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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.” (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://
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#USpol #FreePalestine #Genocide #Israel #Antisemitism #Fascism
#Palestine @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

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[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, that was the purpose of the curated distinction. These labels were understood in the past and intentionally muddied to disrupt unity against them.

So now, for example, instead of a liberal party and a labor party, you have 2 liberal parties. One who identifies as "liberal" while the other identifies as "conservative" but they ultimately serve the same purpose.

They want to pass the narrative that liberalism isn't a conservative ideology and vice versa because that serves their purposes. They want people to fight over which brand of liberalism they prefer, not whether they want liberalism at all.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

Because

propaganda is most effective when defining and directing allowable discourse
economics as understood by the electorate needs to be simplified and restricted in order to be controlled
terms like ‘liberal’ have been subsumed into identity politics to direct attention away from economic possibilities
social issues are emotional and so more manipulable
this misdirection allows for a controlled opposition, much like brands on a store shelf competing for sales yet made by the same company