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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by lupusreal on Thursday May 22, 2025 @04:47PM (#44066786)
This is one part of a large pattern of Republicans trying to end-run around the First Ammendment specifically to defend Israel from criticism. For instance, in Texas they make school teachers sign contracts that include terms forbidding criticism of Israel. Republicans have also been extremely reliable supporters of unconstitutional Anti-BDS laws.

Make no mistake, the Republican party (and half the Democratic Party FWIW) is fully captured by the Israel lobby.

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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by curt15 on Thursday May 22, 2025 @07:47PM (#44068376)
>For instance, in Texas they make school teachers sign contracts that include terms forbidding criticism of Israel

The ability to criticise authority is a defining right of America. How are these teachers supposed to teach the First Amendment?

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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by hackyhacky on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:11PM (#44067070)
> if you replace "Zionist" with "Jew"

I've never understood this kind of argument. If I replace "Zionist" with "elf", then the anti-Zionist movement would be anti-elf! Oh no!

Except that no one is replacing anything. The anti-Zionist movement is exactly that: anti-Zionist.

Antisemitism is real and a problem, but it's not the same thing.

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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:14PM (#44067114)
> if you replace "Zionist" with "Jew" you're at Goebbels levels of antisemitism

This is a weird statement. It seems to suggest this as a reason not to criticize Zionists but if you replace "fascist" with "Jew" you're in a similar situation and that doesn't mean people shouldn't criticize fascists.

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