Religions that Restrict People’s Liberty

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Even at the expense of the liberty of others? Because of prejudice, the "other" isn't just hated, but is relegated to second class citizenship, denied employment, told where they can't live, and have even been in danger of their lives. It's government intervention that has extended liberty to oppressed groups. No amount of liberty justifies sh*tting on someone else because of who they are.

Yep. We have something called "Civil Rights," which did away, through legal means, most justifications for racism in the United States.

They said, screw the Libertarian, Biblical, and other justifications......

If there's no government, nothing curtails anyone's liberty, by definition.



People should have a right to be prejudiced in any way they want and to hate anyone they want.



A useless abstraction if you don't specify what that means in practical terms.



Nobody should be forced to hire anyone, so denying employment is not curtailing the would-be employee's liberty; forcing the employer to hire them is curtailing the employer's liberty.



How exactly? Nobody should be forced to rent or sell a home to anyone, so the same as above applies.



Again, how exactly? Nobody should be forced to help anyone else.



That's a contradiction in terms—liberty is the absence of government intervention.



On the contrary, sh*****g on whomever you want—and facing the consequences—is liberty.

Last edited by Spiderpig on 26 Jul 2018, 3:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Government intervention does impose certain limits but that usually enables more people to have greater freedom.

Prejudice is just not okay.

That's just wrong. Every single decision you make about anything involves some form of prejudice. If prejudice is wrong, you would be unable to make a single decision about anything.

I try to make informed decisions based on research and logic.

By prejudice, I was really referring to racial prejudice, sexism, etc.

Thank you. You saved me time and effort in refuting the arachnid ham, and you were a lot nicer than I probably would have been.

The government  could  should tax all religious institutions in the same way that the tax and other money-making corporation or social club.

That would make a lot of sense. Most of them are, after all, money-making businesses.