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You're reflexively labeled anti-Semitic and often castigated for it.
by JohnWhigham 5y ago
You're reflexively labeled anti-Semitic and often castigated for it.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoI'm confused. That in no way reduces your freedom.
- imgabe 5y agoEqual treatment under the law is a key tenet of freedom. If you are bidding on a government contract, your bid should be equally considered along with everyone else’s on its merits, irrespective of whatever your personal beliefs on unrelated matters might be.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoCompany policy and personal beliefs are very different things. The former has many legal restrictions while the latter is immutable. I don't understand why you are conflating the two. This law is entirely relevant to companies not individuals.
- skohan 5y agoSo I understand that this exact clause is in contracts which must be signed by paid speakers at public universities. I.e. you cannot boycott Israel and give a lecture at a university. Would you consider that an infringement on speech?
- imgabe 5y agoCompanies are made up of people. There is nothing that only affects companies and not people. A company is just a legal abstraction that represents a group of people.
- cies 5y agoIf this systematically happens to journalists, it is kind of limiting what can be said in places amplified by media. I think this is exactly what happens.
- maccolgan 5y agoThat's a common problem across the board, voicing anything pro or against Israel will potentially alienate a nontrivial amount of customers.
- cies 5y agoWhich US MSM news channel voices out against Israel? They have apartheid in the lawbooks, but I think no US MSM channel goes as far to dare to say this... They dare say it about Arab countries (maltreatment of migrant workers). They've said it about South-Africa.
- tablespoon 5y ago>> I don’t follow. Is it not possible in the US to criticize Israel? > You're reflexively labeled anti-Semitic and often castigated for it. So? Freedom of speech is not freedom from criticism or reproach.