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Perhaps instead of figuring out which people should be legally permitted to censor which other people, society should be figuring out how to just agree to disagree in a civil manner. No more thought policing and outrage peddling.
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Sounds reasonable to me.
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Food for thought: If corporations are supposed to be profit-driven, mindless machines that cannot have a conscience, then shouldn't they do away with any green initiatives, charity, or corporate social responsibility policy that goes beyond mere legal compliance? Unless that solar panel on the roof is cheaper per kW than fossil fuel, someone needs to be fired for putting their conscience ahead of profit, right?
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Actually, there have been court decisions suggesting that corporate officers do not have a right to "put their conscience ahead of profit" and that doing so violates their fiduciary duties to their shareholders to maximize profit. But because corporate officers can usually make a plausible claim that their alleged altruism is really more of a form of advertising or generally in the interests of the business, courts are not going to get in the habit of overruling their business decisions. So the CEO who installs the solar panels can claim he is doing so to get more liberals to buy into his business.
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