The Right To Discriminate
The following article was originally published by myself on Word Press in September of 2014.
Recently, Kim Davis, a clerk in a government office refused to issue marriage certificates to gay couples. Of course she was in the wrong because the government extorts resources from us all in order to monopolize and provide us with certain services. Since this is the case no branch of government should be allowed to discriminate in serving (screwing) the people based on any personal criteria. However before you start thinking that I’m a tree humping, gender confused, liberal faggot let me be clear. There is a place and time in our society for discrimination. In fact, there are numerous fucking places and times in our society for discrimination.
Actually the right to discriminate is in intrinsically intertwined with property rights. There was a case in Ontario of some queer who was looking for a job who saw a job add by an employer who was specifically looking a female employee. Of course the queer knew full well that it was against human rights legislation for the employer to have such a requirement so instead of just moving to the next job on the list the queer decided it was time to use the power of legislation and a human rights board to extort money from this employer. After being rejected by the employer he filed a complaint and lawyered up and successfully extorted, if memory serves, north of $10 000 dollars from the business owner. And of course cases like this happen time and again like by gay couples who will call through a list of like businesses until they finally find one that won't bake their cake or provide photography services and then they'll lawyer up to extort easy money. The fact of the matter is business have earned the right to discriminate and are able to remain profitable by discriminating.
It is the business owner(s) that take the risk of raising and investing their own capital for a venture which may or may not be successful. Those that are successful are able to provide value that customers appreciate and are willing to pay for and jobs for those in the community who would like them. These intelligent people need to be free to discriminate so they can remain profitable and continue to employ and continue to provide customers with goods and services at prices the customers are happy to pay. These businesses discriminate when hiring employees by hiring and keeping those who will learn and adapt quickly, continue to improve, and will become a part of and propagate the workplace culture the employer has envisioned. Those who don't are weeded out by discrimination, which is good. An example is to look at any small construction related business. You'll notice that nearly everyone on one of these crews is of the same race and culture as the other. This method allows these employees to relate and communicate effectively with each other to get the job done on time and to a high standard. Imagine the government stepping in with legislation specifically targeted at penalizing and breaking up all small construction related business because of the homogenous nature of their crews. Talk about killing the economy very quickly during a time when are already deemed to be in a, "technical recession."
A great point economist Peter Schiff is made he doesn't care how business discriminate. If, for example, a business discriminated against him because he is Jewish so be it. Why would he want to force that business to serve him? He points out he wouldn't look forward to being offered horrible service by a business that doesn't want him there who are serving him just for the sake of avoiding a financial penalty or jail. Excellent point. There is only so much discrimination a business, both in hiring and serving, can undertake before it discriminates itself out of business. And those businesses which are able to keep operating after engaging in what some consider a high level of discrimination so be it. Even in that case it is immoral to use the coercive force of government to force them to change. One won't have to look long to find another establishment that will be happy to take their money and provide the service.
Of course not just businesses discriminate. We all do. We discriminate when it comes what to wear, who to date, what friends we have, who to sit next to on the bus, what charity to give money to and not to, what company to work for, what work to do. You name it the list is endless. In fact the only way to be free individuals is to be free to discriminate. The only way to live life based on our own personal preferences is to discriminate among the myriad options that are available. The only way to end discrimination is for government mandated thought police and monitors to be in place to seize and stop us at every turn. This would result in atrocious oppression. So I say thank God for discrimination!
H. Kandola
Surrey BC