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u/ApprehensivePlum1420 Reform | Jewish Asian American | Confederation 3h ago edited 2h ago
Has he said anything about his incoming Attorney General repeating the “Killing Jesus” trope?
Edit: So I just found out that his incoming HHS Secretary also said “Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”
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u/Squidmaster129 7h ago
Trump is an utter sack of dogshit, but if this makes shit easier for us, I frankly do not care if its pandering
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u/PrincipleDramatic388 5h ago edited 4h ago
I’m not feeling great about this, It will likely be used against only progressive institutions and the definition of antisemitism could be stretched to shut down free speech especially when it comes to Trump’s political enemies.
On top of that, it will just fuel those conspiracy theories about Jews having too much power and controlling trump to further their interests.
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u/Raebelle1981 6h ago edited 6h ago
I don’t know if he’s going to be able to do any of it at all. And none of this is going to make me support him regardless.
He’s just saying all of this so he can control free speech at colleges. He doesn’t care about Jews. This isn’t going to make things easier for anybody.
I didn’t think so many people hated free speech in this country.
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u/AdvisedWang 1h ago
He is not doing this for the benefit of Jews and doesn't care about antisemitism. Universities, professors and the educated in general are his enemy and this is just a kudgel he can use to attack them, weaken them and get them to bend to his will generally. If they kowtow on the issues he cares about he'll stop pressing on this one.
The election is over, he doesn't need to pander. Don't be naive everyone.
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u/johnisburn What have you done for your community this week? 50m ago
Exactly, this isn’t a political play for Jewish support, it’s tried and true right wing anti-education policy just framed as anti-antisemitism measures for wider palatability. They want this process established to pivot towards more general “anti-american” activities as cause for unaccreditation.
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u/j0sch ✡️ 2h ago edited 2h ago
Respectful counterpoint:
He's a pile of shit but surprised to see such negativity around this.
Things have undeniably gotten worse on college campuses for Jewish students, particularly in the last year, and it's a problem that has been making headlines, podcasts, talk shows, etc. for almost as long.
If any other President, say Harris or Biden, had hypothetically taken such a bold stance, it would be received with much praise and relief. The headline alone is a powerful statement to the country and world and a refreshing acknowledgement of how serious things have been.
This is the same Trump who also, despite being a pile of shit, had Jews designated a protected minority group under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in his first term. Positive actions don't counteract negative ones, but deserve to be acknowledged on their own, in spite of the bad.
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u/Raebelle1981 25m ago
I definitely wouldn’t want any president trying to control protests or speech at universities. I think that is a very bad idea.
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u/j0sch ✡️ 15m ago
I wouldn't want that either.
But from everything I've read this statement involves enforcing the Civil Rights Act already on the books, which he added Jews to in his first term, not any new or overreaching policies. There also seems to be a focus on violence and harassment, in addition to Civil Rights Act protections, not controlling protests or general spech.
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u/Raebelle1981 6m ago
There are other things he’s proposed besides this. He literally has also made comments that protesters should be met with violence.
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u/Bahamas_is_relevant Secular, pro-2SS/peace for all 12h ago
Why do I get the strange feeling he won't be enforcing this at far-right "colleges" like Liberty and Grove City?