More and more States are enacting laws requiring loyalty oaths to Israel by not in any way supporting BDS or you'll lose your contract and/or be fired (aka cancelled).* And it's not just on Israel, as many States are criminalizing protest altogether. So where are all those who demand free speech and open debate now? Granted the likes of Chomsky have long defended such issues loudly and publicly. Meanwhile others like Weiss support that kind of cancelling. As in most cases, we have to discriminate the wheat from the chaff instead of painting issues in overbroad strokes.
* Krystal notes that Feinstein and Bernie are opposed to such a measure in the Senate, while most there, as in the House, support such legislation. Let's see how many of the open letter signatories are against such cancelling.
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