#my main takeaway is that you can stand up against antisemitism and Zionism & it’s irresponsible not to | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

p0ison-moon · 2 years ago

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(this is petty and unreasonable of me but also it’s real feelings so whatever) gosh I just love the cycle of antisemitic thing happens ➡️ all my goy friends put one (1) thing on their Instagram story about and don’t mention it ever again or ask me if I’m okay ➡️ the post they shared is from some Zionist org that thinks Palestinians don’t have the right to organize and advocate for themselves and call out Israel etc etc or whatever ➡️ I get angry but don’t say anything because I’m always the angry anti-Zionist and also the angry Jew and I don’t want them to feel like they’re never going to be good enough for me ➡️ repeat

#mercy.txt #it’s like I don’t know how to approach anyone about this #I’m too nice and they don’t listen or take it seriously #or I’m too mean (translation: I’m firm and honest) and it feels like they resent me for scolding them #meanwhile I see all these mediocre takes about Zionism every day and it annoys me #as Jews we do not get to absolve ourselves from our involvement with Zionism just because it’s uncomfortable #like. it’s not up to you to finish the job but neither are you free to withdraw from it. you get what I mean?#this isn’t fully our mess but that doesn’t mean we get to ignore it & never talk about it #I know so many Jews who say they agree with me but won’t actually stand up and say that Loudly.#I know that conflating Judaism with Zionism is a massive problem but it’s like this:#Judaism ≠ Zionism but as Jews we’re still obligated to call out injustice when we see it #especially when it’s happening in a place that’s meaningful to us & being done by other Jews #like לא תעמוד על דם רעיך #yes it’s inappropriate for people to bring up Israel the second we try to have a conversation about antisemitism #but the solution isn’t to say that we should never have to acknowledge Israel #(all while passively and quietly supporting Israel by not saying anything)#my main takeaway is that you can stand up against antisemitism and Zionism & it’s irresponsible not to #like it doesn’t even have to be an online thing I just want to see other Jews agreeing with me openly #I’ve had a grand total of one (1) Jew stand up with me in a meaningful way #and that was just a conversation outside of synagogue on Rosh Hashanah! it wasn’t hard!#anyways I’ll shut up now

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