The Kentucky General Assembly astounds, amazes and horrifies on a regular basis, but it hit a new low on Tuesday when an elected representative basically called a University of Kentucky student a “terrorist” for wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf, also known as a keffiyeh.
It came at the end of a tumultuous hearing on a resolution from, need I say it? Sen. Lindsey Tichenor, R-Smithfield, the empress of reactionary right-wing garbage, to combat antisemitism on university campuses.
As opponents of the bill pointed out, this kind of legislation is more of a Trumpian crackdown on students’ First Amendment rights to criticize the Israeli government’s response after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on innocent civilians. More than 45,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since then…