Criticizing Israel to be hate considered "hate speech" in SC

TIDE-HSV said:

It's unconstitutional as hell. Of course, the many Jewish lawyers of the ACLU will be the first to attack it...

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The proviso defines anti-semitism as:

a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities

calling for, aiding or justifying the killing or harming of Jews

making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of Jews as a collective

accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, the state of Israel or even for acts committed by non-Jews

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 interest of their own nations

using the symbols and images associated with classic anti-Semitism to characterize Israel or Israelis

drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis

blaming Israel for all inter-religious or political tensions

applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation

multilateral organizations focusing on Israel only for peace or human rights investigations

denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination and denying Israel the right to exist, provided that criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as anti-Semitic

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cbi1972 said:

No way in the world this holds up.

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Valley View said:

The coverage of the recent assaults on Israel's borders should be enough to convince anyone of the bias against Israel by the MSM. This negative coverage only increases anti-Semitism and this legislation is just a feeble attempt to combat bias.

Like just about everything else, forces are in play to divide us to force conformity to the global agenda. What is this agenda? The U.S. is bad. Israel is bad. Borders are bad. White people (especially white men) are bad. Trump is bad. The Bible/Christians are bad. Guns are bad.

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MattinBama said:

Don't forget about the chemtrails and the gay frogs.

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Its On A Slab said:

Trying to pick the good guy/bad guy in Palestine is problematic. One side practices apartheid, uses the best of our most advanced weapons, jets, other armaments. The other side sends suicide bombers and rockets into Israel.

They each have a right to exist, and legitimate beefs against the other side. But each side is beholden to extremists.(Orthodox and other right-wing elements in Israel; Hamas in Gaza and Fatah still committed to armed struggle on the West Bank.)

What makes matters worse in this country is the consistent notion that any criticism of Israeli government policy is anti-Semitic. It is the 3rd rail of American politics, unfortunately.

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92tide said:

if we want to talk about antisemitism, we also have the issue in the states of fundies being convinced that they are doing the lord's work in fulfilling prophesy wrt to israel policy.

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81usaf92 said:

Yet rewind the clock to 1939 and many of these same people thought Hitler was an okay guy.

Idk. I think we as a country should support Israel to the degree that they wouldn’t be conquered by their Arab neighbors, but supporting Israel’s sole claim over Jerusalem is pretty stupid and is more Trump playing to his more crazier base than him really thinking it was necessary.

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Its On A Slab said:

Every other President avoided the Jerusalem embassy thing because they recognized the implications.

Another example of why elections have consequences. So much was at stake in 2016, yet people who could have stopped this train wreck either stayed home or voted for some throwaway 3rd party candidate.

It's too bad that we can't just have a caretaker/Gerald Ford government for the next two years and have a do-over in 2020. Maybe both parties won't put forth such awful choices.

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Displaced Bama Fan said:

I keep saying divide and conquer. What was the line used by the Austrian Nazi in The Sum of All Fears? "Hitler wasn't crazy, Hitler stupid. You don't fight America and Russia, you get America and Russia to fight each other. And destroy each other." I'm sure I've missed part of it, but the point being, the powers that be get the so-called Republicans and the so-called Democrats to become so divided and hate-filled toward one another that eventually they will destroy one another. It's easier to control people through manipulation and most folks are truly manipulated in some form or fashion by the powers that be.

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