And I can’t even imagine it’s an intentional addition, it’s just become part of boiler plate legal documents here in the deep south.
WHAT
THE FUCK
In 2017, the governors of all fifty U.S. states signed a statement describing their opposition to the BDS movement, stating that the BDS movement’s “focus on the Jewish State raises serious questions about its motivations and intentions” and that the governors “strongly condemn the BDS movement as incompatible with the values of our states and our country.”[14]
Not doing anything to make fascist ideas of a Jewish conspiracy less believable. Although maybe that’s the point. Support fascist israel and at the same time make it so american nazis are eating good with their propaganda fodder.
Israel considers BDS an existential threat. I don’t think they even consider Hamas this deadly of a threat. I think it’s because BDS is a peaceful way of opposing Israel, which makes it hard for centrists and liberals to justify opposing.
That’s why they need to smear the movement with claims of systemic antisemitism so it’s easier for the cowards to not support it despite it being literally “voting with your money,” something they so dogmatically believe in instead of picking up arms.
Remember that Black Wall Street was destroyed because the residents were able to prosper despite the systemic discrimination against them - essentially destroyed for ‘peacefully resisting’ the Oppressor. Do everything the way they want, and you still get killed.
BDS is an existential threat because it threatens to popularize the truth that Israel is an apartheid state. Proponents of the occupation will cite the end of apartheid South Africa as a worst case scenario. Hamas is less so for the inverse reason that the violent opposition (as long as it’s manageable violence) provides reason for the occupation to continue
It’s crazy how the US has laws prohibiting the boycott of a foreign country’s products but not domestic products. If people can’t see that Palestinians are the ones with no power and every right to fight back, then I’m feeling hopeless.
Discrimination argument. Proponents argue that boycotts of Israel is a form of discrimination because they target a particular group (Israelis) with the intent of inflicting economic harm on them.
It’s literally how sanctions work lol. Like who do they think will be affected when the US prohibits business with China?
When the excesses of the settler colonial project are so egregious, the only way they can guarantee support is by painting even the most milquetoast consumer activism as indistinguishable from terrorism. When you want to kill children, anyone who says “hey, I don’t like how you killed those children, I don’t think I’ll buy your soda pop,” must be on the way to joining Hezbollah.
Just a reminder that while everyone flips shit about “CCP/Putin influence” these AIPAC mfers subvert our democracy on behalf of a foreign government everyday
How did you end up homeless?
Legally I have to buy a sodastream every month and it shipped late in April.
Lmao what can you even do as a powerless prole living in a genocidal nation state
People always fucking say “how could the people let this happen” when discussing genocides of the past and the simple answer is that they were probably in the same fact situation we’re in right now (no power whatsoever)
The Nazi Seizure of Power is a somewhat obscure book, but it’s great because it tells the story of a single small town in Germany, and their experience before, during, and immediately after the Nazis came to power. Two things that stood out to me when reading it:
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Just how much folks in the KPD (and to be fair, at least in this town, the SPD) fought and fought hard against the Nazis before they took power.
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Once the Nazis did take power, if you tried to fight against them, if you’re caught you’re gone. Maybe jail. Maybe killed. But any resistance was dealt with pretty harshly.
You can beat the Nazi off the street - but once the libs hand them the keys to the tanks, it’s over.
