lemme in to [email protected] • 21 days agoMap shows states where boycotting Israel is illegalwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down118
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minus-square@the_crotchlink13•20 days agoThat is not how it works. Boycotting Israel will prevent your company from getting state contracts. have passed legislation making it illegal for state agencies to work with companies that boycott Israel
minus-squareVeraxuslinkfedilink1•edit-220 days ago have passed legislation that allows the government to penalize citizens for Constitutionally protected free speech, something it is not allowed to do Fixed it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•20 days agoIf people don’t speak up what’s the difference between a boycott and other business considerations?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-220 days agoThe point is that the boycott law applies to businesses, not individual citizens. You won’t be charged for boycotting as an individual or posting your boycott recommendations for others to see.
minus-square@the_crotchlink1•edit-220 days agoYou won’t get charged as a business either, you’ll just be ineligible for state contacts. It’s really weird that the headline considers that “illegal”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-220 days agoCorrect. I’m just clarifying for the concerned commenters.
That is not how it works. Boycotting Israel will prevent your company from getting state contracts.
Fixed it.
If people don’t speak up what’s the difference between a boycott and other business considerations?
The point is that the boycott law applies to businesses, not individual citizens. You won’t be charged for boycotting as an individual or posting your boycott recommendations for others to see.
You won’t get charged as a business either, you’ll just be ineligible for state contacts. It’s really weird that the headline considers that “illegal”
Correct. I’m just clarifying for the concerned commenters.