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by jaekash 2166 days ago
It is a bit weird that there are whole movements like BDS setup against Isreal, a wholly democratic and liberal country where people of all religions enjoy the same rights and nobody is placed in concentration camps, while every time someone mentions that China is a bad actor we get asked why does BDS not exists.

BDS does exist, and China is a bad actor and should be opposed.
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throwawaybab323 2166 days ago
The US condemned BDS by the way. Look it up.
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jaekash 2166 days ago
I assume you are referring to the Democrat controlled US House passing a resolution with bipartisan support and a 398-17 vote which condemns BDS[1].

BDS is still allowed to operate and the condemnation has no state-actionable consequences against BDS. And there are members of the US congress who openly support BDS.

[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/politics/house-israel-...

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throwawaybab323 2166 days ago
No, actually I'm referring to almost every piece of legislature in each of the us states. In which the first to ratify the sanctions being Tennessee a republican state. http://jewishobservernashville.org/2015/04/22/tennessee-legi...

But I assume all you did was a quick google search to confirm your bias.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/anti-bds-legislation

Hmm, It seems the majority of the states to ratify resolutions have been overwhelmingly republican.

It seems as if. Everyone in the us who does not support the bds movement.

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dang 2166 days ago
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throwawaybab323 2166 days ago
Yea I'm just pointing out it doesn't work in the slightest. I agree with you for the most part. Especially in the case of China which for the most part is self sufficient. While israel relies on american intervention to even run sufficiently. But I also want to point out the groups perpetuating this in america are the republicans who dont actually care and are doing for xenophobic reasons not for the best interest of the people in these camps especially when they run their own.
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