Rand Paul

[ericthemage]

I finally watched the Rand Paul vs. Rachel Maddow video. Rachel was trying to get Rand to produce a sound bite that proves he's racist by asking him if he supports the segregation of lunch counters. He tried to fend this off by pointing out that if government controls privately own restaurants by stating they serve the public, then law abiding

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[rev_mom]

Bachelorette parties are nothing more than an excuse for women to act like moronic asses. As a business owner, I'd ban them, too. Why they'd have one in a gay bar is beyond me. Rather offensive, actually.

Is there a market for drunken sluts' bars? Dunno. But I doubt the drunken sluts would self-identify by booking their "party" there.

Rachel Madcow doesn't impress me, BTW. She was ok to watch during the elections, but she's a bit shrill in my opinion.

My experience has been that there are many homosexuals that provide services to straights, but it's the straights that get all wrapped around the axle about it.

[mogwar]

I must admit that I am rather confused at how a group of women specifically choosing a venue to celebrate where they can avoid being groped or otherwise receiving unwanted male attention can be sluts. But I have noticed a tendency to apply such monikers to anyone different from ourselves.

[rev_mom]

I keep my gropings private and I never puke in someone else's potted palms.

If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck, it should expect to be called a duck.

Rand Paul

[ericthemage]

My point is that the laws that Rand Paul supports that allow whites to discriminate against minorities also allow business owners to discriminate on gender and sexual orientation. So gay men can say no straight women, and FUBU can say no whites if they choose, regardless of if they want to. But his opponents are only focusing on the injustices of the past to make him seem racist. Making laws that allow racism do not automatically institute racism.

[shadoefyre]

This is exactly how I feel about smoking bans. Instead of the government making tobacco illegal and losing all their donations and kickbacks, the government instead tells property owners what legal activities they can and cannot allow in their establishments, and then holds them legally responsible for other people's actions. It serves no purpose to ban smoking like this other than to preserve the tobacco lobby. If smoking is so dangerous, and we all agree that it is, make tobacco illegal. We're already paying farmers here in KY to not grow it, so it's not like we're hurting the farmers...

Oh, and I voted for Rand in the primary, and plan on doing so again in the fall. It's not like we have a whole selection of geniuses here in KY to choose from...

Rand Paul

[ericthemage]

I disagree fundamentally with the smoking ban in Michigan but it has made it easier to find places to breathe. :) Recently a restuaurant owner told me that her business went up and the smokers either go outside more or get carryout only.

[greyyguy]

I don't know if that is a valid comparison. Not wanting wild parties from non-standard customers that annoy your regular customers is hardly the same as "no darkies allowed."

But the "free market will make it all better" idea had an interesting response here on Salon using the book "Black Like Me" to show how close private discrimination and public discrimination really were.

[ericthemage]

But by saying "no bachelorrete parties" you're assuming that all of those parties are going to end up rowdy, even when some of them won't