#he's not anti-semitic?

[mightyostanes]

Found this podcast on ancient Israel and the use of comparative religion to understand the Tanakh. Sounds great right? Well the host is a militant anti Zionist former Christian who constantly whines about 'israel's colonial ambitions' and 'israeli occupied Meggido', and 'happy Dhimmi'. To make matters even more insulting the guy seems to avoid directly naming Israeli and even Jewish scholars and tends to avoid their work. Even not naming any Israeli archeologists but naming literal British colonists who looted the place. Just another reminder that Jews don't control or own our history. Even during the iron age based on discoveries mostly made by Israeli Jews like Yigal Yadin, Ammon Ben Tor, Abram Faust, etc

[sbrown82]

Sounds like someone’s panicking!

[unopenablebox]

what do we think is the most low effort "observance" of "passover" i could do

[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.

[news4dzhozhar]

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

[nefretemerson]

anyway. someone lit Josh Shapiro's house on fire last night. very distressing news for me personally.

[snugglyporos]

// one thing that always gets me: Cleopatra is always depicted as Egyptian, and thus middle eastern...

But she was a Greek, of the inbred Ptolemaic dynasty, spoke greek first, and was entirely greek culturally.

So the real question is, is it racist to depict her as an 'eastern queen' when she was a greek, or is she just the first major case of cultural appropriation towards egyptian culture in popular culture since Shakespeare's day?

[queensabriel]

Kanye West is selling W H A T??!?

What the fuck timeline are we in

[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.

[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.

[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

[thewingedwolf]

twitter is so annoying with the “blue and jag are aligning with non white people finally” my comrade in christ they are aligned with each other and they’re both not white and also america is sitting right there.

also, i do find it just a tiny bit annoying to dismiss matt as just another cishet white dude like yeah he’s a hyper competent athlete who talks like a surfer but not only is he hard of hearing, he’s literally talked to everyone about how he’s been behind socially bc he doesn’t know what everyone is talking about and you can literally see him struggling to keep up and make alliances on the feeds because of his disability and the lack of accommodations surrounding it like!!!! there are in fact other axes of oppression that exist and disability is just as much of a factor in how you’re treated as gender, sexuality, and race.

[macroglossus]

man. the family reunion was great except for getting sick/being crazy but one shitty thing was that one guy came and he has historically been so weird and creepy.... he hit on my best friend when she came to the reunion when she was 15 (!!! went "oh i thought you were older ;) here's my snap hit me up when youre 18" after being weird) and also sort of hit on me even though we are RELATED. by BLOOD. and this year im the age he was when he hit on us (23!!!!) and firstly it's even more what the fuck because. like. come on we both had baby faces. and secondly i think he was trying to hit on me again?? i did my best to avoid him but at one point he caught me and was like "i want my next girlfriend to have food allergies ;)" because i was looking for a drink that didn't have gluten. like what the fuck girl firstly for obvious reasons and secondly because WHAT who even says that. why is that a desirable trait for you