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Israel/Palestine

FBaggins

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5. An unsurprisingly mistaken understanding of the constitution

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:32 AM

Jul 2016

The part you're missing is that choosing not to do business with bigots is in no sense prohibiting their exercise of free speech.

The state of NJ is not saying that you can't exercise your right to be a bigot... they're just saying that they aren't interested in investing their assets in your business.

The Bigotry, Discrimination, antiSemitism movement doesn't get to redefine reality just to suit their desires.

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NJ lawmakers pass anti-BDS legislation [View all] FBaggins Jul 2016 OP

BDS is un-American and anti-American; kudos to NJ ericson00 Jul 2016 #1

"Anti-American" indeed FBaggins Jul 2016 #2

The great Jewish boycotters of history are un-American 6chars Jul 2016 #3

Yet another unconstitutional attempt to protect the illegal settlements from criticism: Little Tich Jul 2016 #4

An unsurprisingly mistaken understanding of the constitution FBaggins Jul 2016 #5

I thought you knew more about the US constitution than me, but in this case, apparently I was wrong. Little Tich Jul 2016 #6

Sorry. That's the one thing you were correct about FBaggins Jul 2016 #7

Hopefully, this law or one of the other attempts to stifle BDS will be challenged in court. n/t Little Tich Jul 2016 #8

And how would such challenges be different from prior court challenges? FBaggins Jul 2016 #9

Political boycotts are a form of protected expression as shown in NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. Little Tich Jul 2016 #10

And the current laws don't forbid them that expression FBaggins Jul 2016 #11

That's it, basically. Little Tich Jul 2016 #13

And when anti-gay bakers decide that they're "boycotting" FBaggins Jul 2016 #12

Most states have laws that makes it illegal to discriminate against persons due to their sexual Little Tich Jul 2016 #14