How the Netherlands facilitate the most hated websites in the world

Re:How the Netherlands facilitate the most hated websites in... by ElCheapo on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:01AM (#32875974)

The christian bakery owner is free to decide who they want to make cakes for and who they don't want to make cakes for. If they're fine with being known for knowingly hosting the scum of the earth (homosexuals), more power to them; but they are also absolutely allowed to nope out of that.

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Re:How the Netherlands facilitate the most hated websites in... by proto_lambda on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:04AM (#32875991)

Neonazis are not a protected class (or equivalent in your jurisdiction).

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Re:How the Netherlands facilitate the most hated websites in... by ElCheapo on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:10AM (#32876012)

So freedom of expression only applies to arbitrary "protected classes"?

How about suing people who post illegal stuff and leaving the matter to the courts? Having to pay tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines will deter unlawful people more than having to change hosting provider every few years

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Re:How the Netherlands facilitate the most hated websites in... by comfypotato on Saturday September 17, 2022 @06:10AM (#32876290)

I think a classic rebuttal is "would you be OK with a bakery owner turning down people of color based on religion"? How is turning down homosexuals any different?

Genuinely curious what your take is. I think the topic of the bakery owners is so widely known because of this. As the other reply said, and your discussion has continued: I believe that it ultimately comes down to what has "arbitrarily" been decided as a protected group. ("Arbitrarily" in quotes because it is ultimately the American political system in this case, and that's not really arbitrary.)

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