The House of Representatives is trying to pass a resolution making the term “Free Palestine” an official antisemitic slogan.
Republican Representative Gabe Evans from Colorado introduced the resolution in the wake of the attack on a gathering for Israeli hostages in Boulder this week. Mohammed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national, has been charged for the attack, during which he yelled “Free Palestine,” according to the FBI.
“Whereas, while shouting ‘Free Palestine,’ an antisemitic slogan that calls for the destruction of the state of Israel and Jewish people, Mohammed Sabry Soliman attacked the peaceful demonstrators with homemade Molotov cocktails,” the resolution reads. House Republicans are expected to vote on the nonbinding resolution next week.
I’m glad they can just decide what we should think.
Land of the free!
This coming from the same motherfuckers that brought you classics like:
“We have to let the Nazis march in the park this weekend, freeze peach”
And
“The klan is just a bunch of good 'ol boys, they never hurt nobody”
Honestly, as much as I hate the opinions of Nazi’s and Klansmen, I still support their rights to free speech. That’s how it works. Otherwise you are doing the same “I’m free you are not” bullshit.
Why were you down voted for that? It’s ridiculous. It’s literally a paraphrasing of Thomas Paine saying, “I may not agree with what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” FFS. That IS freedom of speech.
I don’t care about fake internet points. I know I’m right.
I also support the community ostracizing them and individuals punching them in the face for being Nazis and Klansmen.
Yeah that’s fine. lol
And “Jews will not replace us,” elon’s nazi salute, nazi flags at their rallies, and “oh no, you’ve got it all wrong! I was totally born in 1988, that’s why it’s in my username. Ignore the 14.”
Palestinians are semites. Also being against genocide isn’t antisemitism
Saving people a quick search.
What is meant by semitic people?
Semitic describes a group of languages — including Hebrew and Arabic — as well as the people who traditionally speak them. Semitic is rooted in the Biblical name Shem, the son of Noah, who is traditionally thought of as the direct ancestor of the Jews and Arabs.
This is just the right wing weaponizing accusations of antisemitism even as they, themselves, are antisemitic.
The Semites thing is a red herring. anti-Semitism is Jew hatred.
Yeah all this bill says is Gabe Evans is an Antisemite.
You would think they would start with an easier one like “heil Hitler” being antisemitic, but they seem perfectly okay with that one.
You mean the “my heart goes out to you” gesture?
our politicians are shameless cuckolds for aipac. american working class is having the worst crisis since great depression and these hacks are busy deepthroating genocider scum
Free Palestine
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1st amendment baby. Can’t be made illegal and they can’t redefine just like they can’t redefine pi as 3.14. It simply isn’t antisemitism to call for the liberation of an oppressed people.
And this isn’t even a law, it’s a resolution.
That’s literally the least thing Congress can do, after just walking into the building.
And a nonbinding bill that flies in the face of the first amendment isn’t posturing?
We should expect better from elected officials than randos on the internet.
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Yep.
Free Palestine.
Next up, Republicans prepare bill declaring “Black Lives Matter” is racist against white people.
And to preempt any “all lives matter” bullshit:
Nazi lives don’t matter
No lives matter, and that’s a fact.
-Cthulhu
All racial groups lives matter.
Which is literally the message of “black lives matter.”
People who say things like this usually act like black and brown lives don’t matter.
Which is the crux of the problem.
I have no clue what you are talking about.
Then find out.
Well that’s a huge surprise
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I have that bumper sticker on my vehicle. Hasn’t been vandalized yet.
shouting ‘Free Palestine,’ an antisemitic slogan that calls for the destruction of the state of Israel and Jewish people
Holy fucking Moses. It absolutely does not call for that.
“I love X.”
“Why do you hate and want to destroy Y, huh? You piece of shit, fuck X. Y is the best!”
But seriously, fuck X.
Gonna have to start using A and B as variables instead… Because I concur: fuck X.
Are Republicans against being free?
they’re fascist
Yeah I thought that was pretty well established at this point
The fundamental basis of conservatism is that freedom means having power over other people. Therefore they believe that any attempt to extend freedom to others means taking it away from them.
THEY can be free… it’s just the rest of us who have to stay within the lines
They aren’t even slightly free.
Conservatives have always been against freedom.
Boy is my face gonna be red when they “deport” my ass because I’m Jewish. So many people in my community still think the leopards are gonna get full before eating their faces.
They’d probably deport you to Israel, which would serve the goals of both the American and Israeli Nazis.
Exactly.
I’m not antisemitic. I know that I’m not, even if I can’t prove that to anyone who cannot see into my mind. But in words and actions, I’ve never done or said anything antisemitic.
I believe that Palestine should be free. Passing a law isn’t going to change my mind or affect my behavior. If someone calls me antisemitic, they’re either mistaken or lying. Passing a law won’t change the truth behind their words.
Making a statement legally classified as antisemitism opens up legal retaliation under the guise of “hate speech”, which is not protected speech.
It doesn’t change the truth of it, but it does change he the consequences of it.
Not be contrarian, but this is a common misconception. Hate speech IS protected speech in the US, but it can be used to enhance the punishment of a related crime into a hate crime.
It can also, under specific circumstances, be considered “fighting words”. But again, that depends on the specific context and is not broadly true.
This is one of my least favorite facts, but it is unfortunately true
As if it fucking matters when we have students being deported for writing an op-ed in their school newspaper suggesting Israel stop committing genocide.
I mean, if we’re being technical then “hate speech” isn’t a legal term at all, but I should have made it clearer that I was alleging the republicans were building their usual flimsy-as-shit-case to harass their “enemies”.
That is for sure. There is no question that it is an asinine attempt by the GOP to weaponize the law, rather than a genuine attempt at protecting Jews in any way, shape or form
I wonder how few democrats will vote nay.
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How about calling the country “Israhell” or better with the genuine name “Occupied Palestine”?
I append the word “genocidal,” much as has been done with using “communist” as a prefix for various nations. Genocidal Israel.
