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The US House of representatives is preparing to vote next week on a resolution that would deem “Free Palestine” to be “an antisemitic slogan (cdn.masto.host)

submitted 1 year ago by faab64@freefree.ps to c/palestine@lemmy.ml

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The US House of representatives is preparing to vote next week on a resolution that would deem “Free Palestine” to be “an antisemitic slogan.”If anybody votes against this, they’ll say they voted to support Colorado terrorist attack.Update (from comments): A Nitter link to the Ryan Grim tweet in the screenshot: https://xcancel.com/ryangrim/status/1930972170479370686#USpol #FreePalestine #Genocide #Israel #Antisemitism #Fascism#Palestine @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

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[–] SanicHegehog@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I’m not mistaken, these resolutions don’t have the force of law. Basically it’s just a glorified memo.

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[–] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Designed to get people upset with dem reps that vote for it. They’ll get heat either way they vote, so the right call is to abstain. Though that would still inspire ire from the right, but whatevs.