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"Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection. ...
Something unprecedented – and deeply unsettling – is unfolding: under the guise of a legal redefinition of antisemitism, the basic architecture of American public life is being radically transformed."
~ Itamar Mann and Lihi Yona
#antisemitism #Republicans #FreeSpeech #WhiteChristianNationalism #universities
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@wdlindsy@toad.social"What appears, at first glance, to be a technical change in terminology has become a powerful instrument for political control, solidifying executive power to enforce a narrow, state-sanctioned definition of Judaism. In the name of combating antisemitism, this effort threatens to reshape American public life – and with it, the pillars of American liberalism."
#antisemitism #Republicans #FreeSpeech #WhiteChristianNationalism #universities
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"But despite what some will have you believe, two things are clear: first, this campaign does not protect Jews – it endangers them; and second, this redefinition plays into a larger Christian nationalist project. …
Smearing progressive Jews as 'not real Jews' has ramifications that extend far beyond the Jewish community, serving a conservative Christian strategy to exploit religious liberties for the sake of suppressing progressive values."
Republicans were paid to enact antisemitic laws under the pretext of "protection" using the same narrative of "protecting children & women", to enact laws attacking LGBTQ.
Trump's GOP megadonors like Adelson, Yass, and Schwarzman will dictate who counts as "a real Jew" under the shield this bigoted law provides.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-jews-upset-with-trumps-latest-rhetoric-say-he-doesnt-get-to-tell-them-how-to-be-jewish
It's an excuse to deport, detain, or disappear dissenters.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-antisemitism-lies/
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For white supremacists and christian nationalist bigots, no non-Christian can ever be a "real American".
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-jewish-voters-antisemitism/
https://forward.com/fast-forward/706000/chuck-schumer-antisemitism-in-america-trump/
is he going to arrest himself? deport himself?
republicans = it is different when he does it