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Re: Which Is More Important? The Right to Discriminate, or Freedom from Discriminati
I agree that the primary task and goal is the defense and enforcement of the discriminating individual's rights, which causes as a natural result the defense and enforcement of actions and speech that are socially improper. These are actions and speech that should never be illegal because to do so would indeed violate freedoms and rights. Endorsement and enforcement are not the same. Thus we can enforce the right to something (discrimination, albeit indirectly) without endorsing it.
No. The state is not enforcing the hate speech of the WBC. Protecting someone's freedom of speech is not an endorcement (nor enforcement) of anything they might be saying. It's an enforcement of their natural right to speak their mind.
I agree that the primary task and goal is the defense and enforcement of the discriminating individual's rights, which causes as a natural result the defense and enforcement of actions and speech that are socially improper. These are actions and speech that should never be illegal because to do so would indeed violate freedoms and rights. Endorsement and enforcement are not the same. Thus we can enforce the right to something (discrimination, albeit indirectly) without endorsing it.