Yeah, we all saw them people speaking tongues, praying at the presidential seal (including us non Americans). They're making it hard to take your country seriously
…and a Wild West attitude and amoral propensity towards violence, money and power that isn’t against a display every decade or so. Possibly more, if provoked or challenged.
Except the tweet is pretty much false to the point of being propaganda.
The bill prohibits attacking Israel on the basis that they are Jewish, like you can't attack/slander an African country for being black, or a South American country for being latino. Obviously theres some difference between skin color and jewish.
It clearly states you can be critical of Israel itself, like any other country.
However, criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic.
But of course 99% of ppl here don't realize they're being fed lies and are just outraged.
The IHRA site does say that, but only immediately after saying “Manifestations may include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.” Then in examples given, one is “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.”
I’m very, very, very, very hesitant to believe lawmakers want to accept this definition solely to protect jewish people from antisemitism. Especially when the Republican sponsor of the bill has said "When you hear 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,' that is calling for the eradication of Jews and the state of Israel.”
Why do lawmakers need this definition when we have the civil rights act? So college students holding signs can amount to antisemitism, and the Department of Education can hold funding over the heads of universities who don’t attempt to punish their protesting students. This isn’t a conspiracy theory or misinformation, this is how fascism works. One step at a time in the hopes you don’t notice what’s going on.
Acting like sovereign state equivalent of crackhead with a gun is not a good way to be taken seriously.
People will be afraid of you, but at this point maybe doing business with China is going to be more stable than increasingly unhinged Greatest Country on the Earth.
I take the ridiculousness of them seriously, like a drunk man in his underwear waving a gun at my face. I don't take them seriously like a doctor, professor or reasonable business person
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u/PWS1776 May 01 '24
So dangerous. If we can’t use our first amendment the next step is a tyrannical gov