Map shows states where boycotting Israel is illegal
Map shows states where boycotting Israel is illegal
In recent weeks, pro-Palestinian protests have been staged at colleges like Columbia University and Northwestern University.
Fuckin' amen, Randy.
Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arkansas, Minnesota, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Kansas, North Carolina, Utah, Missouri, Idaho, West Virginia, Colorado, Mississippi and New Hampshire.
You excluded the most important part of that sentence. The part that explains the law:
The states that have passed legislation making it illegal for state agencies to work with companies that boycott Israel include…
There’s no law stopping you as a citizen from boycotting, or recommending boycotting a business. This law targets business boycotts exclusively.
"states where boycotting Israel is illegal" is a sensationalist lie. The article says what these laws actually do
have passed legislation making it illegal for state agencies to work with companies that boycott Israel
So it's all about contracts. That's still bad but it's nowhere near as bad as the headlines implies. A law making it illegal to boycott Israel would be laughably unconstitutional.
you are right, if PayPal, Stripe and MasterCard did the same thing, the effects would be way worse!
older draft
I interpenetrated the bill to mean, "if an organization (doesn't matter what it is, waste management, orphanage, tax collector, money pit, whatever...) endorses the BDS political policy in any way, (say, a banner on their website) they will be cut off from government money". I assume your company can be as pro-Israel as you want it to be. If I'm wrong, let me know.
We're not gonna make it... are we?
It's in your nature to destroy yourselves.
I'd like to share a revelation I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to another area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we are the cure.
Stand up and sing that bit about the land of the free
"What? The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy"
Zack de la Rocha
(That's the part you meant, right?)
Weird. All I saw on the map was fascism. Let me get my readers. Huh, still fascism.
How do you make enforce deciding not to buy from somewhere illegal?
It's a free speech matter. You are allowed to not buy stuff, you aren't allowed to say you aren't buying stuff because of a boycott.
Edit: just to be clear, I'm not defending the policy, I'm just explaining how it works, which is also, probably, the best way to fight it.
have passed legislation making it illegal for state agencies to work with companies that boycott Israel
How deep is israel in US' ass exactly?
Balls deep
Seems illegal to ban this. Do lawmakers not know the law?
"Boycotting israel" =/= "opposing a genocide"
Also "Boycotting israel" =/= "anti semitism"
yes, the relationship is sloppier than we would want to believe, but its nowhere close to unrelated.
More than I expected! Wow!
Stay awesome Vermont!
how the hell does one boycott a country
Don’t buy exports from that country. Don’t visit that country. Pressure local businesses to not export there. Etc.