That isn't my imagination it is exactly the situation. You put it precisely right he was upset at that particular group handing out those particular fliers and wanted to figuratively strike back at the individual members of the group when the opportunity arose. This is a case of discrimination based on group identity. The owner objects to what the group is doing and proposes that he has a right to deny service to individuals seeking his services based solely upon the fact of those individual's membership in that group. Some agree that shared behavior is a valid reason one might decide to discriminate against members of a group when membership in the particular group entails,without exception, engaging in a particular behavior that the one discriminating finds abhorrent, in this case handing out fliers the owner finds offensive. Others do not agree and say all discrimination based upon group identity is invalid. Both sides of that argument have points that ought to be considered and both sides taken to extreme have the potential for harm. What I object to is the attitude that says my side of any issue ought to have the right to discriminate against members of groups we dislike but the other side ought not to be able to do so because we, of course, are right and they are wrong, we are innocent of all selfish interests and have only good intentions and they are malevolent villains with only evil intent.
