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irenespring · 3 days ago

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Fellow progressives: do not spread images with the red triangle

Possibly stepping on a minefield but what the fuck. Someone I follow just reblogged someone celebrating the Hamas red triangle and the post is full of notes saying people calling the red triangle antisemitic are just against Palestine and are colonialists.

This has also happened before with a mutual so it seems like something non-Jewish people just might not know: the red triangle---unlike symbols such as the Palestinian flag and the watermelon---is explicitly pro-Hamas. Not pro-Palestine, pro-Hamas. Hamas is the organization that singled out civilians rather than actual military targets in order to kill the largest number of innocent Jews possible. They committed mass atrocities ending in the largest slaughter of Jewish civilians in one day since the Holocaust.

You cannot be pro-Hamas without being antisemitic. You cannot spread Hamas symbols without having done an antisemitic action. So, don't spread the red triangle. It isn't pro-Palestine. It just makes your Jewish mutuals upset and uncomfortable around you.

#If you are the person that reblogged that image and do follow me---just delete the post #it's an easy enough mistake to make #i/p #israel #israel hamas war #politics #hamas #antisemitism #the red triangle #what makes photos of protestors spray painting monuments with the red triangle antisemitic is not the spray paint #it's the triangle #so claiming people upset about progressive blogs spreading the images and cheering is not just people mad at anything pro-Palestine #it is because that specific symbol celebrates not Palestine but the murder of Jews #and Jewish people don't like people celebrating the murder of Jews #because we are Jewish #I don't think it is too much to ask my non-Jewish mutuals to avoid this ONE THING #but anyway wish me luck everyone because ooof might be rough #nothing summons the antisemites like trying to educate people about antisemitism #I suppose it is too much to hope for people to just not be antisemitic #or for my miniscule follower base to mean I get no notes #dear antisemites---at least be interesting #I've gotten the standard antisemite shit before and it's quite frankly boring #Anyway I will blocking at the speed of light #And if you are being a special enough asshole I will remember you as one of the asshole enemies I got by being correct and not taking shit #and your attempt to upset me will only make me stronger and more powerful and more awesome to the people around me #this is maybe a good test for people who say they don't hate Jews: if this post makes you super mad #and makes you want to say antisemitic things at me and accuse me of just being an evil Zionist (read: Jew) and melt down #maybe take a moment to sit with that and consider whether you are harboring some internal biases against Jews #this is why some people who are like “fellow leftists check in on your Jewish mutuals” after Elon ring hollow #because if I see you reblogging the red triangle I will have a VERY hard time believing you when you say you care about antisemitism

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