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What's the difference if the effect is the same?


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It's the same as the difference between societal discrimination and government legislated discrimination. Both terrible, the latter seems more so.

There are landlords who will rent to felons and employers who will hire them. It's not a blanket ban.

People with felony convictions are barred by law from many professions in many states, including surprisingly innocuous ones like dentistry and massage therapy.

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