[EricH]

Originally Posted by Drake Vargas

Not wanting to hang out with a person isn't rude. Do you actually believe that? Other people should be able to tell me who I can and can't hang out with?

So you're telling us that a fair number of people, simultaneously and independently, decided to hang out together but not with one person, who happened to be different from them? I find it hard to believe that someone didn't at least think to invite that person. Like, really hard to believe.

My crew at work knows that I don't usually hang out with them--but that doesn't mean that I don't get invited, asked, or informed by at least one person!

You're right: Not wanting to hang out with someone isn't rude. And you do have freedom of association. But here's the thing: when a bunch of people all exercise that right, against someone else, then it can become discrimination. And I don't think there's a whole lot of court cases where "freedom of association" has been successfully argued as a reason to discriminate. (At least not lately.)