Discrimination is the new norm for 'wrong' political views

But judging from the recent past, the reported refusal of a Cincinnati business to serve a gay man is unlikely to prompt across-the-board national outrage for one reason: The man is a supporter of President Trump. He says that was the reason given for why he was rejected as a customer.

The gay Trump supporter is named Scott Ford and he discussed the incident with me over the phone. He says he planned an event for 20-30 people. When the owner of the business — where he says he’d been “a loyal customer for two years” — asked what the event was, Ford told her it was a “pro-Trump event to highlight the president’s accomplishments.”

“She threw her hands up in the air and said, ‘No, as badly as I need the money, I’m not doing this,’” Ford told me. “It blew up into an argument in a matter of seconds. I said ‘This is a great president I’m supporting as a Democrat.’ I was disappointed and shocked.”

Ford’s account raises an interesting point: Are people with certain political beliefs becoming America’s new discriminated class?

Maybe the category of “political beliefs” isn’t about to join the so-called classes in our society protected from certain forms of discrimination — race, color, religion, sex, disability, family status or nationality. But we might be a more civilized society, and our conversations more productive, if we began seriously frowning on the habit of judging others based on their allegiance to the Republican Party, Democrats, or Trump.

As an amateur historian, I am increasingly seeing parallels to the mid 1800s and the division of society on political affiliations. The LEFT is blind to how much they resemble the aristocratic South, but add in the dominance of their ‘class’ [academia, intelligentsia & ‘the swamp’] and swap the plantations for the MSM, and it is clear to me.

Their expectation and demand that we must neither offend nor disobey their multitude of shibboleths is a singular sign of an increasingly brittle approach to our historic social compact of tolerance of differing but legal beliefs. The current LEFT, as represented by the two dozen Democrat Party hopefuls, no longer appear to urge the LEFTward move of our polity as much as impose it from an frighteningly powerful centralized government.

The business owner reserves her right to refuse service based on the 1st Amendment. No one has the right to force her to violate her conscience or deeply held beliefs.

Same as with the Christian baker.

We can’t have it both ways, folks.

The customer, likewise, reserves the right to take his business elsewhere.

If I were he, I’d prefer to.

I wouldn’t risk sabotage, adulteration of the food, assaults by her Trump-hating friends, etc., and I’d be glad to have been advised of her sentiments in advance.

Great list of questions. Worth reprinting here...

The Snowflake Test

Outside of standard benefits, what benefits should a company offer employees?
What should the national minimum wage be?
How many sick days should be given to employees?
How often should employees get raises?
How do you feel about guns?
What are your feelings about employees or clients carrying guns?
What are your feelings about safe spaces in challenging work environments?
In a creative environment like The Silent Partner Marketing, what do you envision work attire looking like?
Should "trigger warnings" be issued before we release content for clients or the company that might be considered “controversial”?
How do you feel about police?
If you owned the company and were to find out that a client is operating unethically but was a high paying client…how would you handle it?
When was the last time you cried and why?
You arrive at an event for work and there’s a major celebrity you’ve always wanted to meet. What happens next?
What’s your favorite kind of adult beverage?
What’s the best way to communicate with clients?
What’s your favorite thing to do in your free time?
What are your thoughts on the current college environment as it pertains to a future workforce?
What’s your typical breakfast?
What’s your favorite drink when you go to a coffeehouse?
How do you handle bullies?
How do you handle it when your ideas are shot down?
What do you do if a coworker comes to the table with an idea and it sucks?
What does the first amendment mean to you?
What does faith mean to you?
Who is your role model and why?
You’re in Starbucks with two friends. Someone runs in and says someone is coming in with a gun in 15 seconds to shoot patrons. They offer you a gun. Do you take it? What do you do next?
What does America mean to you?
You see someone stepping on an American flag. What do you do?
What does "privilege" mean to you?
What’s more important? Book smarts or street smarts? Why?

Kyle S. Reyes is President and CEO of The Silent Partner Marketing. He’s also an acclaimed keynote speaker on entrepreneurship, leadership, marketing and social media.

Nice thing about the snowflake test is you will know if you want to hire them after just a few answers. Think about the SJW or Lefty answers to these questions. Either they would be unable to hide their views or would sound fake to a real conservative. Easy enough to know just by asking a few of these if you want to hire them and bring them into poison their office/work/site. And the best part is their answers don’t fall along something they can claim discrimination.

True. I really like the test. Here's my favorite question, and my answer...

Q. You’re in Starbucks with two friends. Someone runs in and says someone is coming in with a gun in 15 seconds to shoot patrons. They offer you a gun. Do you take it? What do you do next?

A. No thanks, I'm packing. Got any spare 9mm?

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