Airbnb Is Deactivating Accounts Of People Trying To Attend A White Supremacist Rally

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Source: buzz feed





The rally is set to take place in a Virginia park where earlier this year white supremacists gathered with torches to protest the removal of a Confederate statue.


Updated on August 7, 2017, at 7:06 p.m.



In anticipation of a white supremacist rally scheduled for this Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, Airbnb has started deactivating accounts of people it believes are booking units to host gatherings related to the rally.

The rally is going to be attended in part by staff from neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, which among other things has a section called "Jewish Problem" and frequently uses racial slurs. Airbnb suspects that several of its units were booked in relation to the gathering.

Airbnb said in a statement to BuzzFeed News it established community rules in 2016 that "make good on our mission of belonging" and that "those who are members of the Airbnb community accept people regardless of their race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age."

The Airbnb Community Commitment is something signed by all people using the service, Airbnb said, and the company is removing people from the platform who are "antithetical" to this policy. They added that they are able to find these users who violate the policy "through our background check" and the "input of our community."
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[dsc]

1. It is going to have to be litigated as to whether these types of services are public accommodations

or not. I don't think public accommodations should be able to engage in this type of behavior. We wouldn't let hotels refuse to rent rooms under this circumstance.

[ck4829]

3. I don't see it as much different than refusing to rent rooms for an ISIS convention

Would a hotel want to be associated with ISIS or Daesh? We also have to remember that like Daesh, the alt/far right is at war with the US, at least with the groups of Americans they see as the 'other', they really are small-t terrorists.

They are at war with us, we can't play nice with them. Nobody can afford to.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Although race is a "protected class", being a "white supremacist" isn't and businesses are free...

in most cases to refuse service to any (hotels included). Note though that a few states and localities do in fact
have laws that cover business discrimination based on political belief. Also if the "white supremacists" involved
claim their belief is part of their religion that may make the issue more complicated as it can fall into the "protected
class" category.

[left-of-center2012]

2. On the "March on Charlottesville" poster ... 'Richard Spencer'

Isn't he the guy who gave a Nazi salute,
and yelled,

"Hail Trump !"

[SergeStorms]

5. And our wonderful president.....

hasn't done a single thing to dissuade these spiteful cretins from spreading their message of hate.


NOT ONE DAMNED THING!

[BigmanPigman]

7. That's because he wishes he could attend without being recognized.

At the KKK Rallies he at least can hide his identity under a white hood like his daddy did.

[SergeStorms]

9. Well, he IS on vacation.

Again, I can't quite figure out what he's taking a vacation FROM?

I'm sure Malaria could put her unparalleled make-up skills to use and come up with something. She could probably make him look like Sessions, if Sessions suddenly weighed 200 more lbs. and grew 6 inches.

[lastlib]

6. Any chance someone could drop a big MOAB on that crowd that evening?

Or a big fat juicy JDAM? Make America really much greater again?

[GReedDiamond]

8. Who or What the Fuck is "Baked Alaska"...

...and "Johnny Monoxide"?

Skinhead punk bands?

Whatever they are, fuck the fuck outta them all and everyone else in attendance!

[Initech]

13. I immediately assumed it was a group of stoners who live in Alaska.

[byronius]

18. They'd almost sound cool if they weren't stake-burning bloodthirsty orcs.

The imagery in that poster is clearly Third Reich.

Here's my favorite imagery --

Oh, and this one --

[Beartracks]

10. Cuz nothing says America like secessionist nazis.

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[heaven05]

11. ameriKKKa

is so great.....again....it is sickening.

[Initech]

12. Worst headlining festival ever!

[melm00se]

14. the emphasized word

is a significant concern:

Airbnb has started deactivating accounts of people it believes are booking units to host gatherings related to the rally.

[LanternWaste]

15. Rather "belief" than "alleged."

Rather "belief" than "alleged."

[Calista241]

16. How is this different from cake shops refusing to serve LGBT people? n/t

[byronius]

17. Really? You can't divine the difference between violent Nazis and gay people? Hmmmmm.

'Hitler and Ru Paul -- same thing, right?'

Chortle.

[Calista241]

20. I can divine the difference. But unless crimes are commmitted

People are entitled to their beliefs. Even if they are bigoted.

[byronius]

21. The Germans would disagree with that.

Tolerance of that which demonstrably ends in agony generally wanes after the agony is experienced first hand. LGBT people demonstrate no intent to control, demonize, dehumanize, or destroy others; it is a personal and private choice that inflames Throwbacks by its mere existence. Alt-right and right wing ideology, however, is demonstrably responsible for the deaths of millions upon millions of human beings, and should be viewed with great suspicion and concern under law as a dangerous and possibly criminal behavior from the outset. We've been there before; we should learn.

Intellectually equivocating for the purpose of logical purity without regard for the underlying data and history could easily lead to complete annihilation of a nation/state. The Germans forbid Nazi-friendly ideology in public display and speech because those ideas resulted in the deaths of two generations of males and the rape of most women.

LGBT death/rape count, so far: 0.

[FSogol]

19. LOL.

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