The new bill comes after Andrew Bailey vowed to investigate companies pulling business from X, formerly Twitter over hate speech.

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    11 months ago

    So, you wouldn’t be allowed to avoid doing business with:

    a) Directly environmentally destructive companies
    b) Gun-related companies
    c) Companies that refuse to do anything about their global warming emissions
    d) Companies that make racist and/or sexist promotion decisions
    e) Medical companies that refuse to provide full reproductive and/or trans care
    f) Companies that do business with any of the above

    Nice list of priorities. You can boycott a company for trying to fix the environment but not for destroying it. You can boycott a company for trying to prevent gun violence but not for promoting it. You can boycott a company for trying to help fight against global warming but not for contributing to it. You can boycott a company for fighting against racism and sexism but not for enforcing it. You can boycott a company for providing reproductive or trans care but not for refusing to.

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      11 months ago

      Wait, you’re telling me that this is a one-sided law made in bad faith to illegalize behavior that’s 100% constitutionally protected but that negatively impacts the conservative right while still allowing actions that negatively impact the left? Say it ain’t so.

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        11 months ago

        Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Frank Wilhoit