<i>The idea that private individuals and businesses ought to conform to a prescribed set of moral values dictated by &quot;society&quot; is the very definition of &quot;totalitarianism,&quot;</i><p>A multicultural, inclusive society cannot tolerate intolerance, by definition. The rights of the individual, so long as they coexist peacefully, must be respected.<p><i>you attempt to create an emotional linkage of the reverse case to racism.</i><p>It&#x27;s a functional and operational analogy. You had a situation where the letter of the law was respected, but the opposite was enacted in spirit. Have I touched a nerve?<p><i>Are people free, independent actors, or are they merely cogs in some vast social machine, constrainted to operate in their private lives and businesses according to the arbitrary dictates of some self-appointed group of sermonizing moralists?</i><p>I am advocating people as &quot;free, independent actors.&quot; People who are free, independent actors and believe in humanist and democratic values can&#x27;t afford to abrogate those values simply when it suits them. Even the vilest members of society should be accorded due process, at the very least.<p><i>private lives and businesses according to the arbitrary dictates of some self-appointed group of sermonizing moralists?</i><p>Democratic and humanist values are the very thing that prevents the establishment of the &quot;self-appointed group of sermonizing moralists.&quot; The whole point of due process is to prevent the exercise of arbitrary power by a majority or by the loudest and richest. The whole point of due process is to ensure justice, even for the most hated part of society. The whole point is that society is imperfect and flawed, and must act with benevolent restraint, not from its unfiltered, hasty impulses.<p>Philosophically, the insistence on the right to stigmatize, and punish others in the civic and commercial spheres based on what they think or said in the past is very close to the insistence that a baker can refuse to bake a cake based on personal religious beliefs and perceived sexual orientations. World history over thousands of years shows that to err on the side of increased interaction and commerce is the pathway to peace and greater harmony and prosperity.<p>You fight violence through peace. You fight intolerance by tolerating. You can&#x27;t easily fight violence with violence. You can&#x27;t fight hate with more hate.<p>As for kicking out booters due to a TOS violation, though, I&#x27;m pretty much for that, so long as there aren&#x27;t any false positives.