President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that amends Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to include prohibition of anti-Semitism on federally funded college campuses.
NPR did a break down of the news, with both those for and against the order chiming in about the possible implications this could have on free speech on campuses.
The Republican Jewish Community was quick to praise the news, calling Trump to be the most “pro-Jewish President” of our time.
“President Trump has shown himself to be the most pro-Jewish President as well. Today’s executive order will have a real, positive impact in protecting Jewish college students from anti-Semitism.” – RJC National Chairman, @normcoleman pic.twitter.com/m53DHgd5lc
— RJC (@RJC) December 10, 2019
Given how much Left-wing news outlets constantly barrage and berate President Trump for racism, one would think they would be clamoring to celebrate this news that protect their idolized chosen, however that’s not quite how things played out.
NPR reports that J Street’s President Jeremy Ben-Ami, from the pro-Jewish Jstreet Organization, said in a statement…
““This executive order, like the stalled congressional legislation it is based on, appears designed less to combat anti-Semitism than to have a chilling effect on free speech and to crack down on campus critics of Israel. J Street is committed to fighting all forms of anti-Semitism — and we feel it is misguided and harmful for the White House to unilaterally declare a broad range of nonviolent campus criticism of Israel to be anti-Semitic, especially at a time when the prime driver of anti-Semitism in this country is the xenophobic, white nationalist far-right.”
So let’s pause for a moment and reflect on this: an anti-anti-Semite organization is angry that President Trump signed an Executive Order to curb anti-Semitism on federally funded college campuses, and the anti-anti-Semite organization thinks this is bad because they feel prohibiting anti-Semitism on college campuses infringes on free speech?
What?
Where were they when colleges started including all of this “hate speech” prohibition, as reported by the Freedom Forum Institute?
It’s some bizarre doublethink taking place here by some of Trump’s biggest critics in order to stand in opposition to the Executive Order for no other reason than because it was signed by Trump.
However, despite their inconsistency and dichotomous behavior, they are right. This is infringing on the free speech of college campuses receiving federal aid.
It means that people being critical of Israel, Jews, or the Jewish identity are subject for undue scrutiny, silencing, or worse yet… censorship.
NPR quoted James Loeffler, a professor of Jewish history at the University of Virgina, who told them…
“On its face, Loeffer says, Trump’s order is a reasonable way to address concerns about anti-Semitism and discrimination, particularly because Title VI doesn’t refer to religion.
“But he says he share the concerns of those who believe it could be used to infringe on the First Amendment rights of those who would voice controversial political speech about Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
According to the White House, this Executive Order was put into place because they claimed…
“In the past few years, there has been a disturbing trend of rising anti-Semitism in the United States.
“Anti-Semitic incidents have increased in America since 2013, particularly in schools and on college campuses.
“These incidents include horrific acts of violence against Jewish Americans and synagogues in the United States.”
What’s ironic about this is that while the media has tried to paint this kind of anti-Semitic behavior on white nationalists in America, the true terrorist against Jews in America are actually black Israelites.
As reported by WGN9 TV, the deadly attack on Jews in New Jersey by a Black Hebrew Israelite group, one of whom was named David N. Anderson.
DcyphR also did a video about the incident.
I doubt we’ll see any executive measures made to curb the black on white crime in America, or the black on Jewish crime in America, but President Trump has already handed a Pyrrhic victory to the people constantly clamoring for more censorship, and now that it’s in place you can expect it to only get worse from here.
(Thanks for the news tips fnd and durka durka)