A career civil servant described tension between their commitment to challenging rights abuses and their job.

“I’m trying to educate people about Palestine through social media, but I’m worried I’ll lose my security clearance for criticizing the president or blaming the U.S. for civilian massacre,” they told HuffPost. “I feel like there’s no place for me in America anymore, and I’m on thin ice with my clearance because of my heritage and because I care about my people dying.”

The seemingly stifled internal debate undercuts Biden’s narrative that his administration is historically diverse and open to perspectives from traditionally marginalized groups, including on questions of global affairs.

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    1 year ago

    No, I thought I might get you to see it more clearly if you imagined it happening to you.

    Well, I could try to get you to imagine your family getting murdered in front of you by Hamas. But, I realize it would not affect you and it is not salient to the discussion.

    Just because the US government has had a long history of defending Netanyahu and other far right …

    Much longer than that. Since 1948.

    They’re not asking to dictate policy. They’re just not overly thrilled by being censored

    Since they are not wanting to dictate policy, they have to live with it. They are not being censored. Read the article.