The House of Representatives is trying to pass a resolution making the term “Free Palestine” an official antisemitic slogan.

Republican Representative Gabe Evans from Colorado introduced the resolution in the wake of the attack on a gathering for Israeli hostages in Boulder this week. Mohammed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national, has been charged for the attack, during which he yelled “Free Palestine,” according to the FBI.

“Whereas, while shouting ‘Free Palestine,’ an antisemitic slogan that calls for the destruction of the state of Israel and Jewish people, Mohammed Sabry Soliman attacked the peaceful demonstrators with homemade Molotov cocktails,” the resolution reads. House Republicans are expected to vote on the nonbinding resolution next week.

  • tomi000@lemmy.world
    5·
    10 days ago

    Even the actual Nazis werent as bold as to start calling other people Nazis just to distract from themselves.

  • minorkeys@lemmy.world
    4·
    10 days ago

    Someone no doubt once argued against Antisemitic law with the reasoning that it could be used to justify whatever those in power wanted and that was not a wise risk to take. Someone else said ‘shut up, you racist’ and passed the laws.

    Those people armed their opponents with the very weapons that would be used against them. Congrats, liberals. Your unwise use of power has empowered the unwise.

  • CPMSP@midwest.social
    4·
    10 days ago

    This coming from the same motherfuckers that brought you classics like:

    “We have to let the Nazis march in the park this weekend, freeze peach”

    And

    “The klan is just a bunch of good 'ol boys, they never hurt nobody”

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      And “Jews will not replace us,” elon’s nazi salute, nazi flags at their rallies, and “oh no, you’ve got it all wrong! I was totally born in 1988, that’s why it’s in my username. Ignore the 14.”

    • RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world
      03·
      10 days ago

      Honestly, as much as I hate the opinions of Nazi’s and Klansmen, I still support their rights to free speech. That’s how it works. Otherwise you are doing the same “I’m free you are not” bullshit.

      • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        I also support the community ostracizing them and individuals punching them in the face for being Nazis and Klansmen.

      • Charlxmagne@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 days ago

        Inciting violence is not within that criteria, hate black ppl, jews, men, women, muslims or immigrants all you want, you’re just showing the world how much of an ignorant uneducated dickhead you are but groups like the nazis do incite real violence against real people. Some people also manipulate real facts to suit their narrative.

        We need to let people be clowns and treat them as such, laugh at them and if they’re wrong their lies will be debunked. Stopping people from saying something won’t change their mind, it’ll convince them they’re right. And if you can’t argue against the opinion instead of silencing it you were probably wrong.

      • Professorozone@lemmy.world
        21·
        10 days ago

        Why were you down voted for that? It’s ridiculous. It’s literally a paraphrasing of Thomas Paine saying, “I may not agree with what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” FFS. That IS freedom of speech.

        • Liljekonvalj@feddit.org
          1·
          10 days ago

          Because it’s not that black or white. The Nazis and kkk murder innocent people. They don’t only express themselves, they kill. Its not so simple. Yeah sure, if they don’t act violent trying to fulfill their fantasy- they can express their opinion. But that’s not really what’s going on. Therefore you can’t really compare the two. It’s a naive thing to do, to compare them. Because they are completely different. The Gaza protests are not violent. Hamaz is violent. America created Israel, Israel murders Palestinians. But the protests are peacefull. It’s a very dicy issue, but it’s not the same. The question of freedom of speech is there. Other than that, it’s very different.

            • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml
              21·
              9 days ago

              You’re saying right wing (Racist, sexist, homophobic, etc…) speech has as much right to be heard as any other speech. Can you back that up with examples, please?

              • Professorozone@lemmy.world
                22·
                8 days ago

                I’m supposed to provide examples of horrible speech that has the right to exist? WTF?

                The first amendment DOES have limitations. I think yelling “fire” in a crowded theater is often cited.

                Also platforms can control that speech because they own the platform and can forbid it as part of their terms. And I wish they would.

                If you can’t see that suppressing the speech of people who think opposite of you is exactly what they would do to you, then there’s not much I can say. I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.

                • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml
                  21·
                  8 days ago

                  Can you elaborate on what you’re trying to say? Cause it really comes across as though you’re saying hate speech has a right to be said as much as any other speech…

                  We don’t have the first amendment, so that doesn’t really feel relevant to me.

  • Professorozone@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 days ago

    Typical Internet. It’s the right to free speech. If horrible people don’t have the right to say what they want, then it’s not free speech. Period.

    I don’t appreciate being incorrectly associated with these horrible people just because I believe in rights.

      • KumaSudosa@feddit.dk
        1·
        10 days ago

        Realistically let’s start with actual control over Gaza and the West Bank and access to, you know, stuff like food, water, medicine, education, and other things considered “human rights” when it’s related to the right people. Abolishing illegal settlements would be welcomed as well.

        Israel should’ve never existed but it does and it will continue to do so.

  • mhague@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 days ago

    Look guys, if the people who go around blaming Jews for trying to replace white people say Free Palestine is antisemitic, who are we to argue? I never knew space lasers could be so Jewish until the authorities on antisemitism enlightened me. Was it not a nutcase conservative who taught you the power of a few parenthesis? They’re the experts here.

    • ZeffSyde@lemmy.world
      0·
      10 days ago

      Saving people a quick search.

      What is meant by semitic people?

      Semitic describes a group of languages — including Hebrew and Arabic — as well as the people who traditionally speak them. Semitic is rooted in the Biblical name Shem, the son of Noah, who is traditionally thought of as the direct ancestor of the Jews and Arabs.

      • acargitz@lemmy.caOP
        1·
        10 days ago

        “Semites” as a description of a set of people is as much antiquated a terminology as the word “Aryans”. In fact it was Ernest Renan that first made that distinction in the 19th century to specifically frame history as a tension between Semites and Aryans (cf Hannah Arendt). It’s of course just a bunch of scientific racism bollocks. And it is precisely because of that that the term “antisemitism” has always meant hatred of Jews in particular (in the “Jews vs Aryans” sense).

        The only term that persists in the sciences today is the term “semitic languages”, which is basically similar to “indo-european languages”, and which of course has nothing to do with antisemitism.

  • _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    10 days ago

    You would think they would start with an easier one like “heil Hitler” being antisemitic, but they seem perfectly okay with that one.