The House of Representatives passed the "Anti-Semitism Awareness Act" on May 2, by a vote of 320-91 in reaction to demonstrations on numerous university campuses and elsewhere against the brutal and genocidal policy of Israel in Gaza.
The Act has now been sent to the Senate, where it seems certain to pass.
Don't be so sure it wouldn't be enforced! The Scottish Hate Speech Act was passed in 2021, and people predicted it would never be enforced.
Jews who don't criticize Israeli's war could also be banned under the Act.
What about Orthodox Jews who don't recognize conversions to Judaism supervised by Reform rabbis? If they say that such converts aren't Jewish, they could be charged under the Act as anti-Semitic.
One wonders how the Act passed by the astonishing margin of 320 to 91 without pressure from the Israeli Lobby.
How then can the Act ban a statement that is obviously true and that the passage of the Act shows to be true?
One target of the Act is the heroic university students who are protesting what is going on in Gaza.
The sponsors of the Act depict them as lawbreakers who need to be suppressed to preserve "Law and order", but students protests against criminal wars are part of the American tradition.
We should take the opportunity provided by the Act to engage in a full and frank discussion of American foreign policy.
Let's do everything we can to get rid of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act and to return to our traditional foreign policy of non-intervention, following the guidance of Dr. Ron Paul and Murray Rothbard.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/lew-rockwell/beware-of-the-anti-semitism-awareness-act/
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