I'm not wrong. Yes, it is just as wrong politically when states infringe on civil rights, but that does not mean that it is constitutionally impermissible. You seem to have an ongoing difficulty with the concept of federalism. I assure you that my distaste for the Constitution is far greater than yours, because I hate all government at every level, and the Constitution is not a libertarian document. But my assertions on constitutionality are correct.
Second, private discrimination never becomes public sector (i.e., coercive, mandatory or prohibitive) discrimination. The amount does not change its character; the two are always distinct. The fact that sufficient private discrimination renders someone unable to live a happy life in a particular place is irrelevant, and no excuse for depriving others of genuine rights such as free association. And as I have told you elsewhere, I am quite familiar with conditions where segregation was mandated by law - and no libertarian supports mandatory segregation any more than he supports mandatory desegregation.
And the federal government is only empowered to regulate interstate commerce, and not arbitrarily regulate any private commercial activity.
I don't know any libertarians who do not have a problem with racism. Opposing legal "remedies" to private discrimination is not the same thing.
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Date: 2010-05-22 03:49 pm (UTC)Second, private discrimination never becomes public sector (i.e., coercive, mandatory or prohibitive) discrimination. The amount does not change its character; the two are always distinct. The fact that sufficient private discrimination renders someone unable to live a happy life in a particular place is irrelevant, and no excuse for depriving others of genuine rights such as free association. And as I have told you elsewhere, I am quite familiar with conditions where segregation was mandated by law - and no libertarian supports mandatory segregation any more than he supports mandatory desegregation.
And the federal government is only empowered to regulate interstate commerce, and not arbitrarily regulate any private commercial activity.
I don't know any libertarians who do not have a problem with racism. Opposing legal "remedies" to private discrimination is not the same thing.