They claim it’s to combat anti-semitism but given the timing, the fact the zionists intentionally conflate opposition to their settler-colonial genocide project with hating Jews and who Biden is, it’s pretty clear what this is likely really about.
NBC gives away the game with these passages.
The White House recently expressed deep concern over “an extremely disturbing pattern of antisemitic messages” on college campuses since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, which left 1,400 people dead, including protests calling for the annihilation of the state of Israel or for genocide against the Jewish people.
“These grotesque sentiments and actions shock the conscience and turn the stomach. They also recall our commitment that can’t be forgotten: ‘never again,’” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said. More than 8,000 people, including women and children, have died in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials.
Last week, anti-Israel messages were projected onto a building at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and there was a heated pro-Palestinian rally at Cooper Union College in New York.
More than 100 colleges and universities nationwide had planned walkouts in support of the Palestinian people last Wednesday afternoon, according to various social media posts.
Commenters suggest this may use Title VII to pull funding from colleges that don’t tackle this “problem”. We may not be far off from people being expelled over this. The zionist regime and the US imperialist project are desperate to prevent what happened to South Africa happening to the occupying force known as Israel. Crushing this movement on campuses is crucial to preventing a sea-change in the imperial core that could help precipitate its downfall.
(Original Source Link (Imperialist Press Warning): https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-actions-combat-antisemitism-college-campuses-rcna122712 )
They’re protesting the ongoing bombings of children, Brandon!
Isn’t calling Israel and Jewish the same thing racist by definition?
Where are all the free speech warriors over this? Did Elon tire them out in twitter?
Those people never actually cared
However, I have noticed some tiny rumblings at this due to the incredibly overt nature of this move. Most Americans are unaware of anti-BDS laws which already (illegally and unconstitutionally for whatever that is worth) exist. This is yet another blatant crushing force against the things that all liberal-minded Americans, which is like 99% of them, believe to be untouchable.
It’s one thing when facebook or whoever bans you. That should also be illegal, imo, without a very just reason (actually being anti-Semitic would be one. Posting those “merchant” memes that Elon secretly loves for example).
It’s an entirely different and explicitly illegal, in writing, in the stupid sacred god-paper thing to ban or punish speech from government funded or run facilities. It’s honestly not even arguable or debatable per the words of the first amendment. Government entities and by extension institutions funded by those entities cannot censor or punish people for speech. I would allow a tiny carve out for still punishing some speech but it must meet clear obstacles and protesting a foreign state does not meet that by any means. And honestly there’s a billion little caveats I could spell out but I won’t and just say “bad shit shouldn’t be allowed.”
It’s the PEAK of irony that they let Hitler-adjacent men like Ben Shapiro speak at campuses yet they want to destroy the lives of young people for having moral courage to tell Ben he’s a piece of shit and he supports genocide. No one in government positions ever questions the genocidal faux-religious freak. Only the kids. It’s disgusting.
Shithole country. Hopefully the hogs get riled enough about MUH FREEZE PEACH and grumble at Brandon. Doubtful though.
Free speech warriors are just reactionaries that want more acceptability for their explicitly pro-oppressor positions. Their concern for free speech ends at their own fingertips.
