Originally Posted by
clarkbmiller
It's possible you've never been in this position before. But there are lots of people who for lots of reasons have to look into a gym, restaurant, bar, club, hotel, resort, city, or state and ask themselves the question:
Am I going to get my ass kicked for going in there?
A reasonable person could watch this video and decide that it's not worth the risk. So even if a Starting Strength gym never gives a red letter ban to someone, the video itself (and the comments attached to it from Rip's fans) make it clear that it's not worth it.
Sucks for the gym, the sport, and most especially for the person who is left out.
As far as the libertarian view... neither you nor I are foolish enough to believe that. If a starting strength gym sells all of their barbells and focuses on pillow-fight-based-functional-fitness, I suspect they would lose the right to put "Starting Strength" on their business cards. If Rip says it's ok for a gym to ban people on the basis of their sexual, gender, racial, or religious status then that means he's ok with it.
The libertarian view would be something akin to "I don't think it should be the law." The sane moral addendum is "I don't think it should be the law, but I wouldn't contract with racists, misogynists, etc." Rip is hiding his lack of morality under the guise of libertarianism (a pretty common sleight of hand).