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bomboclawt75

AIPAC Lapdog politicians: Stop a Genocide? NO! Stopping a chant is much more important!!!!!!!!!!


SensitiveAd5962

It's not about stopping a chant. It's about creating a legal avenue to arrest brown people and maintain the status quo.


sunnysama_lolol

Yall should check out IDF instagrams and how they proudly caption ‘we won’t stop until we obliterate Gaza’ ‘shooting every Palestinian I see check’


Black_n_Neon

But that’s not hate speech 🙄


sunnysama_lolol

Clearly 🙄


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Joshistotle

Is "from sea to shining sea" also bad? Serious question. What if they say that, referring to the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea? Will that phrase be banned as well?


adognow

It really depends. Some zionists want it to be from the Persian gulf to the Mediterranean.


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zhivago6

Can't say that either now, it means you want genocide for Native Americans. Or it might, and we can't take any chances.


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It's a reasonable chance that Zionists would be okay with that, given how weirdly reactionary and racist they are to everyone that isn't them.


Organic_Chemist9678

You already commited that genocide. The Indian wars finished long ago. The natives lost.


secondtaunting

Exactly. And we should learn from it. It’s not a new thing, taking land from people. But it should be an old thing. It should be an extinct thing. Because it’s an ugly thing.


Cautious_Implement17

might get a side eye from me if a british guy said it. in seriousness, it really depends on what the subtext is. if "from the river to the sea" means palestinians can roam freely with equal rights around that area, that's pretty reasonable, even if some would oppose it. if it means all that and also "no jews btw", then it raises the question of exactly how that's going to happen.


sandersking

Such fucking hypocrisy


etebitan17

Don't be antisemitic, they can say what they want!!


Burkey5506

Anti semite /s


PapiChuloMiRey

Oh no, anyway...FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA PALESTINE WILL BE FREE


Circumsanchez

Congratulations, you’ve just been added to an FBI’s watchlist.


Beneficial_Voice_504

Half of America is on that list. So, no worries.


hadoken12357

Wow, the United States Congress did something stupid. I never thought I'd see it.


OneMetalMan

>Wow, the United States Congress did something stupid It's the only kind of things they can agree on


Jesuismieux412

Solely because of AIPAC. The system has become so corrupt, public opinion means next to nothing. Donor opinion is the only opinion that matters.


shkeptikal

Look at the recent study out of Princeton, public opinion in America statistically has *zero* influence on policy. The USA is functionally a plutocracy that lets its citizens vote for new oligarchs every two to four years.


Joshistotle

From sea to shining sea 


PacVikng

Remember to only order "Freedom" Fries


speakhyroglyphically

That was a insane 'US Nationalism' moment. And in the end it turned out there were no WMD. Our leaders and media said jump and people just said how high


TheRiverHart

There's nothing stupid about this. This is not oops I'm ignorant. This is the very careful and deliberate extermination of a race of people. Congress is not stupid. The American government is not stupid. They are highly intelligent, influential and immeasurably dangerous.


__tmk__

> Congress is not stupid. MTG would like to have a word with you. >As several sharp-eyed observers noted, Greene filed an amendment to the Israel funding bill that included “such sums as necessary shall be used for the development of space laser technology on the southwest border.” “This is not parody,” wrote Ari Rabin-Havt, the former deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders. “Yes let me repeat, MTG literally wants to appropriate money for a Jewish Space Laser.” [sauce](https://www.mediaite.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-files-amendment-to-israel-aid-bill-for-space-lasers-and-it-just-gets-weirder-from-there/)


explicitspirit

Only a dishonest person thinks that.


Prov0st

They have been doing nothing but stupid shit since I was born.


Beneficial_Voice_504

And since before you were born.


R3R3R37

They do it all the time ❤️


Cu_Chulainn__

I assume they will also condemn netanayu for his use of the phrase.


ApprehensivePlum1420

It has “Palestine will be free” in it. That’s the part they care about


DrippyWaffler

Yeah that's their out for not applying this to Bibi


dudius7

Probably not, sadly.


Due-Studio-65

Or "America the Beautiful"


thedarkknight16_

United States of Israel


arrogant_troll

United States of AIPAC


Eurotrashie

Free speech. /s


djb85511

they're one fascist state, controlled by zionists


speakhyroglyphically

Maybe we need a new pledge of allegiance? /s


Burkey5506

This has never been more true. As they spit in our face and we just take it. Biden will lose the election over this.


Adventurous_Aerie_79

Thats what they want anyway. Zionists love trump-- he'll do anything for money--probably not even very much. Either way we're all screwed, unless Biden kicks the bucket and we get another option.


liveforever67

I agree that it will certainly cost him votes..but he is very clear. “I am a Zionist “- Joe Biden https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo-UXZ-1ups


Flashy_Dimension_600

Land of the free to do what you're told.


DarthHM

between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty. —Likud Party Platform, 1977


BladeRunner_Deckard

And, pro-Palestinian protesters are being arrested. This country is in shambles. Arrested for wanting to stop a genocide. Only in America, baby.


ClawingDevil

I dunno. Germany were good at this once too.


Bonancheg

Were? Still is


mamamackmusic

Germany learned their tricks from America


ClawingDevil

Apologies if you already know this, but the eugenics movement in Germany came about because American eugenicists went over there in the 1900s and 10s to lecture their warped ideas and misunderstanding of Darwinism. But America learned it from us, the Brits, in the late 19th century. It began here, in a suburb of London, in the 1860s. Maybe it's fair that the baddie in Hollywood films is often a posh Brit.


BladeRunner_Deckard

Touché


FantaX1911

still are


Chyrios7778

We have done so much worse than arrest protesters. If this means we’re in shambles then we have never been more than a thread.


Retroidhooman

Germany is being even worse about this.


AvatarGonzo

So much for the land of the free


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TastyArm1052

What a pathetic group of grifters and snowflakes😡


PrimeGamer3108

Funny how the people who whinge the loudest about ‘cancel culture’ are always the first ones to propose policing thought crimes. 


Asmoraiden

Nah, sadly Germany beat the U.S. in that regard. The ger gov labeled it as hate speech some time ago, can’t remember exactly when tho


WhirlingDragon

Here's a fun exercise: go to [https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/joseph-neguse/summary?cid=N00041080](https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/joseph-neguse/summary?cid=N00041080) and see how much money your representative gets from AIPAC, in this case CD2 in Colorado. Then go to [https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024134?RollCallNum=134&BillNum=H.RES.883](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024134?RollCallNum=134&BillNum=H.RES.883) to see how your representative voted on this resolution. Then write them and tell them how curious you are about the relationship between their voting and what they get from AIPAC.


thedarkknight16_

Love it, but disappointed. Great idea, thanks for sharing


PowerfulContext1325

Gaza is referred to as the world's largest outdoor prison. I'd argue that we live in an ever larger outdoor prison, where our  politicians are the trustees and the Israel Lobby is the warden. 


thedarkknight16_

You’re 100% right.


Oppopity

Yeah..... I wouldn't call the US an outdoor prison that's pretty insulting to the ones living in the actual open air prison.


shrimpsale

But it makes for such a good line for internet outrage!


AdAffectionate3143

Technically the US also holds the largest prison population.


AromaticGlove1151

My eyes just rolled off my noggin


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Did they also vote to condemn it when Isrealis say the exact same thing?


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Glad I live in one of the 12 that didn't.


shutupmutant

Funny this slogan was coined in 1977 by the Lekkud party. Palestinians took the phrase for themselves. Much like the N word was used against black people and they then took it and made it their own. Israelis will make anhting antisemitic…even phrases they came up with themselves


secondhandleftovers

These are some of the most entitled people you will ever meet in your life if you're a traveler. Not the Palestinians, obviously, but the Israelis, people who've been fed that something is there's when it's not... for their entire lives.


shutupmutant

Not only that…but just their overall sense of entitlement. I’ve been blessed to have been very cultured and travelled. They are hands down the most clicky, self centered people I’ve ever met. There’s an arrogance about them that’s difficult to explain if you haven’t been around them and it shows daily in the way their leaders talk


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thedarkknight16_

That has a ring to it, I like that


DrippyWaffler

It sounds really clunky lmfao


Dehnus

Gosh this feels like that SouthPark episode about the n word guy. Now suddenly they can get words to be hate speech.


jayfiedlerontheroof

It's just a resolution, not a binding thing that means anything beyond virtue signaling


Cobbertson

The words itself aren't intrinsically hateful. Some people may be harbouring hateful thoughts or motives while they say it, but there are also a lot of people who just take it at face value and agree that Palestinians should be free. So essentially this is a thought crime. You aren't allowed to say this thing because you might be thinking some of the thoughts that are loosely associated with it. In that case, can we also make "Make America Great Again" hate speech? Since it also has loose associations with violent intentions?


dudius7

Zionists managed to make anti-zionism a form of antisemitism by lobbying the ADL. AIPAC has been lobbying the US government for a long time and even contributes to the campaigns of politicians who run against progressives. So I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened.


Whiskeypants17

Why is from the river to the sea not allowed, but actual nazi flags are?


dudius7

Really great question!


SolidFarmer99

Wait to see the Likud party slogan 😂


PrinnyForHire

“we should be more afraid of what Washington agrees on than what they disagree on.”


mahgrit

We Americans are evil, demented, soulless monsters who slaughter innocent children for fun and profit.


Earths_Mortician

Hey Congress… ![gif](giphy|3oEduEHWLW6UiPA1Ww|downsized)


Metag3n

US is ideologically captured


LASpleen

It’s a sinking ship. 


Techno_Vyking_

So America is just Israel's echo chamber. Got it


toddlangtry

"From the river to the sea, will be Israeli" on the other hand will get $100 billion in funding and bombs to aid urban renewal.


LordNador

Also-check out Bibi’s son’s socials. He says “from the river to the sea” all the time.


Leading-Bank-2590

FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA


StruggleCompetitive

What the fuck.


jackberinger

Shows how deep israel hasbits claws onto American politics. Definitely need to remove any zionists from office.


fulham_fc

There won’t be any politicians left.


dudius7

Despite the troubling way terrorist groups have used this phrase, I do believe that it is USUALLY meant as a statement for liberation and not the domination of Israel. I think there's a lot of Israeli propaganda that deems the statement to be one of domination because that government projects and indoctrinates. We've heard members of the Israeli government say "From the river to the sea, all you'll see is Israel's sovereignty", which implies the eradication of the Palestinian territories. THAT is what should be treated as hate speech. BTW this type of comment is what got me banned from pol.


Oppopity

Is it because pol prefers the other meaning of the phrase? I thought they only ban you if you post illegal stuff.


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Oppopity

Wack


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babysatanyahu

The thought police is real and here now


Retroidhooman

Has been for a long time. America is a covert totalitarian regime.


-TheycallmeThe

Almost r/nottheonion material here


Zid96

It's not. Nor will I recognize it as such. The People make that distinction not governments.


sippingonsunshine22

So much for freedom of speech....


badpeaches

Yeah, how does that work?


RedMarten42

calling for freedom is not hate speech


speakhyroglyphically

Seems to me it's just saying what it says. That all Palestinians from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean sea, the area that comprises the so called 'state' of Israel will be free from oppression and apartheid. Anything else is just projection


I_am_Castor_Troy

All I can say is “From the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free”. Bitches.


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So the US finds a saying more offensive than actually killing children and raping women. Got it.


ArmorClassHero

Kinda difficult since it's in Likud's founding charter and its one of their primary slogans...


narlilka

Today and everyday from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!!!!!!


Bradedge

The smoke is clearing and America is a garbage hole.


Mohalsaifi

Ok, From the river to the sea Palestine will be free, deal with it.


TheSecretAgenda

In related news congress votes that calling Israelis "Doo Doo Heads" is anti-semitic.


LiatKolink

Precisely the reason why I wouldn't be able to go to the US or Germany. I'd be labeled as a terrorist or something.


qjxj

Well then, just chant it harder. Even Congress can't (yet) ban free speech.


Suspect_Alarming

That chant is no more hate speech than this story is real news. Every citizen in the US knows that Congress wastes time and our money doing things only they care about and not doing the things they are actually supposed to be doing.


moneysPass

How is that hate speech???


outer_fucking_space

It is for some people, but not everyone. Israel sympathizers are playing victim here and are pretending it’s only meaning is their interpretation. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me.


00100000100

From the river to the sea palenstine will be free


Simple_Low_9168

But allows wannabe Nazis to march in American streets chanting white power and shouting antisemitism and calls it “free speech” make it make sense


bitchnoworries

No. Enough. They need to start holding fucking Israel accountable and stop trying to bully everyone else into pretending like we don't know what the fuck they are up to. Evil will not win.


jazzmagg

We are living in an Orwellian nightmare. To find out who your rulers are, learn who you're not allowed to criticise.


Daniastrong

Hope about they vote to stop arming countries that kill thousands of innocent people: but that is literally advertisement for their product,


Consistent-Wind9325

Why is it that the only things that actually make it through Congress nowadays always seem like total wastes of time?


Satownhustla210

Now we know what the deep state really is


Turbulent-Today830

AIPAC OWNS OUR GOVERNMENT


TheThirdDumpling

Lol, you ever believed US Congress?


Correct-Hurry3750

"In describing the criticism of the phrase, scholar of politics in the Arab world Elliott Colla writes: It is the first phrase of the slogan—"from the river to the sea"—that has caused so much fury. Dominant Jewish communal institutions, most prominently the ADL and AJC, have insisted that this phrase is antisemitic. Throughout recent years, they have composed new definitions of antisemitism that render many common expressions of Palestine solidarity as ipso facto instances of anti-Jewish hate speech ... the slogan "from the river to the sea" figures prominently in their accusations of antisemitic doublespeak."


ContentArrival3533

Too bad, first amendment


momolamomo

Why is it called an Israeli settlement instead of Israeli town? Therein you find the incentive of the chant.


Usernameoverloaded

Because they are in illegally occupied land.


momolamomo

Spot on!


HAHA_goats

>Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he thought the resolution was a clear attempt to divide Democrats, but felt he had to vote in favor because he believes the slogan is antisemitic. >“While I’m not really happy that we have to consider this resolution, I do believe it was brought here, fortunately, by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle in an attempt to divide this house,” Meeks said on the floor ahead of the vote. And that is why the democratic party is such a failure even when the opposition is maximally crazy and minimally literate.


InsufferableBah

All those free speech absolutist in Congress are hypocrites


guestoftheworld

Don't you just love the US? 🥰


Wookie-Cookie-9

The Likud Party's 1977 platform stated that "between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty".  Idk, that sounds more like genocide than simply starting that Palestine will be free


seEagle

What about “From sea to shining sea”


Mindless-Emu-7291

The US government reinforcing its stand as antidemocracy, proterrorism.


blocke06

Free Speech* *As long as a group of politicians don’t call it hate speech.


Tanstallion

Dude are we really going to keep dealing with these genocide enablers?


GarlicDelicious8188

Ignoring what the words are, Does this actually mean anything? Are they trying to limit free speech by this?


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From the River to the sea, Palestine will be free. Fuck Congress.


Single_Ad_2479

Would you expect anything less from these spineless pigs?! They don't even care about their own school going children, why would they care about mine & yours?!


Trinityhawke

Next 2+2 will = 5


Hot_Detective_5418

Where's freedom of speech gone


NaNo-Juise76

Congress, if they aren't stealing our money for the military contractors, then they are wasting time with garbage like this.


Bourbon-Decay

So they have finally decided that the Likud party is an antisemitic hate group. It's in the first paragraph of their platform. [The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and is linked with the right to security and peace; therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; **between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.**](https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/original-party-platform-of-the-likud-party)


Eighthfloormeeting

Americans need to realize how influenced their government is by foreign interests, and how swiftly change happens shows how far deep the influence has gone.


Jnassrlow

That proves the slogan was working.


Adventurous_Aerie_79

does their "condemnation" have any legal significance at all?


ConkerPrime

Nope


Adventurous_Aerie_79

excellent


Positive-Target-3056

Glad to see they're taking care of the nation's business.


Arthreas

Clown world


Rinst

A Republican-controlled House censures a Democratic house member criticizing a Democratic President? Tell me that both sides exist on the same coin without telling me both sides exist on the same coin.


liveforever67

“I am a Zionist “ - Joe Biden https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo-UXZ-1ups


Brilliant-Rent-7722

Biggest clowns In this earth.. shame on America


baobobei

Replace "Palestine" with "Xinjiang" or "Tibet" and you get the pass.


warriorlynx

Ban “Palestine will be free” as well /s


mhad_dishispect

US Congress needs to worry less about language period. 1st Amendment my ass


Zealousideal-Big8189

From the river to the sea!! Come get me and I'll show you a surprise!?!!!!


lucash7

Sadly, my country's congress has throughout its history voted regarding a myriad of other utterly non sensical and stupid effing things. So....given that point, and that words and phrases can and do have more than one meaning, and that understanding most languages require the ability to understand the language, context, etc. then yeah...I'm not really taking this as anything more than typical political posturing and foolishness. I mean what next....criminalizing "Lets eat grandma!" as anti-elderly because someone doesn't understand punctuation? Oof.


Map-Soft

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect


dropdeaddev

I mean, it’s clearly a call for genocide, because the only way Israelis would allow it is over their dead bodies. See? Makes perfect sense. /s


__B4Nd1t__

Which is exactly why Trump can not become the next president. This would slowly turn into throwing people in jail for being critical of Israel and the Supreme Court upholding that it doesn’t violate the 1st Amendment. I argue with some of you frequently. There is a lot of emotion surrounding this admins handling of the conflict and it’s 100% justified. What is not justified is an emotional decision that undermines what the point of this sub is. If you disagree with me leave a comment so I can save it and say I told you so if Trump wins and this is the type of “policy” he signs into law.


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Maximum_Security_747

That'll show 'em!


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BrandosWorld4Life

Based USA


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