Try the political quiz
@ISIDEWITHQuestions1yr ago

What does freedom of speech mean to you, and where do you think we should draw the line, if at all?

3 Replies

 @9RC8G4Cfrom Nova Scotia  answered…9mos9MO

You should be able to do and say when you want and be left alone by the govt, as long as no one is being harmed by the rhetoric, otherwise, stop things like blatant racism and hate.

 @9J8WFDBfrom Pennsylvania  answered…1yr1Y

Freedom of speech means freedom of speech

There should be no Thought Crime and thoughts are formed by discussions. Discussions are speech. Keep laws away from speech and thoughts.

 @9KMDGPJanswered…1yr1Y

Freedom of speech is very important. Let citizens make up their own mind about a topic. “You can fool some of the people some of the time, some of them all of the time-but not all of the people ALL of the time. “ Common sense should prevail.

More conversations

Join in on more popular conversations.

Active 10hrs ago

 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4mos4MO

US Jewish Groups Oppose Resettling Gaza

JTA — A number of major centrist and liberal American Jewish groups say they oppose the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza.The statements by some of the largest Jewish organizations in the country, made in response to press inquiries, come amid accusations that Israel has cleared out portions of northern Gaza, which Jerusalem has denied, and as far-right government ministers have called for resettling the Palestinian enclave. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir have also repeatedly called for Israel to encourage Palestinians to leave Gaza, drawing condemnation from the Biden administration.For several American Jewish groups — including some that have vocally defended Israel’s prosecution of its war in Gaza against Hamas — the idea of Israeli settlements in Gaza is a non-starter. Groups opposed to the idea include the Jewish Federations of North America, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League. Also opposed are bodies representing the Reform and Conservative movements, which together can claim to represent the majority of American Jews.“The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, indigenous to both Jews and Arabs, cannot be the exclusive domain of one people, but must be shared,” Jason Isaacson, AJC’s chief policy and political affairs officer, said. “Like the vast majority of Israelis, AJC believes that the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza, or a program of displacing Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank, would be contrary to Israel’s interests.”Israel evacuated its Gaza settlements in 2005, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly ruled out the idea of re-establishing them after the war. But while most Israelis oppose the idea, more than a third — including 42% of Israeli Jews — support it, according to a recent poll by the Israel Democracy Institute. That includes nearly 60% of Israeli Jewish right-wingers, the current government’s voter base.“Ideas like settlement in Gaza are welcome, we need to remember that, in the end, that’s the biggest punishment for what they did to us on October 7,” Ben-Gvir said in an interview on Israeli radio this month, referencing the Hamas terror onslaught in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were slaughtered and 251 were seized as hostages, sparking the war in the enclave.

▲  159 replies