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Ah, Texas. The State of Texas once told me that I had to sign a declaration that I would not boycott Israel, in order that they could buy 3 figures worth of eve
by hermitcrab 1y ago
Ah, Texas. The State of Texas once told me that I had to sign a declaration that I would not boycott Israel, in order that they could buy 3 figures worth of event planning software. I told them it was none of their business. I did not get the sale.
- ndsipa_pomu 1y agoCould taking part in a boycott be considered freedom of speech under the 1st Amendment?
- hermitcrab 1y agoOur company is not based in the USA.
- ndsipa_pomu 1y agoI'm not a lawyer or an American, but I understood that the 1st Amendment wording specifically limits the rights of the government (including states) to limit free speech and doesn't mention the location or nationality of the target.
- robk 1y ago[flagged]
- nkrisc 1y agoThey didn’t say that.
- pavel_lishin 1y agoIt's rude to put words in someone's mouth.
- jdonaldson 1y agoHonestly, yeah, makes sense to me. If we value freedom at all we value the right to tell the government to stuff it with their legally binding nothingburger deals.
- embedding-shape 1y ago> I had to sign a declaration that I would not boycott Israel, in order that they could buy 3 figures worth of event planning software What possible justification(s) did they have for something so stupid? Never seen anything like that in business contracts, but then I've never bought/sold anything to Texas.
- Twirrim 1y agoThey're required to do it by law, some posturing the Texas legislature went through a few years back in the name of "fighting anti-semitism". Virtue signalling stuff. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/31/texas-boycott-israel-lawsuit/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/31/texas-boycott-israel... as an example of it being considered unconstitutional by federal judges. Not sure whether it has been actually annulled yet.
- hermitcrab 1y agoThanks for the link. >" it was rewritten to exclude individual contractors and only pertain to businesses with 10 or more full-time employees and when the contract is for $100,000 or more." So it didn't apply to us anyway!
- ndiddy 1y agoNot just Texas! 38 states have legislation that bars the state government from doing business with any company that boycotts Israel. As a US taxpayer, I would think that the involuntary contributions to Israel being taken out of my paycheck would be enough, but I guess we have to provide support in other ways too.
- hermitcrab 1y agoI think I've only seen it with Texas. I don't realize it was so widespread. BTW I'm not boycotting Israel. I just refuse to sign any agreement that I won't.