#please slow down

[mitchmrner]

nhl free agency

[mzminola]

This is not a perfect analogy but I am making it anyway to try to convey what being online has been like for me lately.

Seeing people say "Oh, Jews are fine, I just hate zionists!" is like seeing "Oh, women are fine, I just hate feminists!"

Zionism and feminism are both very broad socio-political movements that have changed focus over time, that ostensibly have some very basic core tenets but you really need to ask the specific person you're talking to how they personally define it to be sure.

Both have been subject to legitimate criticism, and hostile reactionary bullshit. Had waves, sub-movements, splinters, people with damn near opposite views sharing the term and people with seemingly identical views rejecting it.

You can give working, broad definitions like these:

Feminism is the belief that all people should be treated equally regardless of gender, with a focus on women's rights due to systemic oppression.

Zionism is the belief that all peoples have the right to self determination and safety, with a focus on Jewish people finding it in Israel.

You can also give different definitions! Many people give different definitions! Many people also hold these beliefs but use different names for them for various reasons.

There are self-described zionists who are jingoistic, racist, etc, and who attribute those attitudes to their zionism. Just as there are feminists who are misandrist, bio-essentialist, transphobic, homophobic, and so on, who attribute those attitudes to their feminism.

There are also incredibly selfless, compassionate activists working for positive change in the world who consider themselves zionists and feminists.

It has been very jarring to see people, who I respect, uncritically reblogging posts or headlines that use "zionists" as a stand in for "bad people", just as jarring as it would be to see them sharing things that use "feminists" that way. Especially when those posts contain easily debunked conspiracy theories that I know you'd have seen right through if the OP said "Jews" but because they said "zionists" you swallowed it whole.

I am not asking anyone to stop sharing important information, petitions, news articles, resources, and so on. I am asking you to slow down and stop spreading inflammatory language that paints a broad socio-political movement for Jewish self-determination as inherently bad. The same way I would ask you not to spread inflammatory language that paints gender equality & women's liberation as inherently bad.

If the information is important, please look for other, more neutrally worded posts. Or verify the links yourself and make a fresh post! There is no situation online in which the only way to share information must be to spread such language.

[howlsofbloodhounds]

holy shit it’s September 1. only 6 more days..

[crookedchook]

I don't know who asked for all of these sadboys in pokemon recently, but holy hell has gamefreak delivered.

[diorgirl444]

me when the character ai is moving a bit fast

[aestophobia]

Not naming names but why is the line delivery in so many rtc productions SO FAST like bestie you can slow down the audience isn't going to run away

[nearlydeadartist12108]

Help?

Is there any way to see these 67 messages??

[tenpintsof-sundrop]

Food Network is already playing Christmas commercials and it's hurting my brain a little. Bro, slow the fuck down

[fawnshy]

tanks pulling wall to wall around a corner 500mph the moment they sense that the healer's sprint is on cooldown

[knight-in-sour-armor]

[rosewind2007]

A cri de cœur

Please slow down…

[yokonami]

The number of concerts I'm already planning to hopefully go to next year has me feeling like that meme with too many pancakes

[thewizardspinosaurus]

they started putting out the christmas stuff at work today like babes it's literally september

[mascwoman]

The audacity of an adult lesbian not liking fat women. Have you never fucking seen a woman age?

[voirists]

i really need life to install a pause button so i can take a fucking break without losing years of my life in the process

[deouxess]

nick cannon is literally fucking zeus oh my god.