San Francisco bakery sparks debate by refusing to serve armed police
San Francisco bakery sparks debate by refusing to serve armed police
Business says it doesn’t serve anyone who is armed
Business says it doesn’t serve anyone who is armed
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Sure, they should be able to turn anyone away, no questions asked.
I'm all for telling cops to get fucked, but this is probably a bad take.
NO COLORED ALLOWED
…Yeah, do you realize how bad taste it is to compare not letting cops in to Jim Crow discrimination against Black folks? Y’know, the people cops kill a lot?
I see what you’re trying to do, but…can you please not.
Wait, are you replying to me or the person I was replying to? Because you're saying the exact same thing I was, but you're getting up voted and I'm getting down voted and now it feels like everyone is misunderstanding my post lol.
To you, and that “No colored allowed.”
I guess nuance doesn't always come across on the internet.
I was pointing out that allowing businesses to reject anyone for any reason doesn't go over well. The "no color allowed" was common signage from segregated businesses in Jim Crow era times.
Yeah, I know, which is why I said I get where you were coming from, but it was still in poor taste.
I wasn't comparing, I was simply responding to the ops statement,. if I was responding to your post, I would have made a top-level comment, not a reply to a specific commenter. In no way is rejecting cops the same as racism, and for the record I'm all for the former. I just didn't like the notion of the original ops comment, which is why I replied to them and not to you.
You are getting a funny reaction but I get you.
Dude said legalize "no questions asked discrimination" and you referenced a very well known example of discrimination in recent history. Seemed like a logical response to me.
Yeah, but the issue is using that particular example in a post talking about police.
Also, as a Black American, it’s really tiring when we and discrimination against us get pulled out to use as examples. Like, just keep us out of it some times.
Thats goofy.
You're telling me that if the conversation starts with cops, you agree with someone saying "they should be able to turn anyone away, no questions asked."?
Dude didn't say discriminating against cops is the same as discriminating against black people.
I don't know what you're not getting. Your post was about police specifically. The top comment of this chain days for any reason whatsoever, which could include, but is not limited to, race. The post isn't wrong, the top level comment here is because some people would use the liberty of blocking anyone they want to ban people of color, which has happened in the past hence the example.
Everyone is misunderstanding your post. Add the words "your suggested policy could lead back to" before the sign you were referencing. I only finally got that context by reading the entire thread just now
Is being a law enforcement officer a protected class?
Saying something like “I refuse to serve you in the basis of your race” is illegal because race is a protected class. Whereas “I refuse to serve you because your Lemmy hit-takes are dumb” is perfectly legal! Same as refusing to serve armed thugs masquerading as the good guys.
I just had a situation with this at work that I talked to my wife about. A customer wanted us to do something with an image that had full frontal nudity and my bosses had to have a discussion about whether or not to allow it. My wife said, "aren't they required to?" I pointed out that if that was true, we wouldn't be able to refuse Neo-Nazis.