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They can put up any sign they like, but that hasn't been true since passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Donald Trump does not belong to any class protected under the Civil Rights Act.

The point is this: With the CRA, the idea that business owners have freedom of association is officially dead. They must provide service to whomever the government compels them to.

I think the majority of HNers:

- Don't like it when private companies do racism

- Like it when private companies do censorship

So they should just say so. Don't try to bamboozle me with tactical Libertarianism.

I’m the opposite of a libertarian. I completely support the civil rights act and the governments ability to compel businesses to provide service to members of protected classes. Donald Trump does not belong to a protected class. How is this hard to understand, I don’t get it

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