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Re:Airbnb host must pay $5,000 for canceling reservation bas... by TallGuyShort on Friday July 14, 2017 @02:13PM (#14771960)
Yeah if I'm going to get declined after going to the trouble of applying, or if I'm going to enter into a housing agreement with someone who hates me, I'd rather their advertisement be smothered in discriminatory epithets. Seriously.
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Re:Airbnb host must pay $5,000 for canceling reservation bas... by btilly on Friday July 14, 2017 @03:44PM (#14772608)
But if you're just browsing past the ad, do you need reminding of how many discriminatory slimeballs there are out there?

I don't like the mentality that leads to this kind of confused legal situation. But if I squint sideways and pretend that I don't have a brain, I can kinda see how someone could have thought this a good idea.

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