Florida Loves Big Government: Passes Anti BDS Bill

It is real but it's not Isreal.

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That's right yall it's against the law to criticize Isreal

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This is inaccurate. Misleading and not what the bill does.

I'm against all anti "hate" legislation but this isn't about criticizing Israel.

Florida is full of old people cramming for their final exam. Not shocked they love israel

Federal definition of antisemitism

Here's parts of it:

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Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective — such as, especially but not exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, economy, government or other societal institutions.

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So you're not allowed to say Jews control the media or the banks or the government or Hollywood? I wonder if you can ask if they have a larger influence in those spheres than their overall population numbers would reflect?

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Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group

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So you can't accuse Jews of being responsible for a real wrongdoing committed by a Jewish group. I wonder if that would work for white people.

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Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.

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Antizionism is now antisemitism.

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claims of Jews killing Jesus

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Melt

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So you're not allowed to say Jews control the media or the banks or the government or Hollywood? I wonder if you can ask if they have a larger influence in those spheres than their overall population numbers would reflect?

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I am against hate crimes legislation, but isn’t it simply an enhancement if these things are said during an underlying crime? The mere speech isn’t a crime is it?

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Also, Florida just passed a law regarding their public schools which prohibits "antisemitism".

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I would imagine schools have rules against racist statements as well.

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I can't imagine that similar bills won't be passed throughout the rest of the country over the next few years.

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Any law criminalizing speech should be ruled unconstitutional.