#decent politics

[transcendragonreblogs]

You absolutely can be antizionist without being antisemitic, but not if you equate Israel with Jews in general. If you equate Israel and Jewishness then you cannot be antizionist without being antisemitic. If you are against Israel and you also equate Israel with Judaism then you are also against Judaism.

If you view Jewish individuals because they are Jewish (regardless of their nationality, including Israelis*) as suspect because of Israel, then you are equating being Jewish with supporting Israel.

If you want to interrogate Jewish individuals about their position on Israel more than you would interrogate others, then you view Jews as suspect and inherently connected to Israel so your anti-Israel activism WILL BE antisemitic.

If you hold Jewish diaspora communities responsible for Israel’s actions, then you equate Israel with Judaism and your anti-Israel activism will be antisemitic.

If you treat diaspora Jews and diaspora Jewish communities as the oppressors of Palestinians, then you equate Israel with Judaism and your anti- Israel activism will be antisemitic.

If you are not Jewish then there are likely times you will be uncomfortable seeing Jews speaking Hebrew and being visibly Jewish because antisemitism is rampant and you must unlearn it. If you act in that discomfort you are being antisemitic, and talking about Israel will not change that.

If you are not Jewish, then the biggest association with Jews in your mind might be Israel because that’s when you most see Judaism being discussed. This is because Jews are a small minority who are mostly invisible to you. It is not because Jews=Israel. It is your bias that you need to unpack.

Antisemitism is bad. You should try your best not to be antisemitic because antisemitism is BAD. But also, antisemitism in organizing against Israel will not be effective! It will give those who support Israels actions more tools and excuses to justify those actions. Your activism will not work to do anything but be antisemitic if your activism is based in antisemitism.

If you are not Jewish, then you must be active in ensuring that you are not antisemitic. That means you must accept and internalize the fact that Israel is not Judaism and vice versa. You must listen to Jews in your community. Being a leftist does not automatically mean that you cannot be antisemitic.

I am a Jewish American. If I hold any responsible for the violence in Palestine, it is because I am an American and not because I’m Jewish. Being Jewish does not in any way make me automatically suspect nor guilty.

*Note: There is an argument to be made that citizens in Democratic nations have some responsibility to their government’s actions and that’s a complex discussion, but that is NOT based on religion or ethnicity. If you single out Jewish Israelis (or believe all Israelis are inherently Jewish) you are still antisemitic and that is wrong. Also, if you treat Israelis as inherently worse than Americans, that is very, very likely based in antisemitism as well.

[octarineblues]

supporting communities & people impacted by the Southport attack and the far-right riots in the UK

here is a list of community fundraisers I found, starting with those aiming to support the Southport community after the appalling attack at a children dance party, to the fundraisers helping those affected by the subsequent racist and Islamophobic far-right/nazi riots

Edited on 5 August to include Middlesbrough fundraisers. Edited on 6 August to correct the link on the Books for Spellow Lane fundraiser, to adjust the name change for the Belfast fundraiser, and to adjust the wording in the second last paragraph.

Southport:

Southport Strong Together Appeal - organised by the community foundation for Merseyside, for those affected by the Southport knife attack

United for Southport families - the funds will be distributed among the nine families of the children who were at the party

Swifties for Southport - a fundraiser for the Alder Hey Children's charity, which supports the victims and the affected families, as well as first responders and clinicians. Extra funds will also support the wider Southport community

Fundraiser for the Southport Mosque - a fundraiser to aid rebuilding or possibly re-locating the Southport Mosque after the damages it suffered during the riots

Rebuilding Windsor Mini Mart - fundraiser to rebuild the locally-owned grocery store that was targeted during the attacks, broken into, and looted

Liverpool:

Fundraiser for the Spellow Hub - the Spellow Hub was broken into, looted and set on fire at night during the riots. The Spellow Hub is a newly created one-of-a-kind (in the UK) institution, which consists of a library as well as a community centre with a mission to help people get education and pathways to work

Books for Spellow Lane - another fundraiser for the library in the Spellow Hub, to replace the books and rebuild the library there edit: included the correct link

Hartlepool:

Fundraiser for the Nasir Mosque - the Nasir Mosque was attacked following Southport riots; this fundraiser is organised by Hartlepool citizens to help the mosque deal with the damages as well as to show appreciation for the role of the mosque in the community. edit: the funds will be also distributed to the local community!

Rebuilding the Farm Shop - the shop was targeted during the riots, and when the owner and his son tried to protect it, they were also violently attacked. The fundraiser is to help fix the damages to the store.

Sunderland:

help rebuild Citizens Advice Sunderland offices after arson - two of the Citizens Advice Sunderland offices were set on fire during the riots, and one of them is completely destroyed.

Hull:

Hull Help for Refugees - a local fundraiser to support the Hull Help for Refugees charity, the donated money will be re-distributed to community members affected by the riots

Fundraiser for Hull Help for Refugees and Welcome House in Hull - collected money will be donated to the two charities

Belfast:

help fix racially motivated damages - originally the fundraiser for the Sahara Shisha Cafe which was targeted by the far right in Belfast during the riots, now a fundraiser for all affected businesses in the area. edited to reflect the change of the name of the fundraiser to avoid any confusion

Middlesbrough:

Supporting residents after the riots - Middlesbrough has suffered so much during the riots, lots of businesses as well as just regular family homes were vandalised, had their windows smashed or even were broken into. This fundraiser wants to distribute the funds between affected people to help them fix the damages, and to generally support the local community. the newest fundraiser, imo potentially the most urgent one

Fundraiser for a Care worker's car which was set on fire - a car belonging to an employee of a care agency was set on fire during the riots while he was on shift at a care home.

If you want to donate locally but there is no fundraiser to support where you live, consider donating to your local charities oriented towards Muslim or PoC communities, or towards anti-racist and refugee organizations! And go support your local Muslim/Arab/Black/Asian/Refugee owned businesses!

If you have any information about other local fundraisers, feel free to add to the post or don't hesitate to let me know and I will add them here! We have seen so much hate in the past few days, we have to stay strong and keep supporting each other!

Stay safe everyone 💛

[ignoramusrenegade]

Gort doodles. Pre bg3 fit??? I dunno…..he looks like a pirate lol I don’t know how to draw fantasy clothes lol

[idolomantises]

i really want to draw sera and lili going to church together. however, churches are a pain to draw. i'm tempted to use 3d assets if the task feels too overwhelming.

[banrionceallach]

On 7th June, the European elections are happening. So are the Irish local elections (electing city/county councillors etc). In my area some local incumbents are not running again, so their seats are very much up for grabs, Also, for the first time, there's a mayoral election covering my county and nearest city.

Basically, there are so many Vote-Insert-Here No 1 (we have proportional representation) posters appearing that the street light poles etc are running out of room.

[whos-hotter-jjba]

And the results are in!

The ultimate hottest JoJo villain has been crowned! Congratulations to Kars and everyone that voted for him, and my condolences to DIO fans. Special mention to Kira fans for being really funny in my tags ksksjdksjhilkd

[letters-of-libertas]

Given the climate we're in, it is political when women refuse to partner or reproduce with maIes but at the same time when choosing to commit to this lifestyle, it is very important to have non-political reasons for it aswell. I think a lot of women struggle to commit to this because they get into it for political or reactive reasons but when that energy dies down they find themselves left with nothing else. They feel empty and would want to be with a maIe for non-political personal reasons to them.

Before I continue, this is not a change-your-mind post (or page). If you're actively looking to partner with a maIe then stop reading here because this isn't for you. This is for women who dont want to ever deal with dating.

This is not to downplay or invalidate political reasons behind choosing to not date or reproduce with maIes, but it cannot be your only or main reason(s). When I say reactive I also mean women who do this to get a positive reaction from maIes, hoping they'll apologise, 'change' & beg you to be with them when you say no.

Now obviously life happens & it doesn't suprise me as I'm blackpilled but I've seen many osawomen who mainly have reactive or political reasons for not wanting to deal with maIes eventually end up partnering with maIes regardless of how staunch of a separatist, wine aunt, lesbian, etc they were.

The thing with reactive politics is that it tends to get exhausting especially when things are not going in the direction you anticipated. So when the energy of whatever politics is tied to your decision for not wanting to date maIes at the moment is gone, then the reasons for wanting to not partner with maIes also goes. That pillar begins to breakdown.

Whereas when you have non-political reasons for doing this, you focus on yourself and what you get out of this - it's a different story, so find non-political reasons for choosing to not date or reproduce. Dont just find/define the reason but actually live it out. These reasons should mean something to you beyond politics or reactive measures. Does it really give you purpose? How do you let it be a part of you? I have my own personal non-political reasons for not dating (or not reproducing) which is why regardless of how my politics changes (& has changed) I wouldn't want to be in a relationship with a maIe at the end of the day or give birth.

Another reason to not center political motives as a reason for not dating is so that it feels more natural to you. It becomes a part of you where it doesn't absorb you. It shouldn't absorb you to the point you're blind or feel trapped. As it's a part of you it will feel natural to go about doing your thing without wanting a partner, even to the point where if you saw a maIe & he was fine as hell + appeared to be a good fit; you have your principles + ways of living so you wont want a relationship with him anyways. Tbh only a minority of women will be at this point but that's the headspace you want to be at if you're serious. It should be natural, not something that you force or you make yourself do. Generally ask yourself what it is about relationships that you wouldn't want to get into & why.

On the flip side, many women wont initially date for political reasons but as I said; when the political drive slows down they will start dating. However they dont date for political reasons, they do it because wanting a relationship/love (+ starting a family) is a part of them. It feels natural to them to want love/companionship, or even have kids. This is why so many women will continue to date maIes despite all the maIe degeneracy, risks, and evil in the het dating scene we all see. Even though women know what maIes are like (more than they want to let on), they dont care they still have their reasons for wanting to have a relationship with a maIe. This is why regardless of the hurdles in the way when it comes to dating for osawomen they will jump those hurdles *bounce bounce bounce* to have a relationship with a maIe but when there's one hurdle when it comes to not dating maIes, they start running back. A little thing happens and "it's too hard I cant do this anymore". So again it's about personal objective.

Ik people will say "but we can't control our sexuality!1!", i know I'm straight aswell. I have had times where I've been attracted to maIes & even when they like me back I wouldn't pursue a relationship with them (and no I dont feel like I'm missing something either) because it's just not for me.

Personally, I dont believe this is a lifestyle women choose I think it chooses you tbh. Cause if you're in a position where you feel like you have to force yourself to stay on track & you dont feel comfortable committing, it aint for you. When you're new it can be hard but as time goes on, if it's for you it'll feel natural. It will be a part of you and you can find purpose beyond a romantic relationship or reproducing.

[lesbianwyllravengard]

I was teasing my little sister about her obsession with dumb romance movies and she said "you're literally obsessed with the devil wears prada" yeah girl there's toxic yuri in there. Does the kissing booth have toxic yuri? No. get better

[gojoest]

little update on my love life hsksjsk

i ghosted and then sb’ed the lawyer guy on ig bc turns out he’s friends with that one psycho man i met a few months ago. i think the latter i only mentioned meeting but never gave tea on the fallout here. it was all fun and games until it wasn’t. he basically tried to be alpha with me and i was not having it LOL but each time i blocked him in one place he found another means to reach me but his options were limited to begin with so eventually he gave up and stopped bothering me. but like, man. digging up all of my socials just to tell me things like “you’re so cold to me whenever we’re not together physically. far from the eye, far from the heart — is this your game?” was the last straw. NO SIR I AM A HORRID TEXTER i don’t play mind games 😭 i just kept blocking him without even bothering to give a reply, it probably pissed him off sm LOL which wasn’t my intention, i just thought there was no point in wasting my time and energy on a man like that, i didn’t even want to clear out the misunderstanding like hello i have a life and ur not my priority 😭 his petty male ego was def hurt, what a dick

so when i found out they were friends my brain went ultra dramatic, i thought maybe the lawyer guy was a setup from the very start and that it was a carefully crafted method by the psycho guy to approach me again. naturally i got paranoid and that story is now over, nothing weird’s happened after that, thankfully

and— you rmr the hq guy? yeah, we’re forced to keep a professional relationship rn bc he often visits the office for work related purposes. today he came. twice. first for work, and then — to bring me sweet treats 😭 out of the blue, like way after his business was done 😭 we hadn’t talked after what happened last time so what’s this now 😭 why can’t men read the room 😭

[atypical-irritant]

To all who are likely unreceptive to the recent waves of hope and positivity spurred on in an attempt to counter some recent events:

Live on. Regardless of whether or not things go to hell like before, don't go doing the dirty work for those who want us dead. If they want to kill us off, those cowards can get off their sorry asses and do it themselves.

I expect you all to put up a fucking fight. Even if you have no interest in life anymore, we need all the bodies we can get. Go down spitting blood and assuring they remember your fucking face. Make sure the memory of us keeps them up at night.

Find that little 7 year old kid inside you who would throw fits when things were unfair. Unearth that anger felt when you heard someone you care for was hurt, that rage at who hurt them. Grab that slipping will to live with a vice grip because this all will pass. Either it will or you will, and there's no point in removing one possibility preemptively.

Whatever it fucking takes, don't give those bastards the satisfaction and don't leave the rest of us to fight back alone.

[anzadosara]

Alastor isn't a daddy, he's a 'father'

u get what I mean

[unopenablebox]

i admit that i find it a little bit frustrating how Wildly Astonished other antizionist jews act when i tell them my israeli jewish family have lived in the region since [some unknown length of time before 1800 when there start being records about it]

[petrichor-enthusiast]

Crying alone in my silent room at night bc of old politicians that are fucking up the world with their greed just cause they won't be here to see the consequences of their actions and are dooming the next generation is such an autistic sense of justice slay for me.

[the-casbah-way]

to me the most insane thing about the thick of it fandom is the fact that everyone seems convinced that malcolm tucker is a) some kind of untouchable sherlock holmes type genius and b) an all-round sweet caring guy who only ever does bad or dubious things for purely good or logical reasons. we are not watching the same show, it would seem

[undeadcourier]

was talking to a coworker the other day about fnv and he said for his first playthrough he did a Good Guy run so he sided with the ncr, and it took everything i had not to launch into an hour-and-a-half-long lecture on how the ncr are not the good guys lmao

[squishymochithethird]

My mom was going on and on about how “far left” and “radical” Tim Walz is and I finally listened to some of his points and.

He’s one of the most reasonable politicians I’ve heard in a very long time. I’m surprised she doesn’t like him tbh, he’s kind of the perfect democrat for someone like her??