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.
Typical Internet. It’s the right to free speech. If horrible people don’t have the right to say what they want, then it’s not free speech. Period.
I don’t appreciate being incorrectly associated with these horrible people just because I believe in rights.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
Remember kids, this is cheapening the word anti-Semitism and making it more and more meaningless. In the long run, this will hurt Jews. (Who do you think will be blamed by the fascists for US imperial over-extension?)
I’ll never forgive them for ruining Hollywood/the MCU.
/S
[E: Republicans] portraying Jews collectively, universally as perpetrators of genocide seems antisemitic and hurts Jews.
And when you see someone conflating all Jews with the Israeli government, you are free, nay encouraged, to call that shit out.
But guess what’s NOT happening in this thread? Or this entire comment section?
Israel is committing genocide.
Sincerely, your friendly neighborhood Jew
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I’m agreeing with OP.
The Republicans are painting Jews as warmongers. What the Republicans are doing is antisemitic.
Ah yeah, didn’t read that way haha. Thanks for clarifying 💙
Please remember guys that “Free USA” is antichristian!
What’s “Free Willy” then?
Free Willy is an illusion! Everything is predeterminy
Even back when I was a wee baby in the 90s, it cost at least $8 to free Willy, and a drink and popcorn were easily twice that.
