How did we get you guys to stop being overtly racist for awhile in the 60s? And today we are getting you to lighten up on gay people. You guys used to treat jews badly. Today you are mean to Mexicans and arabs.Oh, I'm definitely opposed to government efforts to forcibly suppress unpopular biases. I thought I was clear on that.
But you said,
"Your suggestion that the alternative -- doing nothing whatsoever -- would have brought a better result is absurd."
You incorrectly equate opposition to government remedies with "doing nothing whatsoever". I'm not saying nothing should be done. I'm saying we shouldn't employ the coercive power of state government.
Bu I have to agree with you that you should be free to have your biases. If you are a white fire department, you should be allowed to have only whites working there. Or if Google only hired whites. They should have the right right?