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.
Jewish man here.
FREE PALESTINE!
Israel is a terror state.
The USA is a rogue state.
Get your pitchforks.
Even the actual Nazis werent as bold as to start calling other people Nazis just to distract from themselves.
Okay, then liberate Palestine!
Sorry bud, the word “Palestine” is also now antisemitic-- and is itself a call for genocide , I’m told.
https://www.jns.org/the-word-palestine-is-genocide/
I wish I was kidding.
Someone no doubt once argued against Antisemitic law with the reasoning that it could be used to justify whatever those in power wanted and that was not a wise risk to take. Someone else said ‘shut up, you racist’ and passed the laws.
Those people armed their opponents with the very weapons that would be used against them. Congrats, liberals. Your unwise use of power has empowered the unwise.
I’m glad they can just decide what we should think.
Palestine will be free. Got 'em!
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”
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.”
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.
I also support the community ostracizing them and individuals punching them in the face for being Nazis and Klansmen.
Yeah that’s fine. lol
Inciting violence is not within that criteria, hate black ppl, jews, men, women, muslims or immigrants all you want, you’re just showing the world how much of an ignorant uneducated dickhead you are but groups like the nazis do incite real violence against real people. Some people also manipulate real facts to suit their narrative.
We need to let people be clowns and treat them as such, laugh at them and if they’re wrong their lies will be debunked. Stopping people from saying something won’t change their mind, it’ll convince them they’re right. And if you can’t argue against the opinion instead of silencing it you were probably wrong.
Speech isn’t violence. Freedom of speech is words. Actions are different.
“Why can’t I yell I have a bomb in the airport, thats impeding on my freedom of speech”
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.
What view points do the right wing wing have that you feel need to be heard?
We know the ones, it’s “I hate those different from me, I need them removed by any means.”
He dodged my question of why we should support the KKK.
Because it’s not that black or white. The Nazis and kkk murder innocent people. They don’t only express themselves, they kill. Its not so simple. Yeah sure, if they don’t act violent trying to fulfill their fantasy- they can express their opinion. But that’s not really what’s going on. Therefore you can’t really compare the two. It’s a naive thing to do, to compare them. Because they are completely different. The Gaza protests are not violent. Hamaz is violent. America created Israel, Israel murders Palestinians. But the protests are peacefull. It’s a very dicy issue, but it’s not the same. The question of freedom of speech is there. Other than that, it’s very different.
That’s a nice opinion. Too bad it’s wrong.
He only expressed his opinion about free speech. YOU amplified it into violence.
What does the KKK stand for, as a belief? It’s not love and compassion.
I don’t care about fake internet points. I know I’m right.
Land of the free!
Free Palestine.
How does the end result (Palestine is free) look in detail?
Realistically let’s start with actual control over Gaza and the West Bank and access to, you know, stuff like food, water, medicine, education, and other things considered “human rights” when it’s related to the right people. Abolishing illegal settlements would be welcomed as well.
Israel should’ve never existed but it does and it will continue to do so.
At this point… bleak.
Free Palestine
Yep.
Free Palestine.
I’ll do you one better, Protect
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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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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.
“Semites” as a description of a set of people is as much antiquated a terminology as the word “Aryans”. In fact it was Ernest Renan that first made that distinction in the 19th century to specifically frame history as a tension between Semites and Aryans (cf Hannah Arendt). It’s of course just a bunch of scientific racism bollocks. And it is precisely because of that that the term “antisemitism” has always meant hatred of Jews in particular (in the “Jews vs Aryans” sense).
The only term that persists in the sciences today is the term “semitic languages”, which is basically similar to “indo-european languages”, and which of course has nothing to do with antisemitism.
This is just the right wing weaponizing accusations of antisemitism even as they, themselves, are antisemitic.
Yeah all this bill says is Gabe Evans is an Antisemite.
The Semites thing is a red herring. anti-Semitism is Jew hatred.
Downvoted, but correct. Terms don’t always follow their literal meaning.
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?
“Mein Herz ist bei dir!”
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.
Conservatives have always been against freedom.
THEY can be free… it’s just the rest of us who have to stay within the lines
They aren’t even slightly free.
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
I have that bumper sticker on my vehicle. Hasn’t been vandalized yet.
No lives matter, and that’s a fact.
-Cthulhu
All racial groups lives matter.
Which is literally the message of “black lives matter.”
Black lives matter means all racial groups lives matter? Wouldn’t that imply all racial groups are black?
I know it might be difficult to grasp, but no.
The point of the slogan is to bring attention to the fact that, in countless ways, black lives are currently treated as if they matter less. On a systemic level. So before you say I’m calling you racist, that’s not what’s happening.
It might make more sense if you mentally add the word “too” at the end of it. “Black Lives Matter too” is pretty much the gist of it.
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.
Well that’s a huge surprise
Then find out.
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