Israeli tech billionaire Shlomo Kramer has sparked controversy by calling for ‘limits’ to the First Amendment. Given the Americans’ fondness for speaking their minds, this has predictably gone down poorly.
This video should SCARE every American.
The tech bros are being used to silence us https://t.co/siLRrXb6kv
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) January 2, 2026
The comments have particularly riled up the many Americans who have turned against Israel since it began the genocide in Gaza.
Big Brother Shlomo Kramer
While Israel enjoyed broad support in the West for many years, this shifted when they invaded Gaza. While the genocide was bad enough, the constant focus meant more and people became educated on Israel’s decades-long apartheid of the Palestinian people.
As long as Israel continues to oppress the Palestinians, their reputation is not coming back from this. There is no magic spell which will make everyone forget what they know. The Zionists cannot accept the consequences of their actions, however, because they have grown so accustomed to getting their own way. This is why they’re blaming social media instead of themselves.
Both Israeli and Western Zionists have sought to defend Israel by attacking freedom of speech:
“Where were our smart young people getting their information from, Social Media – especially TikTok”
“It’s a problem for our democracy”
“The Students don’t know history, missed the context, and get fed pure propaganda”
Hilary Clinton speaking at an event for Israel about… pic.twitter.com/fejavSTx9k
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) December 2, 2025
Because ‘freedom of speech’ is such a load-bearing pillar in American politics, politicians are talking out of both sides of their mouth:
yeah yeah sure…
also hilary clinton
“if we don’t censor social media – we lose total control.” https://t.co/vYLZD9SOBp pic.twitter.com/uALqoCVdPg
— HelioWave (@heliodown) September 19, 2025
One of the individuals buying TikTok in the US is billionaire Larry Ellison. Ellison is a dedicated Zionist who’s raised considerable sums for Friends of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). His media empire includes CBS News, which recently spiked a story that was negative of the Trump administration, prompting widespread accusations of corruption. Ellison is also a key financial supporter of the Tony Blair Institute and their push for Digital ID.
Well this isn’t terrifying at all. Here’s Blair talking to Oracles Larry Ellison.
“Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re constantly watching & recording everything that’s going on.”
Now you can see why Starmer is so keen on digital ID
— Bernie (@Artemisfornow) September 28, 2025
Growing opposition
The global left have long opposed Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people. The new development is that the American right is also turning against Israel, albeit for different reasons.
Israel has always enjoyed US support because it’s strategically useful to the American Empire. Clearly, however, Israeli politicians have overstepped what they can get away with, and have repeatedly embarrassed America and its politicians.
Most recently, this saw Benjamin Netanyahu showing up Joe Biden even as the US president bent over backwards to accommodate him:
In short, Netanyahu called Biden’s bluff on Rafah and Biden folded (again). https://t.co/pPXqzpBTFf
— Khaled Elgindy (@elgindy_) May 22, 2024
While Trump has avoided looking quite as weak as Biden, he hasn’t avoided criticism:
Tucker Carlson blasted US leaders for letting Israel dictate American policy, saying Netanyahu brags about controlling Trump and the US, and called it humiliating that Americans are being forced into harmful decisions for another country.
Carlson said the “humiliation ritual” pic.twitter.com/8ynsPN5GyM
— Irlandarra (@aldamu_jo) December 30, 2025
Israel has also groomed generations of American (and British) politicians through donation money. This has resulted in unseemly pronouncements like the following from senator Ted Cruz:
‘I came into Congress 13 years ago with the stated intention of being the largest defender of Israel in the United States.’
Maybe you shouldn’t be representing the American people then? pic.twitter.com/cNQF8w0QGQ
— AP on 𝕏 (@AntiPar2ival) October 28, 2025
Of course this was going to provoke a backlash.
In part, the US right attracts supporters by enabling them to live out the power fantasy of American Empire. It’s obviously difficult to live out that fantasy when politicians like Cruz give the impression that a tiny Middle Eastern country is calling the shots.
As a consequence of all this, it’s easy to find Trump loyalists who are reacting as follows to the latest intervention:
Israeli billionaires who seek to limit the first amendment need to get out of our country.
Freedom of speech is an inalienable God given right, protected by the United States Constitution.
“Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society.”
-Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/Faa5o8qpgy— ĐⱤØ₲Ø
Freedom
There are certainly arguments to be made for restricting speech to protect societal cohesion. At the same time, the American right’s dedication to ‘free speech absolutism’ is absolute nonsense:
Elon: you can have freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.
One day, people will wake to the fact that Mr DOGE is probably the greatest fraud in human history. https://t.co/fMtJ0cLSao pic.twitter.com/BfTpvMDL7U
— Biggest Mack (@Big_Mck) December 31, 2025
Regardless of either point, no right-minded person thinks speech should be curtailed to spare the blushes of a genocidal rogue state.
No one except its defenders like Shlomo Kramer, of course.
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