A voluntary cartel is no more a form of coercion against non-member businesses or customers than any other association. And there is nothing intrinsically coercive about a boycott, which is simply commercial ostracism. This would even include unions, were they not granted special privileges by (unconstitutional, of course) federal labor law.
"Sit-ins" are a violation of someone's private property, which is criminal trespass. No one need tolerate trespassers, and not tolerating them is not coercion but self-defense. I would prefer that the minimum force necessary to eject them be used, but that is at the discretion of the person whose property is being violated.
Boycotts, for any reason whatsoever, are not coercion. I have never defended vandalism, which is a violation of the property of others. Nor will I defend terrorism, to the extent that it includes harming the person or property of others in non-defensive actions.
There is no principled difference between a law which mandates racial segregation and a law which outlaws it in the private sector. In both cases, the free association rights of individuals are violated, and both should be opposed.
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Date: 2010-05-22 09:21 pm (UTC)"Sit-ins" are a violation of someone's private property, which is criminal trespass. No one need tolerate trespassers, and not tolerating them is not coercion but self-defense. I would prefer that the minimum force necessary to eject them be used, but that is at the discretion of the person whose property is being violated.
Boycotts, for any reason whatsoever, are not coercion. I have never defended vandalism, which is a violation of the property of others. Nor will I defend terrorism, to the extent that it includes harming the person or property of others in non-defensive actions.
There is no principled difference between a law which mandates racial segregation and a law which outlaws it in the private sector. In both cases, the free association rights of individuals are violated, and both should be opposed.