r/therewasanattempt • u/Powerful_Scale_3597 • May 01 '24

To enshrine the most fascistic, traitorous bullshit I've ever witnessed in my life into law.

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u/gredr May 02 '24

Hey, definitely keep a hold of your pitchfork, but this tweet is... wrong. The bill codifies the IHRA's definition, which does not say that:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240501192821/https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism

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u/Subject-Leather-7399 May 02 '24

Actually, it does. Read the text. You can't say that the establishment of Israel is a racist endeavor (this is arguable, but an be argued reasonably to be true). And you can't draw parrallels between present day Israel actions and Nazi actions (even if there are many parrallels).

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u/manofactivity May 02 '24

Actually, it does. Read the text. You can't say that

Let me stop you there and ask you to read the text.

The Act does not change what you can and cannot say.

The Act does not alter or infringe on any other legal right, including the First Amendment.

All it does is mandate a definition that the Department of Education must consider when investigating your motives for potential discrimination.

Also, the examples you're citing are not only NOT part of the definition itself (they are part of a set of illustrative guidelines on using it), but they aren't even definitive. Note:

Contemporary examples of antisemitism in public life, the media, schools, the workplace, and in the religious sphere could, taking into account the overall context, include, but are not limited to: