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[–] su25@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ADL is also apparently requesting universities to begin investigating pro-palestinian student groups for "materially supporting terrorist groups". classic american "freedom".

[–] darkcalling@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 2 years ago

I would not be shocked if they do that or something like send infiltrators to protests to do crimes against Jews nearby, then hit the whole group (minus the instigator of course) with hate crime charges.

They are terrified of ending up going the way of South African apartheid which was driven by college groups and they are going to get as dirty as they can to disrupt and prevent this, to clamp down, to put an end to this.

[–] Ocommie63@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

β€œFree” country btw

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 years ago

Nevermind all the "free" western countries where protests for Palestine are just outright banned. I can't imagine any westerner saying "but we have freedom!" with a straight face at this point.

[–] darkcalling@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Repressive measures like black lists and public shaming seem on the edges of making a comeback.

[–] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but this time the quality of life in the US is decreasing instead of increasing. I'm sure this will lead to violent radicalization sooner or later.

[–] Comprehensive49@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 2 years ago

It's the Vietnam War era playing out all over again. The government only starts beating the s*** out of students when they're legitimately concerned about the survivability of their imperialist projects.

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unlimited death on the first world. Leave it to the original genocidal colonizers to recognize game and back their own, the ghoul barbarians.

[–] Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Won't be long until they start kicking you out of school for wrongthink

[–] Trudge@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Pledge of Allegiance will now include a section for denouncing Hamas and Russia.

[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The current enemy changes to fast for that to happen.

[–] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Just include something ambiguous, such as denouncing authoritarianism or whatever isn't "free"

[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Ok, compromise, we bash every potential enemy country that we see...

In our democracy, we have freedom of speech.

[–] Trustmeitsnotabailou@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Everything and everyone is anti semetic it seems.

It's like communism. It's really lost it's edge to many people now.

[–] jlyws123@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Sometimes, the U.S. government is very efficient.

[–] wombat@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

we may have to start making excuses for the lack of terror

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

we may have to start making ~~excuses for the lack of~~ terror