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The House of Representatives passed the “Antisemitism Awareness Act” (H.R. 6090) on Wednesday, which has sparked significant debate over the interpretation of religious texts and the definition of hate speech.
The bill, aimed at curbing hate speech amid heightened tensions on college campuses concerning Israel, has seen a significant majority of Republicans in support, while a coalition of Democrats and Republicans opposed it, citing free speech concerns.
It passed with a vote of 320-91, seeing opposition from 70 Democrats and 21 Republicans. The bill was introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and supported by 15 Democratic co-sponsors.
“I’m proud that my bill, the Antisemitism Awareness Act, just passed the House of Representatives 320 to 91. This bill has broad, bipartisan support and will begin the process of cracking down on the antisemitism we’ve seen run rampant on college campuses across America,” Rep. Lawler wrote.
The bill defines antisemitism broadly, incorporating definitions provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), including traditional antisemitic actions and accusations such as those against the state of Israel. Critically, the bill makes it an offense to “apply double standards” to Israel or to accuse it of genocide, categorizing such actions as hate speech.
Among the dissenting voices is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed concern that the bill’s definition of antisemitism could potentially criminalize Christians for their religious beliefs, particularly narratives in the Gospel regarding the death of Jesus Christ.
“Antisemitism is wrong, but I will not be voting for the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 (H.R. 6090) today that could convict Christians of antisemitism for believing the Gospel that says Jesus was handed over to Herod to be crucified by the Jews,” Greene wrote.
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Once again, Marjorie Taylor Greene is right, imo.
Can we stop pretending that America is not completely controlled by a foreign government.
The Christians are not the real antisemites, it’s the friggin, evil pro- Palestinian protestors and the rest of their liberal Jew hating ilk.
The Uniparty is desperate to save their corruption and find a way out of the mess they’ve created. They are willing to destroy all of our Constitutional protections to save themselves.
Welcome to the new Communism of the 21st Century and in any flavor of Communism religion is banned or frowned on (persecuted) because there is no God other than the State.
Going out on a long limb here. Israel was behind all the campus demonstrations hoping to gain this kind of support and sympathy from congress and of course, last but not least, financial aid.
@geoff the aardvark
The problem is that muslims in America are a large majority of “friggin, evil pro- Palestinian protestors”, and they have been cosseted and fetishized by the left—including Jews—for decades after 9/11. “Muslim Outreach” has made them untouchable. So it will be Christians who are the whipping boy for Jews as they lash out at the muslim monster they helped to create. If this misguided legislation passes, I think evangelical Christians are about to find out how much contempt Jews really have for them.
Fuck the GOP. They are such assholes. This bill literally criminalizes the Bible. And why are only Jews protected? Under the bill, it’s still okay to smear whites, conservatives, and Christians in ways that no one under the bill is allowed to smear Jews. Fuck that unconstitutional bullshit, and fuck everyone who voted for it.
Violation of oath to defend the Constitution. Immediate removal required.
“I think evangelical Christians are about to find out how much contempt Jews really have for them.”
EXACTLY right, and much of this pain will be self-inflicted, perpetuated by those misguided Christians who still believe the Jews are God’s chosen people and that it is our duty to give them free rein (and an unlimited supply of cash) in whatever endeavor they deem worthy.
Here is the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism that the bill refers to:
“Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”
So “rhetorical…manifestations of antisemitism” would be outlawed. This won’t pass SCOTUS scrutiny. At least not the current court.
“If you want to know who rules you, find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” – Voltaire (though there is some question as to whether it was someone else)
Any hate speech law is abhorrent. Either an act is unlawful or it is not; whether or not it is accompanied by speech is neither here nor there.
Someone who destroys public property while shouting “I hate Israel” has committed a crime of destruction of public property; whether or not the act was accompanied by the statement “I hate Israel” is irrelevant. In addition, what is “hate speech?” “All puppies must be destroyed” is to me, who loves animals, hate speech. However, to PETA it is a statement of their mission.
God will not be mocked!
What’s the problem with our reps? Are the bills too long to read, too boring to keep their attention, or is reading comprehension not a thing anymore?
“hate” speech crime = something a lawyer pulled out of its ***
“Any hate speech law is abhorrent. Either an act is unlawful or it is not; whether or not it is accompanied by speech is neither here nor there.” -Wyatt
I’m sorry, your thought patterns are too advanced and must be curtailed! Clearly, it is a hate crime to be against the very notion of hate crimes!11!!!10001!!
TheMule
THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024, 9:43 AT 9:43 AM
“This bill literally criminalizes the Bible.”
Only the New Testament! You can still call for genocide against Amalekites and that’s totes OK!
“Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.”
1 Samuel 15:3
I’m thinking this is either proof the Uniparty hates God and His followers and/or they do like so many lazy people do and only read the heading without reading the article, or in this case the bill.
It won’t pass constitutional muster. The only courts that would uphold this are D.C., N.Y. or the Ninth Circus.
RINOs aka democrats with masks on, join proud communists, aka democrats, in taking another hammer blow to the 1st Amendment.
Notice how the very definition of anti-semitism has morphed from anyone who hate Jews to anyone Jews hate.
No congress critter who votes for this can be trusted, they are either beholden to a faction that subjugated America’s interests to that of a foreign nation or are too stupid/lazy to read or understand what they are voting for.
Funny, isn’t it? As time goes on the number of what used to be called a republican in congress is approaching zero.
Lim Nr = 0
t → ∞
QED
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Subverting Free Speech everywhere one turns. Even so called red state governors have passed legislation similar to this.
For the past few years, an NGO called the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance has been exerting its influence over governors and state legislatures across America in order to expand the definition of “antisemitism” to include the version created by the IHRA. This revised definition focuses almost exclusively on the foreign government of Israel, equating any criticism of that government—or Zionism, in general—with a hatred of all Jewish people.
I want to repeat that: Criticizing a foreign government is now considered “hate speech” in 38 states.
Those states include Texas (Abbot), Arkansas (Huckabee-Sanders), South Dakota (Noem), Virginia (Youngkin), and of course, Florida (Desantis).
All of those governors have publicly boasted about this accomplishment. Kristi Noem even entitled her legislation the “God’s Chosen People Act,” implying that Christians are somehow not God’s chosen people, despite the Bible quoting Jesus as saying that exact thing.
The IRHA definition also considers any claim that “the Jews” had anything to do with the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth “antisemitic,” despite the fact that the Bible plainly states that the Pharisees (Jewish leaders in Biblical times) played a direct hand in Christ’s demise, as they considered His claims of being the Son of God heresy.
Turns out that the greatest traitors to our republic are the “super based and red-pilled” Republicanssomething else I have been cautioning for quite some time. The fact that they have attempted to weaponize a woke interpretation of the Bible in order to subvert the Bill of Rights is grounds for nation-wide revulsion against the Republican establishment.
These are the same demons who protected Jeffrey Epstein.-@GhostofBasedPatrickHenry
It’s none of the Federal Government’s business.
Christ is King!
The so-called Palestinians are a lot more Semitic than the vast majority of Jews, who are Askenazi. They are not genetic decedents of Abraham.
Once again, The Republican Establishment falling in line with a Marxist doctrine of separation by class, religion and race causing division. This antisemitism “law” is absolutely unconstitutional. Not supporting Jewish culture, religion
or politics is not a crime.
This law can be used against every true Christian. Those who believe in the Gospel of Christ could be targeted. Just expressing the Christian faith might be interpreted as antisemitism.
We don’t need a law for every racial epithet mouthed by ignorant people. These pols get up on their horses whenever certain words get to be front page news and try to capitalize on it.
We have a tradition of free speech. Don’t kill it with more laws.
Alas, poor Christian America, I knew him well Horatio.