House approves resolution condemning support of Hamas, Hezbollah on college campuses
By HatetheSwamp November 4, 2023 5:00 am Category: Government (0.0 from 0 votes)
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The resolution — which the chamber cleared in a 396-23 vote — took aim at colleges that have been embroiled in controversy over responses to the Israel-Hamas war, declaring that the support of Hamas and Hezbollah on campuses “may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff.”
It also calls on campus administrators to condemn antisemitism on college campuses; ensure Jewish faculty, students and guests are able to exercise free speech rights guaranteed to others without intimidation; and urges the enforcement of federal civil rights laws meant to protect Jewish students.
The resolution itself is curious to me. It attacks what's going on on college campuses more than actual bigotry. I would not have written such a Resolution this way but...
...were I a House member, I probably would have voted for it, reluctantly.
Thomas Massie, the only GOP to vote against it, argues that it's an attack on the First Amendment. It's close on that point.
Curt's said, "But pb. But pb. Rights are not absolute," and he's right. The issue is how easily one limits liberty. Curt does that more easily than pb.
I'm curious. po and Donna suggest that they're merely concerned about the Palestinian people and that they aren't antisemitic. I doubt that. I challenge them come back to SS and splain how they'd'a voted, and why.
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The resolution — which the chamber cleared in a 396-23 vote — took aim at colleges that have been embroiled in controversy over responses to the Israel-Hamas war, declaring that the support of Hamas and Hezbollah on campuses “may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff.”
