However, you don't have a moral obligation to help a racist send their message. Otherwise, treat all people as people.
'Treat all people as people' is exactly the culture that allows these assholes to become POTUS. By not acknowledging the danger of some views you allow it to fester and, ironically, become a great threat to the safety of other humans/people.
Once you accept a moral system that justifies no longer treating human beings as people, you've allowed yourself a system that can justify anything. Look at every genocide of the past century; they all start with classifying a group of people as sub-human and worthy of discrimination.
That is a view to be fought, not descended to.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative#The_Sec...
Seems like those 'other' groups were generally defined by biological characteristics, not ideologies, no? I guess the 'anti-communist' movement would fall under ideology, not biology, but the majority of examples I can think of that you're alluding to have to do with biology, no?
No. "Jewish" isn't biological, although there is some correlation, and America's red scare was soundly ideological.
I would think that's your 'red scare' unless you're talking about something else.
The "jewish" one - thinking specifically of ww2 - it definitely was more of a biological component, as "how much" you were jewish, and from what lineage, made a difference. "jewish" is both cultural and may have a racial/biological component (imu).
Quick question: does anyone defending the racists, sexists, homophobes, etc., have any other argument than "SLIPPERY SLOPE!!!"?
A grocery store is a private entity. Outside of banning someone for being a protected class, they are free to refuse service to anyone. Even if someone is a protected class, they still can be banned for valid reasons (i:e; stealing, threats, etc). Being a racist is not a protected class. Nor should it be. The grocery store has the right not to do business with them.
Facebook and Google are private entities. They can refuse service for any reason (with some restrictions). They have no ethical obligation to give service to everyone. No one has any obligation to use Facebook or Google's services either.
TL;DR: Outside of a few legal requirements, no one has any obligations to associate with anyone.
Sure, why not? Racists want to deny people their rights; why shouldn't people get the equal opportunity to deny racists their rights?
> Racists are humans too.
Racists see other humans as lesser. I think that automatically disqualifies them from being considered human.