10 years after Snowden's first leak, what have we learned?

Re:10 years after Snowden's first leak, what have we learned? by woooooo on Thursday June 08, 2023 @09:42AM (#36241752)

I was with you on the nuance until you said "US" -- we have actual laws making it illegal to boycott Israel in a bunch of states. Its not illegal to boycott anything else on the planet, just Israel.

Any politician who steps out of line on the issue, even just pointing at obvious facts on the ground, is disciplined immediately. See what happened to Rashida Tlaib a few years ago for making mild factual observations.

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Re:10 years after Snowden's first leak, what have we learned? by edanm on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:44AM (#36242699)

I'm not sure you're being accurate about the laws against boycotting Israel - from what I remember, there's only laws against the federal government hiring workers that boycott Israel. A private citizen (or company) can still boycott Israel to their heart's content, IIRC. I could be wrong on that though.

I'm opposed to laws against boycotting, fwiw.

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Re:10 years after Snowden's first leak, what have we learned? by woooooo on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:30AM (#36259332)

Either way, no other country or organization gets that level of deference over here.

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