Re: Filtering out Queers is OK

[tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)]

At 8:48 AM 7/19/96, Simon Spero wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
>> Filtering is not "wrong," Cerridwyn, it is a rational response to garbage
>> being spewed constantly. I filter lots of items. I read "Scientific
>> American" and "The Economist" because they filter (or "censor," in the
>> sense some are objecting to here) nonsense about "queer rights" and
>
>Actually, the Economist has, er,  come out strongly in favour of gay
>rights on numerous occasions- most recently on the issue of same sex
>marriages.

Sure, and I didn't exactly state what my position _is_ on so-called queer
rights. I said I have no interest in hearing nonsense about it, e.g., the
drumbeat of propaganda, etc.

Of course, it should come as no surprise that I believe everyone has the
legal right to refuse to associate with anyone. Thus, a shop owner or
employer, in my view, has every right to refuse service or employment to
whomever he wishes.

While many may not _like_ this (including me, when I am banned from certain
businesses, as I am), it is part and parcel of liberty.

--Tim May


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