Whenever I see people talk about how they wish there was an explicitly antizionist fedi instance I can’t help but chuckle a bit.
Start one. And come back to me in a year if it’s still up. Cause it 100% won’t be. The issue isn’t Zionism that people have on here, it’s Jews in general. They hate us regardless. There have been numerous explicit antizionist leaning instance on the fediverse that have been ran off here because they didn’t sit there and take explicit antisemitism, and by nature of calling out antisemitism they were accused of being Zionists.
I literally don’t even talk about Zionism and have explicitly criticized the Israeli government and shared viewpoints that are highly against the grain of most American Jewish society, yet I still get treated like shit. I call out antisemitism, and people still brand me a zionist as a result.
This is why I’m highly suspicious of the intentions of the people piling on to attack babka. Many of the fediverses top antisemites is sharing that fediblock post for a reason and it’s not because they give a shit. You’re being played for fools.
You could quite literally make an instance that bans any support of Zionism in any capacity and the moment you try to even politely tell people to not be antisemitic you will be branded a secret Zionist and attacked. This is not hyperbole.
Similarities between how leftists engage in antisemitism and anti asian racism from what I've seen:
Considered non-white when its convenient, and whitewashing when its not.
Model minority myth and being seen as too successful to be meaningfully oppressed.
Our culture and historical traumas are used when its convenient as blatant tokenization, but we are loudly shouted over and disregarded when we talk about the issues we face today.
When we face oppression or violence..... crickets! Until we're dead that is.
VERYYY hot take but a lot of people on here are far more privileged than they seem to realize or are willing to admit. this is even a thing ive witnessed some jews on here do as well.
im a disabled queer jewish man from the south. i am visibly jewish both with stereotypical ashkenazi jewish features and wear a kippah. my jewish identity is visible to the world, and it has placed my life in danger at numerous times in my life even before i was a practicing jew. i have had to hide my kippah numerous times or just nod along with people being extremely antisemitic due to the risk i was placed in. my synagogue has faced numerous violent threats and recently faced a bomb threat. ive been to synagogues in the south and had to be escorted by armed guards there, not because i wanted to but because without them being present people would literally firebomb the synagogue and have done so before.
i see people talk about stuff with a level of privilege that is very visible and its infuriating. i do not have the luxury to just leave my state, and whenever you say that "oh just let the south secede" you are basically sentencing me and those around me to our demise
or when i see people talk about just not voting over frustration with the government. ive been consistently failed as a low income southerner by my own government and have had to fight a broken system at numerous times. but just.... refusing to vote? for such absurd reasons? just reeks of so much privilege its unreal. if you think shit is terrible, just fucking wait under fascism!
or violent revolution.............. when people see the opportunity to massacre me and my community they will and i highly doubt people will step up to protect us.
my jewish community is so small that it is the only option with the nearest option being available nearly an hour and a half away.
my synagogue is so small it does not have a full time rabbi. and we are often excluded from larger jewish events due to our congregation being mainly led by volunteers. but its the only choice i have, and being able to go there and have a small amount of jews to interact with is something i value.
i have witnessed and experienced antisemitism and homophobia all my life and it has impacted me at numerous points of my life.
im not saying that its not worth advocating or arguing for things to be better, but so much of the way people talk about stuff here just feels extremely dismissive and privileged in so many gross ways.
like, the KKK is active in my state! and i have to be mindful of that quite a lot!
i cannot eat kosher due to being unable to afford it, and many aspects of jewish living i just cant participate in because it is just too expensive to.
i have to exist with the dynamics that people assume because im jewish im wealthy or have a lot of money, whilst dealing with many aspects of jewish worship having a "pay to pray" aspect to it due to the ritual nature of judaism.
a giant issue with my community that is the elephant in the room is that in ideal circumstances, there would be no cops remotely near a synagogue. none. i have an extreme distrust of police for very obvious reasons but there is no other option to provide us protection. many communities in the south like mine cannot afford armed guards, and even though it exists with the fact that police and law enforcement often is heavily associated with antisemitic organizations there is pretty much no choice but to rely on them for protection. we know that police are not our friends. its pretty obvious. and it sucks as we also have to grapple with the very real fact that cops present makes black jews unsafe.
but no one is willing to offer protection otherwise. what is the option? let people firebomb our synagogue and just deal with it? let nazis break into our building and ransack the place? just pray for the best and be at the mercy of the people around us who actively present a real threat to us? i dont really know what the alternative is quite honestly.
this isnt even a bunch of jews being paranoid either, in the south there is very real threats to our lives we have to deal with.
Granted, there are many things in this world that have more value than billionaires but cute animals? Absolutely. Far more positive contribution to society.
no, mastodon.social is not mass banning pro-palestinian speech. they are banning people for being antisemites and engaging in holocaust inversion as well as breaking german law.
@puppygirlhornypost im wondering if i would do self published or if i could actually get it published if i wrote it and begin a career as an author :normal_epic:
the content warning says it all. i have made it a tradition to name my kidney stones moving forward. if my body is gonna make them, i might as well give it the evil recognition it deserves.
my giant one i had to get removed was named Betty. what should Betty's new sibling be named?