Live data from Hacker News

I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

nytimes.com

1–10 of 54 posts

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#4
The headline could be clearer. This is about a newspaper being told by a state sponsored advertiser that they must "pledge" not to boycott Israel. It's much more specific than the current headline, which is confusing. Specifically "telling" - like an ad campaign or something is not an infringement of rights vs. "compelling" - which is my read of what is happening in the article.

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#5
I grew up in Arkansas. I love the Arkansas Times and have fond memories reading it in coffee shops as a teenager and college student. Advertisers advertise with whomever they wish, but I'm having a hard time understanding how laws that mandate a political position - any political position - aren't clear violations of the first amendment.

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#8
> There is going to be certain things that happen in Israel before Christ returns. There will be famines and disease and war. And the Jewish people are going to go back to their homeland. At that point Jesus Christ will come back to the earth.” He added, “Anybody, Jewish or not Jewish, that doesn’t accept Christ, in my opinion, will end up going to hell.”

It is clear why America is mocked on the national stage.

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#10

> There is going to be certain things that happen in Israel before Christ returns. There will be famines and disease and war. And the Jewish people are going to go back to their homeland. At that point Jesus Christ will come back to the earth.” He added, “Anybody, Jewish or not Jewish, that doesn’t accept Christ, in my opinion, will end up going to hell.” It is clear why America is mocked on the national stage.

Because people don't understand that individuals do not represent the whole?

Do you make these points just about Americans, or do you use the same logic for other demographic information? If you see a black man rob a store, do you say "and this is why racist whites hate black people" as if it is somehow a pat on the back for the stereotyping group?

Post reply on HN