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Fight bigotry like Donald Sterling’s with more speech, not censorship

By John Stossel
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Fight bigotry like Donald Sterling’s with more speech, not censorship

Last week, when the NBA punished racist team owner Donald Sterling, some said: “What about free speech? Can’t a guy say what he thinks anymore?”

The answer: yes, you can. But the free market may punish you. In America today, the market punishes racists aggressively.

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