Those of us in the US will be familiar with the examples of Bud Light, Target, Nike, and others. No one told them they couldn't target the groups they wanted to appeal to, but no one promised to keep buying their products either.
Hollywood has tried this multiple times: "We don't care what you think - this movie wasn't made for you." Then two months later, that movie exits the theaters with a loss in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Video games too. At least 30 entire studios have either been shut down completely, significantly downsized, or sold off because their game was targeting a specific audience instead of the gaming audience and, well, it turns out that when you invest $400 million dollars into a game, you need more than 1000 people to buy it.
The market is surprisingly good at working these things out all by itself.
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Anonymous
(18-24)
1 mo
Im not keen on banning folks because of things they have no control over (in the US this is most applicable concerning LGBT folks) because of things they have 100% control over, such as religion... but IF this will be the case, being an LGBT woman, it seems more than fair to ban people for things they have control over, in this case political affiliation, because of their positions concerning things I dont have control over, such as being LGBT or a woman.
All of this said, considering I am a casino dealer, I LOVE dealing to MAGA because I get to bait them and drain their bank accounts... and every dollar they give to the casino is a dollar they can't use to support people who are hell bent on taking away my rights.
I thought that business have the right to refuse service for any reason. Now that being said, it may not be the best idea to advertise your bias if you are more concerned about keeping your business afloat. The thing with the MAGA types are that they want to be able to ban things they don't agree with but get up in arms on social media about anyone who goes against them. They are a bunch of delicate snowflakes.
That being said, I do believe that store owners have the right to refuse, they just have to be prepared to face consequences for their stances one way or another.
It may be legal to refuse to service certain customers, based on one's political or religious beliefs, but I personally believe it is always wrong. 2hen you agree to open a business that provides a service, that service should be available to all, no questions asked.
The only exception would be if the service would result in violating the law. For example, if a customer asked a baker to bake a cake laced with poison.
In my opinion, this is a simple case of keeping your personal life and your business life separate, which many people have not learned how to do.
Other: to ''ban'' is to admit that one isn't smart enough to find better ways.
In this present case a written ''declaration'' does not work. In a tik-tok driven century it requires a too long attention span to read it.
Acceptable - but of course. But better with tools that are beyond the addressed circle's mental comprehension.
''Watches and Jew-ellery''... hmmm. How about only selling SMART watches.
As for the Jews: change the sortiment and only offer products with non-Arabic numbers. They will love it. Hooligangs will simply not know how to read them.
But then... it might attract one other clientele that also is basically unwanted.
Dilemma.
Solution: close the business for good, and begin one that does not include people?
Here in the US shop owners may refuse anyone service for whatever reason (no shoes, no shirt, no service etc...) as it is their private business just as a consumer may choose not to patronize a shop for whatever reason... Where it gets dicey is being refused a public, government, service because the desk clerk doesn't agree with whatever it is they don't like. For example a Kentucky Justice of the Peace refusing to issue a marriage license to a man because she doesn't like gay marriage even though it's legal. Should the clerk be fired for not doing their job? Is it their right to refuse? Personally I think if it's in the job description and the employee doesn't want to do it then they need to find different employment, but an individual shop owner? It's their business to manage...
@Kaneki05 apologies... you are correct. I should know better... Legal Limits on Refusing Service Protected Classes: Federal laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit public accommodations from discriminating based on race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. Disabilities: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) stops businesses from turning away customers because of a disability. State and Local Laws: Many state and local ordinances add more protected groups, such as sexual orientation or gender identity. [1] Valid Reasons to Refuse ServiceDisruptive Behavior: Customers who are violent, rude, or causing a safety hazard. Capacity and Rules: Customers who refuse to follow valid store policies, such as dress codes or closing times. Inability to Pay:
The purpose of a shop is to sell goods and services, and thus generally spoken private convictions should not be invoked to refuse the shop's services. Sometimes case sensitive of course, but when a customer enters a shop to buy whatever goods, of what relevance would it be for the shop keeper to first ask about the customer's convictions?
Mind it is also up to that customer to not start ranting about their convictions, which sometimes might lead some shop keepers to throw them out... Often case sensitive I guess.
Absolutely NOT!! Would it be okay to refuse service based on someone's skin colour or their religion? You're there to run a business!! The ONLY service you SHOULD refuse is if someone comes to your place and starts giving you trouble: knocking shit off the shelves, setting the place on fire, smashing things, threatening to hurt or kill you or your family, friends or employees; you know, the kinds of stupid, ignorant shit lefties do!!
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I used to run a food cart. It’s hard to tell who was republican and democrat, and it never crossed my mind to serve somebody at lunch or not depending on their politics and it never crossed my mind if they are Christian or not. But no, I don’t like Muslims. They’re a threat and dangerous most of them and I don’t believe in Allah is fake
By the way, I owned the food cart. One day somebody stole it. Then that was it for that. Never leave things outside of your house even in your own driveway put it in the garage or in your backyard.
I wouldn't bar anyone service, even people as despicable as Reform or MAGA. You should have the right to if you want, but it's not a sound business practice. You need all the customers you can get these days. You don't have to like your customers, they just need to spend their money there, that's it. You're gonna go out of business if you start having political litmus tests for customers.
This supports reform as if this be allowed then so is rejecting immigrants based on political belief. But store owner can't see how that plays out, also store owner thinks he can spot which way you vote by looking at you... lacking brain cells
Well apparently you can't if you have Christian beliefs. A baker refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple because of their Christian beliefs. So, instead of just going to another bakery, they decided to sue and run them out of business. Haven't you ever heard of the sign that says "We reserve the right to deny service to anyone." ? Everyone has rights. Who is to say what rights are wrong, or right? And to what circumstances can they can be denied?
Absolutely. I refuse to work with any MAGA clients. Why would I help a rat turd save a business he's run into the ground with stupidity. The aggravation of working with stupid people who can't take input or manage to change is not worth the money.
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You're confused.
Race and gender are not things one can change, and they are legally recognized. Politics is not a legally protected statute, hence your argument is moot.
Also, far right political ideologies and parties are legally seen as destructive, and the courts often recognize such tendencies. So it is legally acceptable to ban such people for being a nuisance and low life.
depends on what that political belief affiliates itself with. The MAGA group have multiple times used nazi imagery and promotion tactics and views that align with the party so refusal of service makes sense as that at a core discriminates against people groups but something less controversial such as how state and federal funds are allocated would be unacceptable. So just extremist ideologies but not whether someone is democrat or republican
Businesses should be able to reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. And "refused" customers should in-turn tell other potential customers why they were refused service from a particular business, so those potential customers can decide whether to do business with that particular business.
It's not a good idea to do that, as businesses have done that before and collapsed, but I don't think it should be illegal provided we make it easy for others to run businesses that do the same thing. The financial shot in the foot is punishment enough I'd say
He can ban who ever he wants, it's his money he doesn't want to earn. Political pendulum swings to right side in UK and it will remain there a while, he can't do anything against.
When governments have already made it illegal to deny service to people based on gender, sexual preference and disability... how can you possibly say what is and is not acceptable? Merely to ask is to lose the argument.
I mean... how would they even know. I think for reform voters it's good, because they know not to support their business. But what I can't stand are double standards. So either allow ALL discrimination or don't allow ANY discrimination
The right to refuse service exists in some countries
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Anonymous
(18-24)
1 mo
If a business thinks they don't need more business, they can reject anyone for any reason. They'll learn when they are running low on money and everyone starts boycotting them.
Your business your rules but people also have e every right to call out your business for practicing such a policy and conduct thier business elsewhere
It wouldn’t be a good idea. You’re place of business will up on the news. No matter which comes in, what they are wearing etc. Gotta treat them the same as everyone
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Anonymous
(36-45)
1 mo
Shops should be able to ban whom they want. Besides for every one shop that bans them, there are going to be another dozen more that are happy to take their money. It's stupidity at best.
@blackeagle007 You have no right to anyone else's property. If you think you can identify one open up the US Constitution and prove it. Otherwise I could turn you away at the door. Yes, there are civil rights laws. But even if you really are black, you still have to prove that you were turned away because of your race.
Though Ken imagine the storm of a court case when it sets a milestone of rights vs rights 🫠🙂👌🏻 a right to ❌ discrimination vs rights to refuse to serve ✅
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