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Free speech in the USA seems to have a Palestine exception. The number of logical fallacies in this set of events is pretty strange. First they conflate anti-
by bhouston 2y ago
Free speech in the USA seems to have a Palestine exception.
The number of logical fallacies in this set of events is pretty strange. First they conflate anti-semitism with protesting what many credible people have called a genocide. Then the US government is stripping $400M in funding to pressure the university to do these things. Lastly, these students are not charged with crimes, so they are punishing them for non-criminal actions.
Weird times.
- slt2021 2y agoits not the First Amendment, it is Israel First Amendment (according to the current executive branch)
- NoNotTheDuo 2y agoCurrent? This kind of stuff was happening under Biden as well: https://palestinelegal.org/news/2024/4/25/columbia-students-file-civil-rights-complaint-after-nypd-arrests-national-guard-threat https://palestinelegal.org/news/2024/4/25/columbia-students-...
- golemiprague 2y ago[dead]
- clipsy 2y ago"Free speech" to the American right wing has never meant (and will never mean) anything beyond "I'm free to say whatever I want, and you're also free to say whatever I want." They pretend to oppose censorship when they're out of power because it's effective at garnering the support of credulous dimwits.