I’ve started seeing various stories of people in the media speaking out in support of Palestine and being swiftly fired. I’m very curious if the current state of propaganda is going to increase the chance of people working in non-public facing jobs of also being fired and branded anti-Semitic. I’m scared of this coming up in the workplace because I don’t think I’d be able to keep my mouth shut and I could absolutely see certain people starting shit.
Outside of no-cause firing being legal, USA has a bunch of cooked laws suppressing criticism of israel. I would be just as careful as talking about unions as talking about israel in the workplace. watch out for snitches and bosses. test the water first.
My main coworker who I interact with the most is a half Chinese half Palestinian leftist so it’s pretty rare for us not to be shouting about Zionist or Westerners getting what they deserve.
It is against the law in some states to criticize Israel. I am not making this up. It is a fireable offense.
i wouldnt be surprised if this is happening. Personally I’m going to keep my mouth shut in places where i’m not anonymous because losing my job right now would be pretty bad.
People have short emotional memory with this stuff. This is how it was with Ukraine in 2022 you were the most toxic person in the room if you said anything bad about Ukraine. Now something like(give or take?) 46 percent of democrats oppose sending weapons to Ukraine.
We’re in an extreme flashpoint; wait for the war to normalize in people’s heads and use this time to monitor the situation; read up on history and have your takes ready for the future. People are going to be freaking out for awhile now in a flashpoint like this.
Probably very high. I overheard some boxes of saltine crackers talking about it in Estonian, with the usual Redditbrain talking points (minus the overt pro-apartheid) coping about how Hamas is solely at fault, sabotaged a peace deal, war crime, etc.
Of course I can’t say anything because I’m this one guy from South Africa who constantly wears a keffiyeh and is capable of material/historic analysis. Hell, HR already looks at me with suspicion for “harbouring anti-NATO views”.
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some boxes of saltine crackers
I would like to know more about this insult, it’s very funny to me for some reason.
