#he's not anti-semitic?

[anghraine]

I just read another good Atlantic article, "Kamala Harris and the Rise of Neobitherism," by Adam Serwer. I got it via a gift link on Bluesky, so the paywall hell described by the last Atlantic article I linked would be in effect for any direct link, but you should be able to find it.

Anyway, an excerpt [CW for various racisms, slavery, rape]:

[sbrown82]

Sounds like someone’s panicking!

[cinemaocd]

Noam Chomsky "genocide denier"

I cut my teeth reading Chomsky in the 80s and 90s. He has faced criticism over the decades for his opinions that are extremely critical of U.S. and Israel's militarism. After 9-11 this made him a pariah in the U.S. and his critics have taken to socials today with out of context quotes, or just outright smearing him with the label of "genocide denier."

Reddit thread on Bosnia Genocide comments Reddit thread on Cambodian genocide comments

I'm not saying take the redditor's words for it, I'm saying these articles are a decent place to start and reddit's search works better than tumblrs...Oh and you might accidentally read some Chomsky and that would be no bad thing.

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

Yes, it still amuses me that there are people who accuse Alex Hirsch of being anti-Semitic, it's just so absurd that even though I saw people writing it a long time ago, it will still amuse me

(I won't comment on racism, it's just not the point)

Just a comedy…

Now that I have your attention:

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Don't skip the collections at the top!

[derseprinceoftbd]

"...the Madison Square Garden rally, which included racist remarks against Black people, Puerto Ricans, and Palestinians."

HEY JOHN. ARE YOU. FORGETTING SOMEONE.

[avian-misdemeanors]

Leonard Nimoy was Jewish and he intentionally brought a lot of Jewish-coding to Spock which was then translated over to Vulcans and Vulcan culture as a whole. the Vulcan salute 🖖 has its origins in Judaism and Jewish imagery. if you're Jewish you can see the Judaism in it from a mile away. if you love star trek you have no choice but to respect and love your Jewish neighbors and listen to our hurts and be actual real allies against anti-Jewish racism. otherwise turn off the fucking star trek because it's not for you.

[news4dzhozhar]

How deranged does the US look to the rest of the world to be proudly welcoming an indicted war criminal to address Congress?

[snekdood]

if ppl telling you "jewish ppl in israel were already kicked out of other countries and have no where else to go" makes you feel compelled to call whoever said that a "zionist", I really just dont think you give af about jewish ppl's lives quite frankly.

if your "free palestine" means "getting rid" of all jewish civilians in israel I think you're probably just a heartless asshole.

[canichangemyblogname]

Hey, so— leave random Jewish people alone. They have nothing to do with the Israeli Occupying Force or the Israeli Government.

The only reason you’re demanding their opinions on what’s happening in Palestine is anti-semitism. These interactions are built on the assumption that if you’re Jewish, then you’re a Zionist, and that is false. The random Jewish people you’re harassing aren’t experts on foreign policy in the war on terror and why it has failed. Going up to random Jewish people and demanding to know if they condemn Israel’s treatment of Palestinians would be like walking up to a random Muslim person and demanding to know if they condemn Iran’s treatment of pro-democracy protesters. They have nothing to do with the actions of a foreign government.

Stop assuming that Jewish = Israeli or Jewish = Zionist.

[sophiemariepl]

Western logic towards Eastern Europeans and Eastern European identity be like (mostly Polish but anyway):

Maria Skłodowska-Curie: born from both Polish parents in Warsaw under Russian occupation; despite living for many years in France, still identifies as Polish; names one of the elements she discovered after Poland (Polonium); teaches her daughters Polish language; keeps Polish traditions in her household; supports Polish independence movement

Westerners: Madame Curie, such a great French scientist! Feminist icon, great woman!

Benjamin N*tanyahu: out of his parents, only his father was born in Poland, rest of the family are Zionist settlers; doesn’t even speak Polish (nor Yiddish), his main language is artificially-recreated Hebrew, meanwhile his russian is better than his Polish; doesn’t identify as a Polina (Yiddish for Polish Jew); repeatedly manipulates historical facts regarding the Holocaust, e.g. claiming that the Polish state participated in the Holocaust just like Hungary or France*; despite being basically an American dog, maintains close connections to Kremlin as well, so much that uses his connections to P*tin in election campaign in 2019:

Westerners: OMG N*tanyahu is just a Polish guy! Mileikovski! Go back to Poland!

Me, a an anti-Zionist Pole with Polina ancestry: *rolls eyes so much I can see my brain*

*mind you, I’m not denying any cases of collaboration. I’m just saying there is a difference between institutions of a particular country participating in a g*nocide and the citizens of a particular country joining occupational forces to participate in a genocide.

[abstract-hellbender]

quick af btw >> you can hate dutch van der linde without calling him an evil snake who eats people..,,,, genuine serious if you think hes a cannibal GET OUT OF HERE

[aevarswall]

golly I forget that whenever I visit my parents' house they like actually care about politics. It's not just some fun game where they laugh and make jokes

[fairykery]

I cant believe Tumblr/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube is gaslighting Jews about not being anti-semitic. I stand with the Innocents of Gaza and am extremely against the Israeli Government. (Emphasis on "Government"); but pretending y'all aren't neglecting and vanilla-izing what HAMAS did(is doing EVEN to its own people) just because y'all want to be the right "amount" of aesthetically progressive is disgusting. Both Hamas & the Israeli government is hurting their own people and the innocents on the opposing sides. And a Great deal of people) civilians from BOTH sides want and have been wanting each other's deaths/genocides because they fear/hate each other AND because they both feel entitled to those lands(Fun fact: they BOTH have native/blood/cultural/religious ties even if one more than the other I won't say who because people will use that to justify the genocide of the other). Not to mention the propaganda of each other their governments/leaders have been imposing on them for years. BUT I've only seen people "justify" what Hamas is doing to the other side. I've seen people chant a fancy genocidal phrase towards the Jews in Israel. I've seen people call the slaughter of Jews "justifiable" because they are "evil light skinned goblins". I've seen people neglect the ancient history of Jews and how Jews even got to that situation in the first place. I've seen people encourage propaganda about Jews in order to justify the slaughter of Jews. I've seen people neglect facts and I've seen them say that "this issue is NOT complex" just so the side that they took can seem more justifiable in their slaughter. I've seen mourning Jews get harassed. I've seen Holocaust survivors whose only crimes were to simply show sympathy for their love ones "get harassed". I've seen people tear down posters of missing jewish people(like what does that have to do with being against the Israel government? The Israel government will probably bomb their own people just to get to hamas. But y'all only then show "fake worry" for jews when the Israel government shows little signs of caring for them. Outside of that you guys hypocritically justify their violent deaths and harass people that just want their loved ones back?). I've seen videos of radical liberals spitting on Jew protesters who have only been singing peacefully for their loved ones(they've been persecuted for ages they are allowed to AT LEAST mourn). My point is that I'm against both hamas and the violence of the Israeli government. My point is that a great deal of civilians on both sides have been wanting the death/and complete termination of the other side. My point is that taking a stance with either form of government/leadership is contributing to the support of genocide. Feeling more sympathy for civilians that have lost more is not wrong. Obviously that's where your attention should be. But saying this issue is not complex and immediately taking a side IS genocidal thinking giving the stance/ideals of most people on BOTH sides. Saying this issue is not complex and turning it into something that is not(racial issue) to justify your genocidal stance IS anti-semitism. Both sides have been radicalized but they don't deserve death. People just want to live.

[werewolf-cuddles]

Just saw a CatCF rp blog promo that ended with "anti-roald dahl" and I'm just like...

You do know he's been dead for over 30 years right? How is this not the most performative shit?

[capna-honey]

I love greek era kratos as much as the next guy but I would be lying if i said he doesn’t remind me of a skinhead nazi