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.

  • Professorozone@lemmy.world
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    2 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.

        • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml
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          22 hours 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
            12·
            8 hours 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
              2·
              1 hour 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.

                • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml
                  2·
                  44 minutes ago

                  I believe it free speech. I don’t believe in hate speech, or think it has a reason to be heard. So I’ll ask again…why do you want hate speech to be heard?

                  I know what the first amendment is, I just don’t feel it applies here as we’re on the internet and it only applies to one country.

    • Liljekonvalj@feddit.org
      73·
      2 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.