[blindLaw] Respect for Others

Sat Mar 11 18:05:54 UTC 2023

Quoting:
What if 95% of landlord in a given state would discriminate against a
certain group of people if they could, but because they can't, those people
have somewhere to live, and the landlord realizes those people aren't so
bad, after all?
End quote:
I do not believe that the issue here is Whether a landlord has a change of
heart or not; human nature would say that one would have a change of heart
and that would be a good thing.  The issue for me is the fact that it is my
land; and no governmental entity should have the right to legally intrude
upon it.
Of course I do not extend this ideology to private land that is used for
public use, such as a mom and pop corner grocery.  One might argue that a
landlord, by virtue of renting, has opened his land for public use, and
hence is subject to regulation.  To this I say "no" because even in a
landlord/tenant relationship, both the landlord and the existing tenant can
keep the general public off the property.  Hence the distinction where the
line for governmental regulation should be.
Therefore, if I am a landlord, and I only wish to rent to single unmarried
childless tenants with income of more than $100k per year, then it should be
my right to do so.  Furthermore, if I only wish to rent to black persons
instead of white ones that should be my right as well.  

Please advise as you like.

Mike M.

Mike mcglashon
Email: Michael.mcglashon at comcast.net
Ph: 618 783 9331

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Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Respect for Others

Mike,

Honest question: What baout the many, many landlords who would discriminate
against any number of minority people if they could? Or who would have at
one point, but couldn't, and had a change of heart after getting to know
someone they were previously opposed to? It's hard to hate from up close,
but it's a lot easier to keep your distance when the law says you can. What
if 95% of landlord in a given state would discriminate against a certain
group of people if they could, but because they can't, those people have
somewhere to live, and the landlord realizes those people aren't so bad,
after all?

Sanho

On 3/10/23, MIKE MCGLASHON via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Quoting:
> In many civil rights and equality issues, silence can be seen as 
> acceptance.
> Silence feeds the oppressor and stifles the oppressed.
> End quote:
>
> Your statement assumes that there are such persons as oppressors and 
> those who are oppressed.
> I for one am neither; I am simply a person.
> That is the problem with today's society in my opinion; "we are all 
> victims via other people's fortunes" versus recipients of our own
endeavors".
> I further believe as legal minds, we of all people in society should 
> know better than to intermingle the terms of equity and equality; for 
> we know the two are not synonymous.  Yet, I hear many a lawyer reach 
> for both; we as lawyers know that only one is reachable.  Since we 
> will never have equality, (I wouldn't want it anyways), this leaves 
> only equity.  After all, we know that equity is a remedial measure not 
> a status of society.
> Next, we come to "civil rights".  To me this is a dangerous term for 
> civil rights are just those; artificial rights given to us by 
> arbitrary statute for arbitrary purposes.  But as the old saying goes, 
> "the lord giveth, and the lord taketh away."  Hence, if rights can be 
> created so too can they be removed by statute.
> Last I heard of such implementations, the term "Soviet Union" was 
> thrown around regularly.
>
> A good example of a arbitrary civil right is the "fair housing act".  
> If I am a landowner who wishes to play landlord, I now have entered 
> into a realm where my free property rights are infringed whereby I 
> have no complete say-so on who and for what reason I allow another to 
> enter my land.  To me this is a problem; for if I truly own my land 
> then I have the right to do with it as I wish as long as I do not infringe
on land that borders mine.
> I
> am sure there other examples but I do not wish to offend anyone simply 
> have constructive dialogue.
> In sum, I am not an oppressor, nor am I oppressed and it is totally up 
> to me how, where, when, and with whom I engineer my life.
>
> Also, the NFB has a slogan "live the life you want".  Although this 
> sounds real sweet in theory, I think the statement should say "live 
> the life you earn".  In my humble opinion, we as blindees owe ourselves
"individually"
> not necessarily "collectively" the actions of getting along with 
> sightees one-by-one instead of trying to mold an entire sighted 
> society, which of course out-numbers us by miles.
>
> Please advise as you like.
>
> Mike M.
>
> Mike mcglashon
> Email: Michael.mcglashon at comcast.net
> Ph: 618 783 9331
>
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>
> We can only try to work towards a better future for everyone.  In many 
> civil rights and equality issues, silence can be seen as acceptance. 
> Silence feeds the oppressor and stifles the oppressed.
>
> On an unrelated note https://youtu.be/cOeKidp-iWo
>
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