But when groups use pressure tactics to try to get stores and organizations to boycott Israel, it goes to a whole new level.
And that level is virtually indistinguishable from anti-Semitism. And outlawing that, that I would support.
But in the real world it virtually never is.
So, can confirm, in the real world it sometimes is and sometimes isn't.
Israel is not apartheid at all, the only reason people say that is anti-Semitism.
So thank you for proving my point.
Imputing racist motives on those holding those views cannot be justified based purely on those actions.
The reality is you're projecting your own political views on the motives of others, in such a way that it leaves Israel immune from any and all criticism. It's anti-intellectual and frankly dangerous.
It shouldn't be. If you think that it's unconstitutional to prohibit boycotting a country, you should believe the same about boycotting an individual. I'm a Jew and a Zionist, but I believe that it should be legal to decline to do business with me out of antisemitism. For one thing, it gives me the data that I need to reciprocate.
Or do you genuinely think all rectangles are squares as well? Simply because one is a subset of the other does not make the equivalent things that should be treated identically in all circumstances.
Permitting individuals to make their choices (i.e. On the basis of religion or any other philosophical belief) without fear of discrimination in a Democracy is critical to the proper function of a Democracy. Otherwise, oppression of minority positions is too easily used to destroy that minority's ability to exercise their franchise.
Preventing the boycotting of nation states is not equivalently necessary to the proper function of civilized society. Nations are the outcomes of decisions made by very, very large numbers of people in aggregate combined with centuries of history. Opposing those outcomes are sometimes politically necessary.