Freedom of speech you say?

[Ohlalalalala]

So it's OK for famous/ less famous people to back one side but not OK for others to back another side?

These are just a few examples of how pressures/ firings are directed at those criticising Israel. Is this normal? What the heck is happening? Is this to silence anyone from voicing what they think is the truth?

BBC News - Melissa Barrera: Actress fired from Scream 7 over Israel-Gaza posts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67494374

Susan Sarandon
https://deadline.com/2023/11/susan-sarandon-pro-palestinian-remarks-uta-dropped-1235632398/

Agent Maha Dakhil
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/tom-cruise-agent-maha-dakhil-palestine-b2451581.html

I would have understood if they imposed a kind of blanket gag order on all actors/ celebrities not to discuss the conflict.

But!

This is happening while hundreds of others publically supported Israel and were instead celebrated.

McCarthyite witch hunt, I say.

Apparently so.

Yep:

Go back to Israel

Get out of Israel you coloniser

You are a Jew so are Israel

Jews don't belong on the land

Seriously I just wish they would make up their own mind. I have seen the same posters say variations of the above on a single thread at different points. They are literally just quoting the last social media post they saw I think. Hence the reason they haven't worked out they are mixing the narratives

But are we surprised.....

Please read up. There are plenty of threads to inform you about the illegal occupation of West Bank.

Shocked, I tell you…

@Girahim to be fair one post, out of more than one hundred said this. Hardly the whole thread.

The struggle is real.

Absolutely. It's surely no coincidence that loads of union jack, Britain First type accounts are suddenly furious about anti semitism. Free pass to shout the quiet parts out loud.

😂

We Jewish are not happy they are trying to get away with hate in our name too

Not like these groups normally want to cuddle a Jew. Headlock maybe but no love.

Yes, one post from the OP of the thread.

Oops

This thread is being derailed. It was about freedom of speech and how some famous/not so famous people are being sacked/reprimaned/cancelled for daring to show solidarity with one side while others are able to get away with openly saying horrific things.

@MorrisZapp I am actually concerned about the octopus, since many people are very fond of them and the more we find out about them the more fascinating they are. I think it's unfortunate it has been demonised as it actually needs protection. I really hope it isn't negatively affected - surely a creature can not be anti-semitic, and yet it seems to some social media users it is, (or can be called so.)

Sorry, I have wandered off topic, feel free to ignore.

Everyone loves diversity and inclusion – until you stick up for Palestinians

amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/14/israel-palestine-free-speech-dei

Thanks for the link.

😲 😯

Even Corbyn, who can’t spot a massive antisemtic mural when it’s right under his nose conceded that there were antisemites who were deliberately using Zionist to mean Jew and therefore it was a word best avoided.

More evidence of silencing...

amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/01/palestine-us-activism-firings-speech

And here...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/21/israel-hamas-conflict-palestinian-voices-censored

@ItsRainingTacos79 thx for sharing. Indeed the silencing is outrageous.

On the one hand I'm horrified by the antisemitism and one-sided approach to the conflict. On the other hand, we can't just 'cancel' our way out of everything. The same companies that cancelled people for opposing BLM are now cancelling people because they've at last figured out that 'antiracism' can be very antisemitic. Everybody who isn't supporting what happens to be the fashionable view (or the position the Democratic party holds at the moment) loses their job.

Thank you!

Most people I now are very much in favour of the defeat of Hamas.

They are not in favour of inning thousands of children in order to do it.

It's shockingly in total contrast to how the the world responded to the Charlie Hebdo atrocities and defended freedom of speech.