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by kimdouglasmason 4092 days ago
"Juden werden hier nicht bedient"

There have been very large wars fought over this. Be careful what you wish for.

The right to be a bigot, and to have one's bigotry projected by a company one creates, a company whose rights are enforced by the state, is not worth defending.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

(Are you implying there was some large war fought over the mistreatment of Jews?)

"The right to be a bigot, and to have one's bigotry projected by a company one creates, a company whose rights are enforced by the state, is not worth defending." - kimdouglasmason

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Hall to Voltaire

"If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all." - Noam Chomsky

[This not to invoke the authority of these fine individuals, but to reference their bodies of work (too long to include in this post) which are carefully articulated.]