Posted on 04/27/2024 10:32:00 AM PDT by RandFan
@RepThomasMassie
There’s a bipartisan effort in Congress to equate criticism of the secular state of Israel to violence toward Jewish people in America.
The latter is illegal and the former is protected speech, but if a false equivalency is established, it will be forbidden to criticize Israel.
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Don't fall for their trick to conflate PROTECTED speech..
Cue Freepers crying "antisemitic" at me!
I don’t believe that calling for genocide is protected speech...but perhaps that’s just me.
Someone is going for that Dearborn constituency!
Well if it’s a choice of making it illegal to criticize Israel
VS
making it illegal to criticize Islam...
I think most..if not all..on the right know the difference.
How about we just love the people of Israel, while criticizing perhaps the government and those who claim to be Jews but are not? (see Revelation 2:9)
I did conflate him with Amash for a moment!
More likely to ban criticism of Hamas.
And Zelensky.
I doubt it.
And I'm 100% pro Israel.
We can honestly debate what Isreal or Palestine are doing. If you start calling for “river to sea” or posing for pictures with an Israeli flag that has swastikas on it, then we have a problem.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4233994/posts?page=2
All speech should be protected.
Free speech allows anyone to criticize anyone, for any reason. If it’s stupid, and/or gets you punched in the face for saying it, so be it. Weigh the risks before jumping in.
We haven’t had free speech in America for decades, and never will again
well I agree with most of that
Those images are repulsive and offensive but the land of the free they can be used and abused can’t they? Doesn’t mean someone won’t tear them down though...
The people of Israel have very diverse opinions. It might surprise some Freepers actually although I haven’t looked at opinion polls there for a while
Whatever, Tommy Boy. Just send a trillion to Ukraine next time. pos
The Left's version of "free speech" is "Your speech is violence. Our violence is speech."
The Political Left, and the Hard Left MSM, are the most vehement critics of Netanyahu and Israel, in the entire world!
What a pathetic clown show.
For such a smart guy, he says a lot of pretty stupid stuff.
If the Founders wanted a 1st Amendment qualification for genocide-related speech, they’d put it in there.
And yet, it’s not.
People were calling for annihilating Jewish people, blacks, Catholics, etc for a long time. It’s caustic stuff….but banning caustic stuff is how the left rolls, not Americans.
In times of war, all kinds of Nasty Speech becomes normal. Mattis said of Iraqis: “I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f**k with me, I’ll kill you all.” Sounds like speech needing some canceling. /sarc
There are lots of people who also don’t believe that a .357, AR15, or anything beyond a musket is protected under the 2nd Amendment.
I get the sentiment. It’s simply wrong.
There would be a huge antisemitic backlash if a law like this were passed. If the ADL or AIPAC is pushing legislators for this then they really need to think again. I can guarantee this wouldn’t go over well with people on either side of things.
Hate speech is free speech.
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