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Comics by Rose Anne Prevec.

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This.

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There's a lot of stuff in this post that is ADL apologia at best and pernicious at worst.

When OP writes "a good portion of the left has been trying it’s hardest to discredit the ADL and alienate American Jews for the last few decades, and the rest of the left just kinda went with it," they elide who they're talking about (the Left is hardly a monolith), and they omit why anyone might have reasons to distrust or disdain the ADL.

See how OP sets "the left" and "American Jews" as opposites? And how they rhetorically link criticizing the ADL with the "alienation" of all American Jews? They've erased leftist Jews (like me) from consideration entirely, and neglected to mention the existence of Jewish criticism of the ADL. Here's a post by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on the ADL's response to Musk's Hitler salute: "Attempting to find safety and power in whiteness is hard work, okay?! Those pretzels don't contort themselves!!"

So, OP, who proudly proclaims their support of the state of Israel, has attempted to set the Left and Jews as enemies, linked criticism of the ADL with schemes against the Jewish people, and erased both leftist Jews and Jewish critics of the ADL. That's... not a good look.

OP claims the reason the ADL has refused to acknowledge Musk's Hitler salute as a Hitler salute is because it's 'not safe' for them to do so. I disagree. Plenty of other Jewish institutions have named and criticized Musk's behavior. Here's a piece by the Yiddish Forward discussing the incident that observes that the ADL's statement is out-of-step with other Jewish advocacy organizations as well as the organization's former director.

So, why might the ADL want to decline recognizing Musk's Nazi salute?

If the fear of reprisal was so strong, I'd expect to see other prominent Jewish advocacy organizations failing to respond to Musk's salute and not criticizing the ADL's response. We see this is not the case in the Yiddish Forward article. This argument does not hold water.

The author of the above article proposes that: "perhaps the most generous read is to imagine that, in a time in which antisemitism seems likely to spike, the ADL wants to make sure that the accusation is not sapped of its power by overuse."

This is a weak argument. Antisemitism seems likely to spike? Musk just gave a Hitler salute! Failing to name Nazi behavior only enables further Nazi behavior - we've all read the tumblr post about how a bar becomes a Nazi bar.

Prev argues that the ADL offering Musk deniability for the Hitler salute will let the ADL "extract concessions from him in a meeting." I find that ridiculous. If I'm supposed to be watching out for bullying on the playground, and I see some bullying go down, giving deniability to the bully in no way gives me leverage over them. On the contrary, I've shown the bully that they have power over me, that I will enable them. This whole argument is cope.

So, what other reasons might the ADL have?

Here is my supposition: the ADL has been a steadfast supporter of the state of Israel. And they have consistently labeled anti-Zionist protests as antisemitic, even when these protests feature Jewish speakers and have Jewish attendees. We've had ample opportunities to see them do this since the genocide began in October 2023.

So, who else supports the state of Israel?

Our incoming president and the Republican party.

Here's his pick for new UN ambassador agreeing that Israel has a "Biblical right to the entire West Bank." I'm not even going to begin to unpack how fucked up that is.

The ADL's statement on Musk's salute is a capitulation to the new Presidential administration: we'll look the other way. It is a gesture of compliance.

The ADL's statement is what "obeying in advance" looks like.

The ADL tweet about Elon Musk begins with the words “this is a delicate moment.”

To any goyim reading this- understand that is a literal cry for help. The ADL is telling all of us that they are walking on eggshells here.

Do not take the rest of their tweet at face value- take it in the context the ADL is giving you. The are fully aware of the problem of right wing antisemitism, but they do not believe they can call out Elon Musk without making things worse for themselves and for all American Jews. This is in part because a good portion of the left has been trying it’s hardest to discredit the ADL and alienate American Jews for the last few decades, and the rest of the left just kinda went with it.

They are telling us straight up- we are doing our best while stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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i go to a gay bar and notice the furry convention's in town. i see a fine lookin bear remove his fursuit, revealing that underneath, he's also a fine lookin bear. I raise my eyebrows and say "woof" and all the cat furries immediately hiss and scatter

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One of my favorite little facts about history is that the Mexican peso was functionally the everyday unit of currency in China in the 19th and early 20th century. Silver was one of the few western commodities that Chinese merchants were willing to trade in at rates that made shipping it to China (an expensive, arduous process) profitable; this trade became so voluminous by the 19th century that large everyday transactions even far away from port cities were conducted in pesos, in large part because Mexico's large domestic silver supply and existing transpacific trade links meant that the currency was stable (a known quantity to merchants in a time and place where relatively pure silver coins were otherwise uncommon) and readily available for use in trade

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Every single time someone mentions police role-playing in a sexual context I think of this tinder interaction and I instantly become absolutely stricken with laughter

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Overheard at the thrift store:

“Stop trying to hold my hand, people are going to think we’re lesbians.”

“We are lesbians.”

“Yeah but not with each other.”

“Ok, but we’re still—god, why are you so stupid?”

“Dunno. Why do you want to hold hands with a stupid person?”

“I don’t.”

“Evidence to the contrary.”

(Mocking voice) “Oooh evidence to the contrary.” (Normal voice) “such a fuckin’ smartass.”

“Oh I’m smart, now? Thought I was stupid”

*Slap fight ensues*

Anyway, I hope they figure out they’re in love soon.

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Coolest thing about lord of the rings? The king of horses shows up. It appears he is no different from all other horses

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momoooo

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feedist kinktober 27 : boozy belly

this was one of the first things i wrote about em. i'm not the best at writing dialogues so i hope it's not to clunky, enjoy!

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I always thought anime girls comparing boob sizes was deeply unrealistic but no if you're a trans woman on tumblr it really is just like that sometimes

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guys wake up brian lee o'malley just posted a transfem scott pilgrim meme

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my 10 step plan to radicalize a bunch of middle-aged women by slipping anti-colonial theory into janeway/chakotay fanfic