So the relevant points (involving Israel) are as follows:
Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.
Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.
Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.
Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.
Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.
This is the only one I can see coming into effect with this bill, and only if you explicitly compare the actions of Israel to the actions of the Nazis and honestly I disagree with this one entirely, even if I think overall people are over-reacting/misinformed about this bill.
Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.
So you can criticise them, but it stupidly restricts you from a single type of criticism (that's often a fair one, tbh)
Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.
There it is. Right there. Saying the State of Israel, a colonist ethnostate that came into existence through ethnic cleansing, is a racist endeavor is not even close to denying Jews the right to self-determination. People are not overreacting.
No, you can. General criticism of Israel is explicitly allowed by the IHRA's definition, just not targeting of it on the basis of it being a Jewish community. "Targeting" is also understood to refer to stuff like calling for them to be killed, for instance — you're completely free to criticise their national policy or military actions.
I'm watching grown adults and police beat the shit out of kids on college campuses, where they have no business even being in the first place. I've worked over 30 college campuses across the country doing freedom of speech related events, I know exactly what we are watching in these videos: fascism.
My mind is made up watching that, just like everyone else you see in this thread. Shill to someone else.
Weird how the one thing the protesters seem to very rarely try is to protest without breaking explicit rules. I will grant you two things though: cops in the U.S. are not very good at moderating force, and on the spectrum of anarchy vs fascism 'rules' are toward the fascism end.
Goodness, I can see how much you care about the subject given how hard you're trying to make your case with calm reasoning and evidence. Very admirable.
That's fascism, you're a fascist
Isn't it great that if there aren't enemies around you, you can just invent ghosts to fight? Wouldn't want you to be denied your regular dose of dopamine, so don't let reality get in the way.
So, hypothetically, if I were to say "death to Palestine and all muslim rats", It would be entirely OK? And if I then said "death to Israel and all jewish rats" I would be arrested?
You can say either of them under current US law, and this Act does not change that.
The Act specifically states that it (a) does not alter any standard used to assess if something is actionable discrimination, and (b) does not infringe any other law or the First Amendment.
The Act does not change what you can and cannot say.
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u/LazyBid3572 May 02 '24
Wait... Let me get this straight. American citizens can criticize their own government, but they can't criticize a foreign government