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Beastly Boy

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5. It gives legal protection to the victims.

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Wed Oct 30, 2024, 08:09 AM

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Which is the next best thing. When intellectuals who are supposed to educate us normalize antisemitism with calls for banning books by Jewish authors, I get skeptical about the whole education and enlightenment thing.
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Scoop: Schumer pledges to pass antisemitism bill in Senate's lame-duck session [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 30 OP

Next on the Agenda atreides1 Oct 30 #1

Also on the agenda: the "I am not an antisemite, but..." bill. Beastly Boy Oct 30 #3

Passing a law doesn't change hearts and minds. sinkingfeeling Oct 30 #2

I don't understand why antisemitism can't be under the hate crime bill already passed. jimfields33 Oct 30 #4

Antisemitic incidents quadrupled in just the past year. Beastly Boy Oct 30 #6

That could be. The senate got this bill in may. jimfields33 Oct 30 #9

It was the House that got this bill in May. They passed it. Beastly Boy Oct 30 #10

It gives legal protection to the victims. Beastly Boy Oct 30 #5

Aren't most people hailing from the Middle East semites? travelingthrulife Oct 30 #7

Yes, but most antisemites target Jews to the exclusion of all other semites. Beastly Boy Oct 30 #11

Then, Magoo48 Oct 30 #8

That sounds very much like the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Are you saying they aren't enforceable? Ford_Prefect Oct 30 #12

In my stumbling quest for brevity, I attempted to capture the jest of your precise statements. Magoo48 Oct 30 #13

This particular bill does a bad thing poorly in the name of a good cause. Ford_Prefect Oct 30 #14