#i'm just a partti

[mememan93]

ooouuygh work first aid training gonna make me pass out

[mothsface]

laying on my bed scrolling under my arm begins to feel wet from numbness.. .sleepy. i spend all my time outside doing stuff and things and i need a rest for a little while but i habe to go to a party tomorrow but i just wanna rest but thr partty id for ME ugh I'm going to just hide and play pokemon like I'm 12 again

[thevibrantcolor]

*sighs deeply* i'm going to regret this so much but i'm picking this up.

first of, i want to begin by saying i don't 100% agree with op either. israel as it is is an apartheid state. the fact that palestinians in the wb are under military law while jewish settlers are under civil one makes it a fact. and i do support at the very least a 2 state solution, land exchange, and dismantling of all settlements. factually, according to the most recent palestine/israel Pulse survey in 2023, only 23% of palestinians support for a democratic one-state solution (i know it looks like trash, but this is the official Pulse site https://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/928). so pushing for a one state solution land-for-all right now seems to me like pushing what westerners want onto a conflict in which they spoke over natives enough. you can't separate the complete disinterest in what actual palestinians want from orientalism and western-centrism.

onto your main arguements: jews have always been present in the levant generally and in palestine specifically. this isn't a debate it is a fact. look up hevron, safed, jerusalem or just generally jewish presence in the area after the roman expulsion. jews were always there, only in lower numbers, so the whole "weren't even there for 2000 years" agruement immediately falls apart.

even if you meant the majority weren't in the levant you are wrong again: according to a survey conducted in 2005, 61% of jewish israelis identified as either mizrahi or sephardi (though to be entirely fair by 1995 the israeli government stopped doing these statistics, from what i can gather bc too many households were mixed by that point). either way, that arguement falls too.

how about the "there are no genetic links anymore!!!!" even if we put aside that most arguement i see based on these are straight up race science, wrong again: 1, 2 , 3 , 4, and even this paper that focuses on the european part of the ashki genome says they are also levantine 5. two seconds of google would have shown you that. we are 10 months in to this cruel, stupid, avoidable war and the malicious wave of antisemitism that came with it. at this point you have no excuse for spreading Khazar Theory garbage.

simply put, to say that jews are not connected to the levant generally and palestine-israel specifically is ahistoric, anti-intellectual, unscientific and is based on ignorance and bigotry. specifically here, antisemitism. i could go into archiological findings but that would take an additional 2000 years, and frankly, i already put too much time and energy writing all of this.

but by far, your most malicious, ridiculous argument had to be the good ol' "if they weren't there of xyz amount of time then they are not native anymore!!1!@!" even putting aside allll that i wrote, how most jewish holidays are specifically about the land of yisrael (passover, shavu'ot, tu-bishvat, sukkot, tu-b'av) or are directly connected to it (hanukkah, l"g ba'omer, tisha b'av) what you are basically saying is that nativity has an expiration date. what, if native americans are banned from their ancestor's land for another 400 years they'll be occupiers for moving back? what, if jews were force to flee on mass into israel 400 years earlier they would have still been natives (tm)? no. the nativity of jews is unquestionable just like the cruelty of israel is now. the nativity of jews does not grant them moral immunity, neither does it inherently grant one to palestinians. it is an arguement that both pro- and anti-israelis need to throw to the nearest trash can.

final word before i go, as a half-afghan jew, there is no myth that i loath more than that of the the happy dhimmi. my family was not forced to flee afghanistan in the early 30's because of israel. iraq and surya and other muslim countries didn't create a nazi partties in the 30's and 40's and lynched jews because of israel. the expulsion of almost every single jew out of the levant, along with lynching, segregation and property theft cannot be simply placed on israel. this happened because of antisemitism embedded within the society. you are also welcome to open google about antisemitism in the arab world. in conclusion: ceasefire now, the gov of isreal belongs in jail, jews are native to the levant, nativity doesn't have much to do with morality, read about the subjects you talk about or be rightfully called an antisemite.

"Do you support Israel?"

I don't know - what do you mean by "support Israel"?

Do I support Israel's current war in Gaza? No.

Do I support Israel's right to get its citizens back? Yes.

Do I support Israel's settlements in the West Bank? No.

Do I support Israel's right to exist? Yes.

Do I support Israel's current government and leaders? No.

Do I support Israel's right to defend itself? Yes.

So I dunno, do I "support" Israel or not? What about Palestine?

Do I support reparations for Palestinians in the West Bank? Yes.

Do I support Hamas? No.

Do I support Palestinians in Gaza being free from war? Yes.

Do I support Hamas' violence against Israeli citizens? No.

Do I support Palestine's right to exist? Yes.

And then there's this...

Do I support the destruction of Israel? No.

Do I support the destruction of Palestine? No.

Do I support a world where Israelis don't fear death? Yes.

Do I support a world where Palestinians don't fear death? Yes.

The only way to achieve actual peace in the region is to support peace between Israel and Palestine. You cannot get this if you destroy Israel OR Palestine.

[hollowscreekmuses]

"I mean, huh--" he doesn't want to bring down the mood, she just seems so bubbly and happy, he doesn't want to be a partty pooper, which he has been a lot lately, "Okay, let's just say...I'm getting used to the--not being so normal anymore, So it's a bit--hard for me to--open up to all this," he says gesturing around them, "When most my life went about with just--normal stuff," honestly he'd still find himself hoping, whising for normal. "I--do like the magic though."

Avery smiles, her enthusiasm is honestly adorable! she's cute, "Oh! I--I'm not sure I'd call it fun, nothing like what you did, I'm just-huh--I'm just a werewolf--" which to him was already a lot! "I was having a hard time huh--cooping so a friend told me about this place, figured I'd...come and find more people like me, y'know?"

~~*~~

"That's good though," Logan latched onto what he was saying with fervor, "Being normal is boring. It's much cooler here. Yea, there's always something going on. But honestly, there's always stuff going on everywhere, right? At least here, it's magic."

She loved that she was from here. Loved the town, the people, the fantasy, the mystery. It was her favorite part of her life. She never understood why people got so stuck in their heads about it. "Of course you dig it," she laughed and shrugged, "So what brought you to us then? What fun stuff can you do?"

[hollowscreekmuses]

"Shit, man" Avery chuckles, "That's really not something you want to be caught doing," he laughs a bit shaking his head, "Best stick with the skate then, bud, we don't want you ending behind bars, and if you ever need a ride, just ring me up, whenever my crappy car is done, anyway." "Yeah, songs about parttying and shit like that, those are fun, yes, I've help produce some very cool songs, but they never speak to me as well as something I can relate to,you know? I'm a lyrics kinda guy, even though I kinda suck at writting," Avery chuckles, just another thing he got from his dad, the passion for music, but for the songs that made sense to them. "He's a very smart man, when it comes to music anyway," Avery can't help to laugh, he loves the man, but sometime he was a little too silly, "My other dad got the brains, they're the kind of couple that--complete each other, you know?" he smiles, God, he really missed those guys. "Oh yeah! I can see where you're coming from, hopefully we can find ourself a good lead singer in the mean time if we do get the gig I can fill in singing just--" he chuckles a little, pushing the hair out of his face, "I don't really like the attention, so I may need you to save me if it gets too much," usually that was his cousin's job, but he wasn't there, was he? "Sure, we'll pick the songs and I'll make some arragement if need be to fit both the guitars," he offers, it was probably not hard for him, that was part of his job. "Ooh, yeah--fuck, I suck at names so bad!" Avery laughs, "Do you have any suggestions? we can write down a few and the vote on the best one,that's cool man, that would help, you always find college kids willing to play, Oh, my friend Willow is possibly getting me a gig, so I'll let you know if that works out? maybe you can join even if the band is stil not fully together. I'm sure we can both put on a good show."

“I guess,” they shrugged.  For Tony, they didn’t want to go through the ordeal of a test right now.  Especially when they have been working on their GED with Tyler and that wasn’t going as planned.  “Yeah, like I get that.  I like driving, but I got in trouble before for driving without a license and my dad said next time I will be in big trouble.”

Tony listened to Avery speak about writing music and writing from personal experience.  “I mean, I guess that is true.  All the best musicians have written songs from things they have experienced.”  Still, a lot of what the other was saying quickly went over their head.  It was a lot to take in, they just thought they would start playing together and everything would fall into place.  “No worries, sounds like your dad knows a lot.”  They nodded, “yeah, I think a chick would be great.  Kind of like Stevie Nicks brought Fleetwood Mac to fame, or The Distillers are really awesome.  Plus, it would balance all of us out.”  Not that it really mattered to Tony, they figured gender didn’t matter when it came to the band.  “Yeah, then count my brother in.  He’s a bit of a drag since he started work and all.  But he can do it.”  They nodded, “cool, now we just need a band name so that we can do the flyers.  I also hangout at the college a lot, so I can talk to some folks.  Oh, and we need a place to practice and probably set up some kind of gig.”

[ravenspeakmuses]

"That's me, I'm full of surprises," Faith grins, maybe even more surprises than what he thought, or anyone to be honest, only a couple knew what she was and she'd like to keep it that way. "Do you think I'd miss the partty of the year? plus," she smiles, lokking around for a few second, she turns to Fitz, "I do work here, well, I did before it went down in flames and plan to come back once it opens again," she tells him, not like that's a secret or something she can't share. "Don't push your luck, boy," Faith teases as she takes his hand, "Everyone else is just a little too boring or too focus on their dates," she shrugs, "And I don't so crushes, babe, sorry to dissapoint."

The Englishman noticed the woman coming and turned his body to face her, a ready smile that dimpled his cheek visible. "Oh yeah, colored me shocked you're in attendance," he told her, laughing. "A delightful surprise, though. Nothing about you quite fits the box, does it?" he cocked his head as he considered her. Fitz thought she had quite a few interesting quirks to her so far. "GASP," he clutched his chest, "you mean you want to spend time with me?" With a chuckle, he sat aside his drink and held a hand out for her, "You will not find me shirking good fortune. But be careful... I'm starting to think you got a wee crush on me."