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.

  • tomi000@lemmy.world
    4·
    16 hours ago

    Even the actual Nazis werent as bold as to start calling other people Nazis just to distract from themselves.

  • minorkeys@lemmy.world
    4·
    16 hours ago

    Someone no doubt once argued against Antisemitic law with the reasoning that it could be used to justify whatever those in power wanted and that was not a wise risk to take. Someone else said ‘shut up, you racist’ and passed the laws.

    Those people armed their opponents with the very weapons that would be used against them. Congrats, liberals. Your unwise use of power has empowered the unwise.

  • _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works
    26·
    2 days ago

    You would think they would start with an easier one like “heil Hitler” being antisemitic, but they seem perfectly okay with that one.

  • acargitz@lemmy.caOP
    321·
    2 days ago

    Remember kids, this is cheapening the word anti-Semitism and making it more and more meaningless. In the long run, this will hurt Jews. (Who do you think will be blamed by the fascists for US imperial over-extension?)

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      56·
      1 day ago

      [E: Republicans] portraying Jews collectively, universally as perpetrators of genocide seems antisemitic and hurts Jews.

      • neatchee@lemmy.world
        151·
        2 days ago

        And when you see someone conflating all Jews with the Israeli government, you are free, nay encouraged, to call that shit out.

        But guess what’s NOT happening in this thread? Or this entire comment section?

        Israel is committing genocide.

        Sincerely, your friendly neighborhood Jew

        • Omega@lemmy.world
          5·
          1 day ago

          Sorry for the misunderstanding. I’m agreeing with OP.

          The Republicans are painting Jews as warmongers. What the Republicans are doing is antisemitic.

  • grte@lemmy.ca
    43·
    2 days ago

    Next up, Republicans prepare bill declaring “Black Lives Matter” is racist against white people.

  • opavader@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 day ago

    our politicians are shameless cuckolds for aipac. american working class is having the worst crisis since great depression and these hacks are busy deepthroating genocider scum

  • mhague@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 days ago

    Look guys, if the people who go around blaming Jews for trying to replace white people say Free Palestine is antisemitic, who are we to argue? I never knew space lasers could be so Jewish until the authorities on antisemitism enlightened me. Was it not a nutcase conservative who taught you the power of a few parenthesis? They’re the experts here.

  • hexdream@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 days ago

    Didn’t Orwell have something to say about redefining words and phrases. Well, even if he didn’t, yikes.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      1 day ago

      He sure did… Controlling language as a means of eventually controlling thought.

      I always thought that part of the book seemed boring and far-fetched in my teens and 20s.

      Boy was I wrong

    • Omnifarious@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      You have been cordially invited to the Ministry of Love good citizen. A black van with blacked-out windows will be arriving soon.