The executive order directs government agencies to use all available tools to prosecute or remove perpetrators of antisemitic harassment and violence, especially on college campuses.
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What an wildly irresponsible headline for a despot labeling dissent as a crime to justify violence against vulnerable populations advocating for human rights.
This makes perfect sense. Harris lost due to "protestors", so before Israel annexes Gaza with Trumps approval, Trump is stomping out any protests as much as he can to protect his image. Good thing Trump was elected, Gaza is saved.
How about in white houses? Does the order apply to...say...the head of a made up fluff department that has expressed, on more than one occasion, antisemitic statements and gestures in front of large audiences? 🤔
If taken for face value, it does not sound objectionable. It all depends on the government's definition of "antisemitism." Protesting against the Israeli genocide in Palestine, for example, has nothing to do with it. But this comes from a president supporting ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Can't call it war crimes because Israel might get upset and kill more civilians. Harassment and violence against trans people, however, is not only not criminal, but encouraged by the state.
Please be more accurate, especially with your headlines, NPR. This is not a "crackdown on antisemitism". If it were, billionaires throwing Nazi salutes & making antisemitic comments would be deported too. This is a racist/xenophobic move against Arab students who dare to speak out against genocide.
This should interest all of the leftist ideologues who withheld their vote for Harris. I'll bet that warm fuzzy satisfaction feels slightly less good right now, as the warm bath you're in slowly gets hotter.
He did. Difference is he was not spewing antisemitism in absolute troves back then. Now he has and the same administration passes an order to fight antisemitism while a giant perpetrator resides in the “office next door”.
We can be sure that the interpretation of perpetrators by the government goon squads will now include anyone in deemed undesirable: Muslims, blacks, women, trans, persons, etc., etc.
You come to the US to better yourself, you don’t come to the US to protest, especially in a foreign country that is allowing you to enter to better yourself…you’re a guest.
Bullshit. If the country you're currently residing is does something wrong, you have EVERY RIGHT to protest that wrongful action. Guest or not. Doesn't matter. The Constitution does not state that only citizens have rights.
You can identify perpetrators of antisemitic harassment by their use of hand gestures that mimic the Nazi salute. In the U.S., Nazis can also be identified by a black eye or broken nose from being punched by a patriotic American.
"...But the stage was designed by a small company that said it was unaware of the shape’s Nazi connotation, and conference organizers told AFP the similarity was not intentional."
Good to know, thanks for the resource. It's unfortunate that these days, something gains traction, however followup or correct facts don't get the same amount of distribution.
I've been under the impression for the last 4 years that this stage design was intentional.
Just keep in mind there might be other things you've been misled about. There are plenty of fact checks on news hoaxes online if you'd like to look them up.
Anyone who engages in harassment or threatens others with violence should be held accountable for their actions! At some point, Trump will use the same agencies to go after Jews in this country. This is where we’re headed. It’s remarkable that any person of color believes they will be exempt.
Hey you pro-palestine voters.......congrats on choosing the devil that's gonna fuck you up👍 The devil that had already done a Muslim ban before. You helped trump win this election and his administration is gonna fuuuuuuck you as soon as they can.
Blaming voters for not supporting a genocide is bizarre. Try turning your ire on the Democratic candidates who preferred to squander American democracy than end support for vile Israeli atrocities. Trump is Biden & Harris' legacy to America.
Let's also mention retractions to DEI programs, food stamp programs, increasing police and sheriff power, endangering unions further, making air traffic dangerous, and all of the other shit that's coming just so Israel can get the 2000 pound bombs they wanted that Biden blocked. You stupid fuck
What amazes me is how these people got so easily fooled knowing that trump ALREADY DID A MUSLIM BAN BEFORE🤦♂️Let me guess, these morons think that he is only going to keep it again to the same 6 Muslim countries?! That the courts will save them again? Just dumb.
Trump & his policies are Biden & Harris' legacy to America. They squandered American democracy so they could keep supporting Israeli atrocities. But you seem intent on shouting at voters for not supporting a genocide instead of blaming Democratic candidates for their bizarre policy. Nuts.
Yeah dude, they cared so much that they essentially destabilized the US, endangered trans people, ruined international trade, established an outright oligarchy, enabled an Orwellian anti immigrant initiative and allowed precedent that will apply forever just so the genocide would still continue
Being for a two state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, and being against modern day Zionism and its rapacious desire to occupy, ethnically cleanse, and settle the entire region, is not in itself anti-semitic.
Nazi salutes however certainly are.
Damn npr with the pussyfooting around the point again… he’s not cracking down on antisemitism, he’s cracking down on any and all immigration, and using ANTIZIONISM as an excuse to do it…
The courts do. You have a Constitutional right to be antisemetic. If you cross the line to illegal harassment or violence, that's already illegal. The hating Jewish people is legal and Trump can't make it illegal. The violence and criminal harassment parts are already illegal.
What? No. Violence is illegal. A criminal level of harassment is illegal. Hating people isn't illegal and will never be illegal in this country but if it does, that's the last moment of the USA.
Seems like it would be equally beneficial to be sure all forms of racism & discrimination were eliminated from colleges & schools. But the most recent orders is to teach our children a cleaned up version of patriotic history where white people have never done anything bad.
Trump’s EO is legal -- visa holders lack 1st Amendment protections -- but politically messy. Crackdowns on student protesters play well to his base, but universities rely on foreign tuition, and allies won’t love mass deportations. Security risk or theatre? Courts will decide. #Politics #Immigration
So free speech only applies when you tow the line of the right... As an Israeli and a Jew, I find this utterly disgusting. Being critical of Israel's policies is NOT Antisemitism!!!! Having compassion & empathy for Palestinians is NOT Antisemitism!!!
It doesn't matter - antisemitism isn't illegal. The violence and sometimes criminal harassment that goes alone with it is already illegal. Antisemitism is the hate and prejudice of Jewish people, that's disgusting but not illegal. This EO will be shot down as unconstitutional.
There’s nothing wrong with protesting an unjust foreign regime. Beating up on people who happen to be Jewish, Chinese or Mexican is. There are plenty of Jewish-Americans who despise Netanyahu and his policies.
I looked it up, if you hate the people, you are a bigot. Thus, Anti-Israel is not bigotry. Antisemitism is bigotry. Not sure what mexico has to do with this. And not sure where a discussion on bigotry came into play, smells like deflection.
Peaceful assembly is a Constitutional right for every person in the United States, regardless of citizenship or immigration status. This is another illegal order that the courts will block. Citizens in red states need to demand their Senators and Reps represent them and stop bowing to the dictator.
I would encourage everyone to move beyond this headline, skim the article, and actually fully read the orders and then the subtext. Then perhaps come back and give commentary. I am certain you will be unhinged by what they're attempting
More shamefully softball reporting on Trump. It's and attempt to squash any protest against Israeli government policy and to intimidate Muslims. Do you job.
They’re just letting us know the special variety of fascism (copied from the British then the Nazis) that they’ve been infecting our country with has finally spread into our legal system.
Antisemitism isn't illegal in the first place and they can't make it illegal because you have a Constitutional right to hate them and protest against them. It's the violence that goes with it so often that is illegal. Protesting itself is not harassment but this will be abused.
I don’t like what many of these students did but many of them were exercising free speech non-violently. I do not support antisemitism but I fully believe in our Constitutional rights.
Just to be clear: these are the "Jews will not replace us", "Fine people on both sides" sympathisers.
This is not about antisemitism. It's targeted harassment of pro-Palestinian supporters
NPR sanewashing the leader of a national white supremacist movement who surrounds himself with nazis, claiming he's "cracking down on antisemitism." Does NPR care about maintaining any credibility or is this just another media arm for fascism?
He's not "cracking down on antisemitism." He's ciminalizing legitimate protest. Does anyone believe that he's going to stop with these students?
Also, anti-zionism is not antisemitism. It's dangerous and irresponsible to keep conflating these movements
Wrong. It unconstitutionally attempts to define legitimate protests against Israel's genocide as "antisemitic harassment and violence," and will deport peaceful protestors who are here on educational visas.
Either you correct yourselves or you have blood on your hands.
Who you got writing this shit over at NPR lately? You’ve been infiltrated. Yet another sad day for America. It doesn’t state anything about antisemitism as much as it states get rid of anyone who’s pro Palestinian.
You having trouble reading?
This is only about targeting anti-Israel sentiment because Israel is the Jewish people and any attempt to treat the diaspora as real Jews is antisemitism.
None of this will, but there's a growing Anti Jewish American Nazis MAGA group rapidly growing in this country, and at the very least it should just confuse them. I picture them at the local Nazis meetup group asking each other, who we supposed to hate now?
Tree of Life and Cville made it very obvious that there is no shortage of hardcore antisemitism in the US… that will be completely ignored by this administration until those people are no longer useful.
29 days ago, ISIS murdered 14 Americans in New Orleans.
Those who are dressed as terrorists, screaming terrorist slogans & carrying terrorist flags should be subject to questioning by law enforcement, expelled/fired/deported as appropriate & if committed crimes, prosecuted to fullest extent of law
if you’re interested in continuing this conversation with respect and dignity, i’m happy to chat and learn. i’m a very curious and open person. and i won’t tolerate being spoken to like this, so if you just want to be rude, i’ll shut this conversation down. balls in your court babe
also, i don’t think the word genocide is reserved for use exclusively referencing the holocaust and nazis. there are other genocides that have and are happening in the world today.
not that bright? girl! let’s talk politics without insults eh?
first of all, i’m jewish. second of all, i don’t blame all jewish people for the acts of Netanyahu which is why i refer to him by name when i’m talking about the genocide of Palestinians.
Oh, I have little faith in the courts. I'm married to a lawyer but I would still tear it all down and revamp our legal system. We shouldn't be referring back to 500 y/o laws made in England but we do.
We have more people in prison than any other nation and are clearly doing many things wrong.
You mean to say, this will affect a large demographic of Americans who voted for trump, or didn’t vote at all (which just helped trump)? Nooooo… Yeah? Hmmm… Who’d a thunk?
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It’s all in defining the terms.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
Don’t turn autism into a slur.
You come to the US to better yourself, you don’t come to the US to protest, especially in a foreign country that is allowing you to enter to better yourself…you’re a guest.
This is a privilege not a right.
I don’t agree with everything, I am a guest.
"...But the stage was designed by a small company that said it was unaware of the shape’s Nazi connotation, and conference organizers told AFP the similarity was not intentional."
https://factcheck.afp.com/purported-nazi-symbol-stokes-conspiracy-theory-about-cpac-us
I've been under the impression for the last 4 years that this stage design was intentional.
I appreciate the correction.
Just keep in mind there might be other things you've been misled about. There are plenty of fact checks on news hoaxes online if you'd like to look them up.
"Executive order directs government agencies to arrest and harass college students who dared to protest human rights violations in Gaza".
🤣😂🤣
They should not be immune!
Nazi salutes however certainly are.
#fafo
do better please.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bigotry
I will say that over the last few years I have seen an effort by some on the right to ban guns from rallies but it's hard with that crowd.
I'm a gun owner but I wouldn't bring it to a protest!
This is not about antisemitism. It's targeted harassment of pro-Palestinian supporters
Also, anti-zionism is not antisemitism. It's dangerous and irresponsible to keep conflating these movements
Either you correct yourselves or you have blood on your hands.
You having trouble reading?
This is only about targeting anti-Israel sentiment because Israel is the Jewish people and any attempt to treat the diaspora as real Jews is antisemitism.
Tree of Life and Cville made it very obvious that there is no shortage of hardcore antisemitism in the US… that will be completely ignored by this administration until those people are no longer useful.
Those who are dressed as terrorists, screaming terrorist slogans & carrying terrorist flags should be subject to questioning by law enforcement, expelled/fired/deported as appropriate & if committed crimes, prosecuted to fullest extent of law
Better luck next time!
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first of all, i’m jewish. second of all, i don’t blame all jewish people for the acts of Netanyahu which is why i refer to him by name when i’m talking about the genocide of Palestinians.
We have more people in prison than any other nation and are clearly doing many things wrong.