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The statements of this lawyer aren’t very accurate, and he said he was applying for political asylum preemptively, not because he is being persecuted now, but feels he will be (whatever that means). This last part quoted caught my eye.
I’m a big first amendment advocate, and I know the Arab World certainly aren’t the ones outlawing boycotting Israel. I know France and the Netherlands and Belgium are antisemetic, and do allow for the boycott, they’ve been doing this for some time.
So I’m left to ask… who is outlawing the boycott of Israel? I’m aware holocause denial isn’t allowed across much of Europe, but wasn’t aware personally boycotting goods was banned in places too. What fucking country outside of Belurus even has that sort of do from over both speech and your economic choices that it can monitor what you buy and nab you if your not buying enough Jewish goods?
The only country formerly allied with the Nazi empire is Sweden (only Axis Government left in the modern world unconquered, and I am fairly certain they allow this boycott, and even if they didn’t… how would you know?)
I’m wondering if it was the same states that were banning any comments on social media sites involving the Syrian refugees migrating through Europe that didn’t fit the governments bottom line are also doing this.
In the US, while during Obama’s reign there have been some scary First Amendment violations on his part, we for the most part lack the ability to enforce such concepts as outlawing boycotts… IRS and Homeland Security would need a massive budget and manpower influx to start combing the records, we would have to pay close attention to port authorities to see where shipments we’re going, and look at bank statements to see who is buying, and who isn’t, and even if a judge cared to overlook the first amendment, it would be very hard to convict cause maybe the person just… never desired anything on the market from Israel (I doubt I own anything). Not even a boycott, I just have never been tempted to buy anything Israeli made, I would be more than willing to if they ever made anything worthwhile, at the right price, and got it to me.
I’m just thinking this is highly impractical in anything save a totalitarian state, and in a state with freedom of speech USUALLY guaranteed (unless Obama doesn’t like a reporter) you can say whatever you want. Judge doesn’t care. Judge furthermore usually doesn’t care what you buy beyond interstate commerence. Obamacare changed the meaning of the constitutional clause, so maybe they can force you to NOT boycott a country someday (you will buy these Irish buckets of rocks or some bullshit), but how they can prove without a massive regulatory regime in place is beyond me.
What countries are banning the boycott? How do they manage to do this? Are they western?
