‘If passed by the Senate and signed into law, the bill would broaden the legal definition of antisemitism to include the “targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.’"

Please excuse me, but what is this horseshit?

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    A law like this is going to have the opposite of the “intended” effect. It’s going to make people hate Jewish folk as a whole. Imagine being part of the genocidal protected class, feeling untouchable, you’re going to push those boundaries more and more until you’re universally detested.

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      That’s the goal of the Zionists. They want to make sure Israel is the only safe haven, because they don’t believe in multicultural societies like the US. Everything has to be an ethnostate. That’s why they always make deals with right wing and outright antisemetic regimes like Hungary, apartheid South Africa and Saudi Arabia.

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        Jesus Christ, does this mean that a certain toothbrush mustachioed “camp counselor” was onto something? The thought sickens me, but things are starting to get a bit too muddied to be sure anymore.

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          No, why would you get that from my post? What he did consider, however, before settling on the ‘final solution’, was deporting all the Jews, but nobody would take them.

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    So, it must now also be bigotry to condemn China’s government for being… uh fucking evil. Or russia’s. North Koreas. or anybody else we don’t happen to like.

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    For those who aren’t aware, this bill aims to effectively enshrine into law the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which has been a controversial doctrine since its inception because critics say it unnecessarily curtails freedom of speech.

    Hell, even the Zionist Anti-Defamation League say on their website that the IHRA definition is a guideline that should not be enacted into law because it would infringe the First Amendment:

    ADL does not support the adoption and application of the IHRA Definition in a manner that would create new categories of legally prohibited speech that are subjected to either civil or criminal penalties – something we believe the First Amendment and principles of free speech would prevent.

    This bill does very little that existing legislation does not already except curtail freedom of speech, and the fact that it got such widespread support from both Democrats and Republicans in the House is a goddamn travesty.

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      It’s a terrible bill, but I feel fairly confident that this will not get through the Senate, so I’m not all that concerned about it. It’s performative at best.

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        Cope, both dems and Republicans strongly support this and it will pass both house and senate and Biden will sign it.

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    If biden signs something like this i really see trump winning come November. There shouldnt be massive amounts of protest decrying a genocide and to have our president just look at everyone like they’re the crazy ones for saying no to slaughtering a whole set of people. What benefit does america gain for defending Israel. Do they even do anything expect awfull shit. Like do they produce anything other than hate.