The Cato Institute’s Lucas Mast makes an interesting point about EBay’s recently announced policy that it will no longer list items that promote hatred, intolerance, and/or violence. Which, of course, means that you can’t buy a Nazi flag or Charles Manson recording, but you will still be able to buy flags and other collectibles related to the two most murderous states in human history, the Soviet Union and The People’s Republic of China.
I think Mast is probably correct that by caving in on some items, EBay will find itself under constant attack by one special interest group or another to ban yet another offesnive set of items.