[pmarreck]

Critiquing Israel as well as any political or religious entity or set of beliefs should be allowed, or there will be problems. This is basically the Paradox of Tolerance coupled with the fact that intolerance itself seems to be a viral meme if left unchecked.

I still can't believe the UK has arrested people based on their social media posts. Why are people standing for that, over there? (I'm a US citizen.) Meanwhile, one could make direct quotes from the Quran or Hadith and you'd likely remain unchallenged because religion gets a free pass from reasonable critique for some illogical reason. Appeasement will eventually lead to fear...

[pbiggar]

I can't tell or not, but are you aware that the US has deported/arrested thousands of people for their social media posts?

[nailer]

These are very different situations.

In the US it is typically that someone on a visa has supported a terrorist group or advocated for violence.

In the UK it is rather that a British citizen is visited by the police because someone else has stated they find a piece of content offensive.

[pbiggar]

In almost no cases has someone supported a terrorist group or advocated for violence. They're literally just taking lists provided by Israeli extremists and deporting them.

[nailer]

> In almost no cases has someone supported a terrorist group or advocated for violence.

"We support liberations by any means necessary including armed violence"... "Violence is the only path forward" - Mahmoud Khalil

Do you live in the united states? People commonly state "all resistance is justified", demand a third intifada, demand Jewish people be driven out of their own homeland, or feature flags/flyers for Hamas/Hezbollah/PIJ at pro Palestinian marches.