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[unsolicited-opinions]

Bro no one hates jews for ethnicity, news are hated for faith.

If you are an atheist "jew", no one gives a shit about you.

Stop pretending to be a victim and trying to appropriate antisemitic struggles.

I'll address these point by point.

Jewish readers, please share your thoughts!

You wrote: "No one hates Jews for ethnicity, [J]ews are hated for faith."

"Hitler...defined the Jews as a race and not a religious community, characterized the effect of a Jewish presence as a “race-tuberculosis of the peoples,” and identified the initial goal of a German government to be discriminatory legislation against Jews."

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As David Baddiel put it, "I'm an atheist, but that would get me no free passes out of Auschwitz."

The Jews are a people. Judaism is the traditional religion of that people. A Jew who does not engage with that religion does not cease to be a Jew by Jewish definitions OR by antisemitic definitions.

You wrote: "If you are an atheist Jew, nobody gives a shit about you."

First, see above.

Second, you're incorrectly assuming that a Jewish atheist is not engaged with Judaism.

Here's the thing:

Judaism isn't necessarily theistic.

Let's set aside the explicitly non-theistic movement of Humanistic Judaism for a moment (huge topic for another time) and just talk briefly about theism in Judaism.

Most kinds of Judaism, while certainly encouraging faith, do not require it. There are no thought crimes in Judaism, no crucibles of faith, and no requirements that one announce or perform proof of belief for witnesses. Those things are often parts of Christianity and Islam, but in Judaism...not so much.

In Jewish thought, it is not what you believe about metaphysics which lifts you up, ennobles you, improves you, or makes the world a better place. In Judaism, you pursue those things by how you behave.

Sola fide is a Christian concept which Judaism does not share. Judaism is a profoundly existential religion with ethics which are overwhelmingly humanist.

I was raised in Reform and Conservative congregations...and non-theistic/atheistic/humanistic views were very common there.

When I was studying to become Bar Mitzvah, our congregation's Rabbi made crystal clear to me that there was no contradiction between my identity as a Jew and my inability to swallow the idea of an anthropomorphic, sapient, interventionist God who cared at all about petitionary prayer. He felt that wrestling with God was a very Jewish thing to do. He introduced me to Maimonides' apophatic theology. Decades later, I'm still grateful.

Many Jews pray, I believe, not to be heard by God, but so they can hear their own hearts and minds. This is why kavanah is important and why I disliked (and still dislike) prayer-by-rote and rituals performed for the sake of ritual. It's more mindfulness meditation than petitionary prayer.

There's a famous Hasidic story, recorded by philosopher Martin Buber in his "Tales of the Hasidim," about how Judaism views atheism:

The Master teaches that God created everything the world to be appreciated, since everything is here to teach us a lesson.

One clever student asks "What lesson can we learn from atheists? Why did God create them?"

The Master responds "God created atheists teach us the most important lesson of them all- the lesson of true compassion. You see, when an atheist performs an act of charity, visits someone who is sick, helps someone in need, and cares for the world, he is not doing so because of some religious teaching. He does not believe that God commanded him to perform this act. In fact, he does not believe in Goda at all, so his acts are based on an inner sense of morality. And look at the kindness he can bestow upon others simply because he feels it to be right."

"This means," the Master continued "that when someone reaches out to you for help, you should never say 'I pray that God will help you.' Instead for the moment, you should become an atheist, imagine that there is no God who can help, and say 'I will help you."

You wrote: "Stop pretending to be a victim and trying to appropriate antisemtic struggles."

I invite other Jews to advise if I have appropriated anything which is not mine.

Your opinion, though? Your view, as a non-Jew, about what is or isn't Jewish? On what is or is not mine in my heritage? Your claim, framed by your obvious and absolute ignorance of my life, my family's history, Jewish history, Jewish theology, and Jewish philosophy, that I have not experienced antisemitism and am "appropriating?"

I don't have a single fuck to give about any of that, and neither does any other Jew

Still, thank you for the writing prompt. It helps to crystalize my own thinking and provides an opportunity to educate.

[scoobydoodean]

“dean isn’t abusive” and yet! he punches sam! in the face! often! he also punches castiel in 4x22 under the impression it will hurt him (it doesn’t but it’s the thought that counts) no one “deserves” to be punched in the face

What about this? Is this abusive?

What about this?

What about this one?

Or this?

Or maybe this time? Was this abuse?

What about here?

Or maybe here? When Sam punched Dean for being suicidal?

Or does it only matter when Dean does it?

Let's not even talk about Sam's history of incredibly manipulative and controlling behavior toward Dean.

Cas getting punched in 4.22? Lmfaoooooo so the episode where Cas, as Dean's season 4 handler (not his friend—not yet) had Dean trapped in a room against his will and was about to let his brother unleash the apocalypse? Who was keeping Dean locked away for some terrible purpose they still refused to tell him anything about except to obey? Who was enforcing Zachariah's orders? Cas, who this same season, threatened to throw Dean back into hell more than once if he didn't do as he was told? Cas, who manipulated Dean into doing what he wanted in 4.15 specifically because Dean didn't obey him by turning Anna over to him for execution in 4.10? Cas, who beat the shit out of Dean in an alley for being suicidal (I mean if you want to talk about a power imbalance...)

Poor Cas :(((( so mean for Dean to punch him while Cas was literally holding him captive :((((((

This is the supernatural horror fantasy show where the supernatural characters commit atrocities, but some people have convinced themselves that one of them is uniquely abusive and scary and the other two are his poor helpless adult baby victims it's fucking laughable nonsense.

[genderkoolaid]

Sorry, but as a non-passing trans man, I'd much rather be in a room with 100 terfs than in a room with 20 misogynistic, blackpill men who wouldn't hesitate to spike my drink-- you can say you disagree with me via some witty comeback, but I know that you'd choose if you really had to

what the fuck are you talking about man. what even is this situation. both seem pretty awful. do you think i'm gonna talk about how cool and awesome blackpill cis guys are? how they're better than terfs? what are you expecting here?

[proshippers-against-censorship]

i can’t believe someone saying “incest is bad” is enough to send you into a tailspin holy fucking shit. stay away from children

If the idea of sibling banging immediately brings up children and pedophilia in your mind, I think YOU should probably be the one staying away from children, actually.

[lilcowzia]

you're only fat because you have a nasty ass fetish. wait until all those pounds catch up with your health, you won't find it very sexy when you die from preventable diseases.

i regret to inform you that that is a large part of what i find sexy 😔 but to be clear, im unhealthy because im extremely sedentary, not bc im fat. in any case, im fat bc it makes me happy, and my happiness is what matters to me. you can live your life in the way that makes you happy, if you want to, and i live mine the way that makes me happy ^^ thats how being an individual, fully autonomous person works, its very fun

[our-ftm-experience]

I GOT MY VERY FIRST HATE ANON!!

LOOK AT THIS CLOWN!!

[catofoldstones]

if jonsa was a thing in the books - it would have a been a thing in the show, full fledged and romantic with kissing and sex scenes. A romantic plotline between two main characters is not something d&d would get rid of, now why exactly do you think it will somehow sprout to life?

me 🤝 anon

secretly wanting jon sansa sex scenes

although, i genuinely don’t care about what went down in the show the same way I care about the books. We’re going to have a vital Dorne plot line in twow that was washed away in GoT. I genuinely don’t know what d&d were thinking and most of the time I just can’t bother to. Also, idc if jonsa “sprouts to life” or not. I ship them together because I like them together. You, too, are free to do whatever you like. You don’t have to ask for ten page explanations from strangers, you can just live your life the way you want….

[a-little-revolution]

Calm down you fucking midget.

Certainly not! I am incredibly passionate about the injustices that little people face, and remain that way on this blog! Thank you though!

[alexanderwales]

When people say they want stories without conflict, what they really mean, even if they can't articulate it, is that they want stories without lowbrow, in-your-face conflict, but an idiot like you who writes slop would of course never understand that. Go fuck yourself.

This is my first piece of hate mail on tumblr, so I choose to take that as a milestone, and in honor of that, will answer with serious consideration rather than just "block sender" which is my normal course of action on other sites.

First, I think you're wrong. There are lots of people who want low to no conflict, and they want it for different reasons. Some people just don't like to vicariously experience tension, and they'll have very different opinions from someone who wants conflict-less verisimilitude. Some people want conflict to be framed differently, not as the core of the story, but as an element that comes and goes in a piece. But some people are on a novelty-seeking media diet, while also having a media diet of lowbrow mass market action, and run into problems there.

Second, I am generally pretty happy with my writing. There's nothing that I've written that I think of as slop. Overall, I think my batting average is pretty good, actually, even when I'm writing conflict-driven action-heavy pieces. Some of this is just a focus on character and a love of the mundane, which I hope shines through, but hey, maybe it doesn't. But I also don't claim my work to be high art. In theory, it's a synthesis of two dudes with cool swords duking it out and nuanced character study. It's having my cake and eating it too. That's the aspiration, anyway. I want the same work to contain really awesome fight scenes and insightful chapters that cleave to either my own heart or that of my readers, and ideally those are the same chapter, though that's a hard trick to pull off.

Alright, now to figure out if you can block an anonymous sender after replying to them.

[unsolicited-opinions]

Again, you show us exactly who and what you are.

Telling strangers on the internet to kill themselves isn't activism and isn't uplifting the people of Palestine. It's the behavior of someone who needs help.

I hope you get that help.

[genderkoolaid]

32-50% of trans people commit suicide, with the percentage increasing the longer a person goes through "gender affirming care". most people who identify as trans early on tend to be gay and havent realized it yet, and those that maintain it into adulthood usually keep it as a private thing between them and their partner. while we have seen transgenderism throughout history, its cyclical and generally happens towards the end of an empire or civilization, when the culture degrades before the empire crumbles. you have been lied to, manipulated, and now you are promoting harmful ideologies in the name of "progress". please, get some help from a psychiatrist that doesnt feed into your issues instead of actually help you grow as a person. how much happier are you really identifying as whatever it is you identify as? are you really happy? do you like what you see in the mirror or do you sexualize it so you dont have to truly see what youve become?

[hindulivesmatter]

Your bio says proud Indian but then why only hindu lives matter?? There are so many other religions living in India as well. You seriously should be in school right now instead of being toxic on tumblr.

Reading comprehension fails people yet again. Sad.

I am a proud Indian, yes. My bio says ॐ and proud. That being said, this blog is exclusively to discuss Hinduphobia and violence against Hindus. Does that make you uncomfortable?

Why do you have such a big issue if I take a space and make it solely to discuss issues affecting Hindus? Why are you coming to MY blog and getting upset that I'm only talking about Hindus? If it's affecting you that much, start your own blog, by all means. Record the violence against all communities in India, you have my full support. Go on, do it.

Also, I'm so offended that you think I can't do both, being in school and toxic on Tumblr. I'm a very capable woman, I can multitask <3

You keep crying, I'll keep being toxic on Tumblr. Mwah.

[proshippers-against-censorship]

EWWWWWWWWW YOU GIVE ME THE ICKKKKK🤢🤢 stop normalizing pedophilic tendencies. this people need psychiatric help

TikTok Brainrot Zombie spotted.

Get better, that's lame 🤣

[lilcowzia]

As a fat person with a metabolic issue: no, it is not okay to consciously CHOOSE to be fat, you are CHOOSING to put your own health at risk, you are CHOOSING to shorten your lifespan, CHOOSING to limit your mobility and quality of life. You can deny these things all you want, they are medically studied and proven facts. Perhaps most of all, you are CHOOSING to feed into the societal view that fat people are simply lazy and don’t care about their health or wellbeing. Being obese is a risk to your health, your lifespan, and your overall mobility and quality of life, no matter what people claim. Would you say it was okay for someone to CHOOSE to be anorexic? Would you choose to be diabetic? Fat is not a fucking fetish. Obesity is a chronic illness.

as a fat person with a metabolic issue and common sense: its sad that you feel so negatively about yourself. your self hatred will not make people treat you better and it will not heal you.

anyway, its okay for people to choose how to live their lives, including fat people. like, duh. it is a chronic illness to believe that you should have control over the actions of other people, i think. it is okay to be fat, always has been, always will be 💕

[o-kye]

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[unsolicited-opinions]

Your opinions mean nothing because you aren’t an actual Zionist, you’re a self hating Jew who refuses to admit that Khanism is the only way for Israel to continue to have a future. You’re a shill for the pakis and nothing more, and I’d love to rip the Magen David off your neck for making a mockery of Jews everywhere.

Okay, THIS is hilarious. Every single Jew who reads this will recognize immediately your antisemitic cosplay. You're Jewish like I'm Yahya Sinwar.

You're roleplaying either what you think a Zionist is, or what you want people to believe a Zionist is.

The tells are glaring, my dude. Not a single Red Sea Pedestrian will buy this act.