Well, I agree. As a proprietor of a business, one should be able to choose to serve or not serve any customer for any reason.
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How far should we take this? What if Wallmart and all the big retailers wanted to ban Trump supporters from their stores? I can always choose another local bar, but I can’t invent another Wallmart.
“I can always choose another local bar, but I can’t invent another Wallmart.”
You can’t choose another bar if you live in the sticks and it’s the only bar in town.
I get your point.
I was looking at it from a simple business owner point of view. From that point I cant legally be indentured to serve someone I don’t want to serve. If I had such a customer, which is not likely as it would run against the idea that all business is good for the business, then I would want to retain the right to refuse to serve and the patron could find service elsewhere.
The Walmart example might cross a line, particularly if its the only shopping store within 50 miles, because I might not have a choice, and also because Walmart is a publically traded corporation. But the main reason that Walmart would probably not do that is again the idea that it wants your business, and to drive you out is bad business.
There is no law against bad business, but bad business is usually replaced by good business after it goes out of business.
There should be no “we” in the decision. Business owners should be able to decide to whom they do business with and under what conditions. The market will equalize to produce the most profits to those that make the largest portion of the population the happiest. I personally use businesses more that discriminate against smokers, though I cannot stand government regulates this decision away from the owners. If I owned bar, and a mixed race clientel provided most of my revenue, hopefully if a thug with Nazi tatoos all over her body came in, I could say she is not welcome and ask her to exit.