I signed this, along with more than 160 Jewish leaders calling on #apple#disney#google & #amazon to stop doing business on Twitter. I encourage others to leave that platform & stop giving Musk any legitimacy by your presence. #antisemitismhttps://www.xouthate.org/
A word about #ADL: As with most organizations, I don’t agree with every position they take. But when Musk accuses the most organized voice against #antisemitism in the U.S. of costing him ad revenue, he is leaning on a most #antisemitic dog whistle (that Jews control the media) and he most definitely knows it. 1/2
“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross, and the New York Times Opinion section will say we are all overreacting.”
The #NYTimes once published an article saying that #Hitler wasn’t really that bad. He was just using #antisemitism as a way to attract followers & keep them excited about his #political campaign.
The NYTimes more recently published an article saying that #Trump isn’t really that bad. He is just using threats of #violence & #authoritarianism as a way to attract followers & keep them excited about his political campaign.
Well evidently things for the Jews have gotten very very very bad on the birdsite with musk literally blaming the ADL for #antisemitism. I can’t even wrap my head around this. But listen - we are the canary in the coal mine. It never ever ends with just us. AS WE KNOW.
Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist who previously served as US national security advisor under Donald Trump, said that Jews were willingly given to the Nazis and said there were no guards.
The #antisemitism directed at American Jews isn't only vile but it's also totally misplaced. Overwhelming majorities of us oppose settlements and favor the creation of a Palestinian state. Most of us hate Bibi and this Israeli gov. Israel ranks as our 10th most important issue, out of 14, in J Street polling.
It's fucking maddening. But I guess it's always the case that "dumb bigot" is redundant.
Over on Xitter, Elon praised a post blaming Jews for the Great Replacement written by a guy who said Hitler was right and all these liberals with big accounts are generating a bunch of revenue for him by castigating him for it on his own site.
DON’T LOOK AWAY. This is the hateful vitriol that the #Ottawa convoy left in its wake and that conservative politicians embolden. To anyone who still doesn’t see the link between antivaxx/anti-mask BS and white supremacy, #antisemitism, #bigotry, pay attention. I will not put up with receiving these threats alone. #EnoughIsEnough
Texas Observer has identified four neo-nazi's recently active in the #Dallas/Fort Worth area, associated with the hate group Goyim Defense League, two of whom recently appeared in a viral TikTok video taken at an area taqueria.
Antisemitic gaslighting is playing on infinite repeat
It is important to remember that many #Jews have dealt with #antisemitic gaslighting for years. It is isolating, traumatizing, and has pushed many of us out of friendships and activism circles. What is happening now has been going on for years, but now it has intensified and feels worse than ever.
And if a Jew tells you something is antisemitic, and your impulse is to search for some fringe Jewish source to “prove” they are wrong, don’t do it. Also don’t cite your “Jewish friends” as if that gives you authority to talk over us. Just don’t. #Antisemitism
CANADIANS, CALL THIS OUT. This is #antisemitism. It is anti-Black #racism, anti-trans #bigotry. This isn’t about health or education. It is #hate, stoked by white supremacists, organized in our country, targeting our school boards. It is a threat to all of us.
"The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case, however, we must arrest and slander them.
“We will not look back and regret this decision. Although we were wrong about not admitting women, abolitioning racial quotas, US involvement in Vietnam, and divesting from apartheid South Africa, we are confident that this time is different."
This instance handles, on average, 6.5 reports of antisemitism a day.
Why is that significant? It's significant because Babka already suspends individual accounts, and Limits entire instances.
Despite this, we deal with ~6.5 new antisemitic accounts per day.
And yet, if we look at the graphs from Fediverse Observer, the number of active users on the Fediverse has gone down!
So what exactly does that mean, if the number of antisemitic accounts continues to grow and the number of active users continues to shrink?
It means that the number of antisemites on the Fediverse is quite large, and what we're seeing isn't new antisemites as much as it is antisemitism being so normalized that people feel comfortable spouting hate, and that despite blocking or silencing thousands of accounts, hate continues to be emboldened.
"Elon Musk Wades Deeper into Antisemitic Propaganda - The CEO is helping to amplify a hashtag campaign against the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights group that combats hate speech"
Non-Jews: please understand that every Jewish friend and colleague you have is aware of (and likely scared of) Elon Musk’s increasingly bold support of antisemitic causes and actors.
We’re also seeing who is still posting about Musk’s businesses as though the two are completely unrelated.
"Let me speak plainly: It is not antisemitic to demand justice for all Palestinians living in their ancestral lands.
The activists who employ this language, and the politics of liberation, are sincere people; their cause is a legitimate and important movement dissenting against the brutal treatment of Palestinians that has been ongoing for 75 years. "
Anyone who conflates Judaism with Israel, you need to learn more. Many Jews - both religious and secular - reject the Zionist Project of Israel, and abhor its crimes as much as anyone. Please, no more #antisemitism
Calling the Jews "Settler Colonialists" denies that they are native to the region. It's a way to deny Jews their homeland by de-legitimizing Israel.
Calling it a genocide is a deliberate misstatements of facts, since the word "genocide" has specific and direct meaning. It's a means of demonizing Israel.
Calling for the destruction (or "forced reformation" of Israel to any other country formation through non-democratic means is directly calling for the death of 7 million (or half the world's) Jews.
This idea of "Jews interpret everything as antisemitic" is about as real as voter fraud in the US. It basically doesn't happen, but it's used to justify absolutely awful people and awful policies.
This narrative has a name, it's called "Weaponized Antisemitism" and it is indeed hateful and antisemitic as it says that Jews lie and manipulate to gain sympathy and wield power. It also says Jews can't be trusted on their own hate speech.
I read a Politico piece that referred to students walking out to demand a ceasefire as an “antisemitic incident.”
This stuff tells people that there’s no shame in being called an antisemite and that perhaps reports of real antisemitic incidents are overblown. Just makes the world more dangerous for Jews. #media#gazaprotests#antisemitism
Former Trump adviser blames Jews for dying in Auschwitz (www.jpost.com)
Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist who previously served as US national security advisor under Donald Trump, said that Jews were willingly given to the Nazis and said there were no guards.
Neo-Nazis Surged Into Central Florida And Found A Tough-Talking Sheriff Who’s Determined To Take Them Down (talkingpointsmemo.com)
Mike Chitwood is a second generation Philly cop who’s waging a “war on anti-Semitism.”...