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.

  • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml
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    1 day 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·
      11 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
        21·
        4 hours 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
            21·
            4 hours 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.