The bill would mandate that when the Department of Education enforces federal anti-discrimination laws it uses a definition of antisemitism put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
Make no mistake, the US government is willing to go as far as shred the constitution to protect Israel. This anti-zionism criticism Bill (which is what it really is) should be the scandal of all scandals, but you won't hear much of a peep from all the free speech warriors.
The far-right populists are the last defenders of civil rights.
So you guys don't have the first amendment? 320 people in the House sure seem to think it's not relevant anymore.
Right. I'm totally on Israel's side but this seems ridiculous to me. The college kids are probably already violating multiple rules and laws as it is and this isn't needed. I do not like this.
Lets Stop this jew on jew crimeAlso, how insane is it that we have a bill that PASSED THE HOUSE that specifically says what you can or can’t say about how the Jews treated Jesus Christ.
Constitutional Rights. And they shouldn't even need "defending" -- they are inalienable rights written into the very foundation of the country by its framers to protect individual liberties. You don't fuck with them. Civil Rights are a more modern construct based on policy and legislation aimed at equity and social justice. They're alright, but it's comparatively sissy stuff about "Discrimination! " and whatnot that isn't particularly fundamental.
It's tremendously concerning and the swiftness of it is suspicious as fuck, but let's wait and see what happens. The House creates and passes all kinds of bills that never actually come to fruition because the lumbering Senate stalls and eventually kills them. It needs to pass that chamber first before the White House can sign it into law. After that, it will need to survive what is guaranteed to be a ferocious legal challenge that likely makes way up to the Supreme Court where it can (and should) be struck down as unconstitutional.
Did anyone ever refute this post?Having quickly read the text seems it just basically extends existing anti discrimination laws to include common jewish ancestry or whatever. I don't see where it outlaws any speech. To me this is basically telling colleges that harassment on campus for being jewish is, by law, to be treated the same as harassment for being black, gay, etc.
you know who i want to hear speak of it? Jordan Petersen, who's very outspoken about free speech. i want to see if he has character about it or if he'll just use some rhetoric sophistry to avoid it.
Lumbering Senate? The House wasted 28 days electing the Speaker of the House, 5 on McCarthy and 23 on Johnson.
Just hours ago, MGT said she's going to be bringing up a motion to vacate Johnson. More wasted time.
This is about the only thing the House has done since Republicans took control.
And let's not forget about this guy
The far left were the largest block of Representatives who voted against the bill (the squad, Ro Khanna, etc.). Republicans were the ones who wrote the bill and got it passed, although it had bi-partisan support.
Yeah, that's kind of the point. You can't rail against muh hate speech when it's criticizing the open border or saying there are only 2 genders, then suddenly call it free speech when it's hatred you agree with.
Imo that is a misinterpretation of the scope and purpose outlined in the text.