Is this the American freedom I keep hearing twats in red hats talk about?
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026
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Their freedom always boils down to I'm allowed the freedom to make terrible choices, whereas your pussy government tries to care for and protect your community. Be it gun access, their healthcare system, food safety, gambling regulation, medical programs, pollution laws.. (this list in almost infinite).
By their yardstick, the most freedom-loving countries in the world are just those where money buys you access and permission to everything - Somalia, Sudan, Cameroon, Cambodia, North Korea, Russia.. you know.. the same places they call shitholes.
One day they'll maybe figure out collectively that they have been had by the wealthy, who advertise and campaign to trick them into voting against taxation and regulation and protections that benefit them and their whole community, but it won't be anytime soon.
We're working on it, believe it or not. We've got several trillion dollars in military and industrial capital to chew through, and about a hundred years of propaganda to boot. But dammit, the sane ones among us at least, we're still trying.
I wish you the best. We're rooting for your success ✊
One day they'll maybe figure out collectively that they have been had by the wealthy, who advertise and campaign to trick them into voting against taxation and regulation and protections that benefit them and their whole community, but it won't be anytime soon.
Plenty of USians already realize this, but those are the ones who are viewed as "radical commies" and "no good, lazy, do-nothing, drains on society" then blacklisted from employment at any company large enough to offer healthcare...
Yeah, I know the US populace isn't a monolith, but we hear the 'freedom' lines a lot and it's fatiguing. Globally we're absolutely rooting for those guys to overcome the system that works against them, and to peel open the glued-shut eyes of the 'freedum' variety citizens to show them reality.
There are similar attitudes worldwide and we have to fight it ourselves regularly to keep it from damaging our own country's progress.
Yes. You have the freedom to follow anti BDS laws in 37 states. And counting.
Freedom isn't free. Gee golly, duncha know.
Land Of The Free^*^
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^*^exceptions apply.
wtf
This is misleading. Colorado doesn't have a law restricting government contracts with companies boycotting Israel. It DOES have a law preventing the state pension from investing in companies that boycott Israel though.
This is probably more accurately a map of states with Anti-BDS laws supporting Israel.
Not to be confused with anti bdsm laws
I'm non-US so I can't comment one way or another about the facts, but the map at that link is identical.
That would seem to support his claim then.
Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.
That's because it includes both of these in the category. The discrepancy is probably because the OP image slightly misrepresents what the map is saying.
That's exactly what this is.
Gov contract does not equal Investment? The Colorado law is specifically about their state pension called PERA ans how that pension is invested.
While I don't support the law, it only restricts how that pension is invested. It has nothing to do with a companies ability to get a state contract for work.
That's exactly what this is.
I can't tell if you're joking.... With the copy paste of your comment...
Anti-BDS law states are what the OP post seemingly shows. But the headline in OPs post doesn't say that, it says government contracts, which is a more specific case of anti-bds law.
In other words those states make supporting genocide mandatory, you are required to fund a country that murders children, I mean two countries, the other being of the United States itself
Bro.
The United States is number 1 in the world for firearms killing children.
They were like, fuck you motor vehicles, move over, stay in the slow lane. Opens fire on vehicular homicide
Yea, baby. America is number 1 in killing children. And fucking them. Killing them and fucking children. That's the legacy. That's the American dream and reality. And after you fuck them and you shoot them dead you run them the fuck over - with a monster truck!
God bless America.
Zionists were invading a lot of countries quietly in shadow, in fact. You can find a lot of people with Jewish roots in government in many parts of the world. The USA is just a bright example. They literally use the USA for their own dirty plans and actions. It was relatevly fine until now. I do not support people that kill others and racism, but it becomes more obvious to me that the hate for Jews(and especially Zionists) hasn't appeared of nowhere and they actually deserved it. Sadly, though, that because of actions of others, normal people(Jews, that do not support Zionists) now forced to suffer the consequences.
Edited to avoid misconception.
You're saying Jews, but I hope you mean Zionists...
Yeah, kinda make my quote badly phrased. Thanks.
awesome. Yeah, I think it's an intentional strategy of the Israelis to make it as uncomfortable as possible for Jews throughout the world so that they feel unwelcome everywhere but Israel.
It's like blaming Muslims for what Iran is doing, or Christians for what the USA is doing.
PROOF THAT COUNTRY-HIGHJACKING IS AN ACTUALLY-DONE THING!!
"hooray."
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Don't pretend here. Show your sources. y'all gotta fight just to pretend to remember the Colorado River
I imagine a lot of that map would change color real quick if contracting companies raised the cost of work or made it impossible to get some work done by boycotting Israel.
Hey please stop the killing, see ya
Again, why would you want to do buisness with the US? We're at best an unreliable customer, at worst an active nuisance and threat to the human race. If being anti-isreal means you cant get public funding, then I guess being anti-fascist makes you anti-taxes? Not sure why people arent shutting down the IRS anyways since i cant opt out of them stealing my check to line the pockets of the rich.