Critics of Israel’s merciless war on Gaza are facing threats of government prosecution and blacklists or firings. In this neo-McCarthyist environment, anything pro-Palestine is being made to carry the whiff of bigotry or even incitement to violence.
Political pressure is emerging for more crackdowns. Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, shamelessly pivoting from decrying campus cancel culture and censorship to now demanding both, wrote to the attorney general demanding the Department of Justice investigate “far-left student groups” for possible financial connections to Hamas.
There is going to be flip-flopping all across the political sprctrum.
Nah that’s perfectly consistent behavior for fascists. And the only one besides the fascists that are likely to flip. Are wealthy Democrats who in serving themselves also tend to serve the wealthy fascists. They’re highly adjacent and only make up a narrow part of the spectrum and all largely right wing.
I meant that there are people who justify the censorship of certain views by citing the paradox of tolerance.
A number of those people are going to be unhappy that pro-Palestinian views are going to be targeted by censorship justified with the paradox of tolerance.
I think it’s important to distinguish that there are pro Palestinian views. And pro hamas views. And they are not the same. Personally, as a leftist. I’m not concerned about hate groups like Hamas, Republicans etc not being tolerated. I’m not alone and we’re pretty consistent about it.
I tolerate those who are tolerant. That said if people crack down on pro Palestinian protesters. Misrepresenting them as pro Hamas. Any rational person should be pissed about that. And it won’t be flip-floping. We know it’s going to happen regardless. Criticism of the Israeli government is wrongly treated as antisemitism.
Not one mention of the reverse!
Good Lord, the propaganda from both sides is a mess. Example one, this article.
What part is propaganda? And what do you consider the other side of this specific issue?
