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Re:Platforms systematically removed a user because he made "... by tomohawk on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @03:00PM (#42702979)
During the civil rights movement, racist businesses and other associations hid behind this excuse. Some restaurants famously refused to serve people who were black, Italian, or Jewish.

But it is now pretty much settled law that people cannot weaponize their freedom of association to discriminate on these grounds. If you offer a service, you have to provide the service to the classes of people that you could be reasonably expected to serve.

Re:Platforms systematically removed a user because he made "... by ceejayoz on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @03:09PM (#42703108)
The "settled law" is very specific to nine characteristics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_group#United_States

You can have a "no brunettes" or "no people named Chris" rule and be entirely fine.