Discussion
Loading...

#Tag

Log in
  • About
  • Code of conduct
  • Privacy
  • Users
  • Instances
  • About Bonfire
petersuber
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

Update. More evidence that the #Trump admin is using charges of #antisemitism as a pretext for suppressing protected speech, in particular, speech defending Palestinian rights or criticizing Israel's tactics in Gaza.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-13/former-doj-attorneys-university-of-california-ucla-antisemitism-investigation

#USPol #USPolitics

petersuber
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Update. " #Mamdani revokes #IHRA #antisemitism definition on day 1, amid broad rejection of Adams orders."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mamdani-revokes-ihra-antisemitism-definition-on-day-1-amid-broad-rejection-of-adams-orders/ar-AA1TqxP4

PS: This was the right move. I speak as a Jew who deplores antisemitism and supports Palestinian rights. The IHRA definition is a bad one and there are better ones. For my reasons, see the earlier posts in the present thread.

  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block
petersuber
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

Update. Bravo to the Knight First Amendment Institute ( @knightcolumbia) for weighing in against the #IHRA definition of #antisemitism.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/knight-institute-sounds-alarm-over-new-restrictions-on-campus-speech

"It’s disappointing that some of the nation’s leading institutions of higher education are agreeing to curtail and punish criticism of #Israel in the name of fighting discrimination [and antisemitism]. As major free speech groups have recognized, using the IHRA definition of antisemitism to delineate the outer boundaries of free speech will have the effect of proscribing or deterring legitimate political speech and scholarship. The lawyer who drafted the IHRA definition has raised similar concerns."

#FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech

Knight First Amendment Institute

Knight Institute Sounds Alarm Over New Restrictions On Campus Speech

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block

bonfire.cafe

A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate

bonfire.cafe: About · Code of conduct · Privacy · Users · Instances
Bonfire social · 1.0.1-beta.35 no JS en
Automatic federation enabled
Log in
  • Explore
  • About
  • Members
  • Code of Conduct