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Well, the specific reasons matter. Surely Airbnb should ban some people because of their political views (eg members of ISIS), the question is just what the line is.

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I would argue that ISIS shouldn't be banned for their political views, but rather for their participation in a criminal organization. Punishing people for their political views pushes them towards extremism

Fair enough.

What about Michael Knowles? He just went up on stage and called for "transgenderism" to be "eradicated" from public life [1]. Apparently, he shadow-quoted a Himmler speech while doing so [2].

For the safety of the Airbnb community and in particular the trans people in it, Airbnb should clearly ban him and his close associates. No?

[1] https://mobile.twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/16320571985...

[2] https://mobile.twitter.com/GalenMetzger1/status/163218769102...

Why should they ban some people because of their political views? Why should they ban ISIS members? I can see banning people because those people damaged houses (out had the places damaged during their rental) but not for political views. Whatever happened to "I may not like what you have you say, but I will fight for your right to say it?"

LOL, well, at least your view is self-consistent.

BTW what happened to the quote frequently misattributed to Voltaire is that the Nazis happened.

How soon until you can choose host and guest flavours? What would be the scales then too? Sexual orientation, religion, politics, race, age, gender?

Thankfully, we are moral agents with the capacity to decide whether particular forms of discrimination are good or bad.

10/10 satire.

"If ISIS had a streaming service you would be calling your agents," -Ricky Gervais

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