The "bakery argument" completely lacks intellectual honesty

posted 3 years ago by Bruvazz 3 years ago by Bruvazz +52 / -4

For real, how can they compare that one Christian bakery with Twitter and Big Tech.

And on top of that, they use it like some ultimate "gotcha" moment.

The bakery was asked to create something from zero (with their hands, their name and brand).

Twitter was asked to host something (made by others, with other people's names and protected by Section 230).

I personally think it's not that hard to distinguish between the two, but whatever.

BTW, I'm not excusing the politicians that made life super easy for Big Tech and their friends - I still think they were dumb - but now we are experiencing unseen levels of doublethink.

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– YesMovement 51 points 3 years ago +51 / -0

The cake argument fails on a couple levels.

The argument wasn't over cake, it was the words on the cake. Bakeries can't refuse to sell cakes to gay people, but they can refuse to make one with a swastika on it.
Unless you're in a very remote area there's going to be more than 1 bakery within driving distance, and in this day and age how many are really going to refuse to deny you the words "happy gay wedding" written on it?
Even if the bakery banned you from the store (ie you made death threats to them or went in there naked) you can still eat their cake if someone else buys it. You can also get some icing and write your own message on a blank cake.
We're not asking FB/Twitter to write anything, just host our writing as a neutral platform.
It's easier to bake your own cake than build your own social network.