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by aucisson_masque 464 days ago
> The effort involves AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts

> We see people marching at our universities and in the streets of our country ... calling for Intifada, celebrating what Hamas has done ... Those people need to go," Rubio stated.

No one want terrorist apologist in their country, but I think everyone can see how it's the cursor position that matters. Now you ban terrorist apologist, tomorrow you ban someone who criticized Israel and it's human rights violation.

I see no difference between the Hamas and an Israeli fanatic who claim the Arabians have no right to live on the sacred soil that God gave them 2 thousand year ago, legitimizing the bombardment of civilians, forced deportations of gaza citizens, illegal Israeli settlements and so on.

Yet this is only about one side.

I fear this is instead going to be used as a tool to shut freedom of talk when it's not supportive of Israel.

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> tomorrow you ban someone who criticized Israel and it's human rights violation.

I think it's today, actually. They just want to censor any voice that would dare criticize Israel's abhorrent action. Pretending anyone who shows sympathy for the suffering of Palestinians supports Hamas is an old strategy.

And to think they thought Trump was to be "the most peaceful president ever" or that he would "restore free speech". What fools.

Remember how he suddenly 'gave' Jerusalem to Israel, acknowledging it officially? That was a moment of desperation across whole sunni arab world, making it clear that palestinian cause is dead. Not saying whether I agree with any of this, just remembering few facts.

He was too busy pleasing that murderous p.o.s. MBS and forcing them into 'peace agreement' with Israel at all costs, which as we all know lasted few months. Thats his style, lack of any sort of emotional intelligence to understand actual complexities of politics make people do horrible things to others. All clinical sociopaths struggle with this their entire lives, not that they care.

I strongly believe that events of 7.10. were directly caused by this, thats what happens when you have part of population having no issue with terrorism for their cause being literally cornered and losing all hope - a vicious emotional attack.

He is an elephant in porcelain shop, servant of chaos with some outright evil traits. That guy caused, is causing and will cause biggest loss of civilian life in modern times, putting him well within the category of Mao, Hitler, Stalin and so on. Happy to be proven wrong by history on this since it comes back to literally all of us, but so far thats how facts look like.

Let's not forget this tasteless AI shit sandwich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PslOp883rfI
You fear? Or, it's all but guaranteed? The current administration has openly advanced Israel's plan to ethnically cleanse 2 million Palestinians from their homes. Trump specifically stated that he's giving Israel everything they need to "finish the job."

I don't believe in giving both parties the benefit of the doubt anymore.

Note that Ronald Regan used the word Holocaust to describe what Israel is doing, 41 years ago.
> this is only about one side

The ones in power pushing this literally fit into the other group you described, so what a surprise.