hexinvictus [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoUS house passes bill that changes the definition of anti-Semitism to include criticism of Israelwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkUS house passes bill that changes the definition of anti-Semitism to include criticism of Israelwww.theguardian.comhexinvictus [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·2 months agoWorse, this protects actual antisemites! When everyone is antisemitic, no one is. They’re destroying the meaning of the word by doing this.
minus-squareDoubledee [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoYeah I worry about this. It’s already hard to talk about this stuff, now fascists will be more likely to assume I’m in league with them if I express my disapproval of this stuff.
Worse, this protects actual antisemites! When everyone is antisemitic, no one is. They’re destroying the meaning of the word by doing this.
Yeah I worry about this. It’s already hard to talk about this stuff, now fascists will be more likely to assume I’m in league with them if I express my disapproval of this stuff.