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OrlandoDem2

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9. IMO Trump is using anti semitism to stifle dissent.
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 04:18 PM
Apr 20

If you look at the rhetoric it has gone from condemning Hamas, which I don’t argue with, to condemning anyone who stands for the innocents who have been killed in relentless and indiscriminate bombing. One has no soul if they are not empathetic to the children, women, and elderly who are hungry, cold, homeless, parentless, childless, and myriad other issues facing Palestinians in Gaza. However, he has stifled that on campuses.

Trump is using antisemitism as a guise, IMO, for condemning anyone critical of a range of issues such as his Middle East foreign policy and Gaza War to controlling American universities.

When Trump stifles free speech on campuses, or in the media, that is simply supportive of victims of war to advance his authoritarianism it is a danger to us all.

I have already said that Jewish students should feel safe and Hamas is a terrorist group.

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