lerni-esti-auxtisma
lerni-esti-auxtisma
a reluctant adult trying their best
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tryna figure my autistic ass out bc people keep helpfully telling me i need to learn how to deal with things as soon as i notice the signs so i don't crash and burn but no one wants to tell me how i'm supposed to figure out what those signs are bc i only found out recently and have been high key masking my whole life and just never fucking noticed the connections. also like. how to actually calm my brain down when i do. i know nothing, okay? apparently i've just been suppressing shit this whole time lmao
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 month ago
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Neurotypical people will teach you that it's rude to interrupt others, that you shouldn't talk over people, and then make fun of you your whole life for being "quiet" and withdrawn because you're waiting for a break in the conversation that never comes.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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Autism & Fluctuationing Support Needs Part 2
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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Just so we’re all clear, it is okay to miss people you no longer want in your life.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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Is your pro-Palestine activism hurting innocent people? Here's how to avoid that.
Over the last few days, I’ve had conversations with several Jewish people who told me how hurt and scared they are right now.
To my great regret, some of that pain came from a poorly-thought-out post of mine, which – while not ill-intentioned – WAS hurtful.
And a lot of it came from cruelty they’d experienced at the hands of people who claim to be advocating for Palestine, but are using the very real plight of innocent Palestinians to harm equally innocent Jewish people.
Y’all, we need to do better. (Yes, “we” definitely includes me; this is in no small part a “learn from my fail” post, and also a “making amends” post. Some of these are mistakes I’ve made in the past.)
So if you’re an advocate for Palestine who wants to make sure that your defense of one group of vulnerable people doesn’t harm another, here are some important things to do or keep in mind:
Ask yourself if you’re applying a standard to one group that you aren’t applying to another.
Would you want all white Americans or Canadians to be expelled from America or Canada?
Do you want all Jewish people to be expelled from Israel, as opposed to finding a way to live alongside Palestinian Arabs in peace?
If the answer to those two questions is different, ask yourself WHY.
Do you want to be held responsible for the actions of your nation’s army or government? No? Then don’t hold innocent Jewish people responsible for the actions of the Israeli army and government.
On that subject, be wary of condemning all Israeli people for the actions of the IDF. Large-scale tactical decisions are made by the top brass. Service is compulsory, and very few can reasonably get out of service.
Blaming all Israelis for the military’s actions is like blaming all Vietnam vets for the horrors in Vietnam. They’re not calling the shots. They aren’t Nazis running concentration camps. They are carrying out military operations that SHOULD be criticized.
And do not compare them or ANY JEWISH PERSON to Nazis in general. It is Jewish cultural trauma and not outsiders’ to use against them.
Don’t infuse legitimate criticism with antisemitism.
By all means, spread the word about the crimes committed by the Israeli army and government, and the complicity of their allies. Criticize the people responsible for committing and enabling atrocities.
But if you imply that they’re committing those crimes because they’re Jewish, or because Jewish people have special privileges, then you’re straying into antisemitic territory.
Criticize the crime, not the group. If you believe that collective punishment is wrong, don’t do it yourself.
And do your best to use words that apply directly to the situation, rather than the historical terms for situations with similar features. For example, use “segregation,” “oppression,” or “subjugation,” not “Holocaust” or “Jim Crow.” These other historical events are not the cultural property of Jews OR Palestinians, but also have their own nuances and struggles and historical contexts.
Also, blaming other world events on Jewish people or making Jewish people associated with them (for instance, some people falsely blame Jewish people for the African slave trade) is a key feature of how antisemitism functions.
Please, by all means, be specific and detailed in your critiques. But keep them focused on the current political actors – not other peoples’ or nations’ political or cultural histories and traumas.
Be prepared to accept criticism.
You probably already know that society is infused with a wide array of bigotries, and that people growing up in that environment tend to absorb those beliefs without even realizing it. Antisemitism is no exception.
What that means is, there’s a very real chance that you will screw up, and get called out on it, as I so recently did.
If that happens, please be willing to learn and adapt. If you can educate yourself about the suffering and needs of Palestinians, you can do the same for Jewish people.
Understand that the people you hurt aren’t obligated to baby you. Give them room to be angry.
After I made a post that inadvertently hurt people, some were nice about it, and others weren’t. Some outright insulted my morals and intelligence.
And I had to accept that I’d earned that from them.
I’d hurt them, and they weren’t obligated to be more careful with my feelings than I had been with theirs.
They weren’t obligated to forgive me, trust me, or stop being mad at me right away.
I’ll admit, there were moments when I got defensive. I shouldn’t have. And I encourage you to try not to, if you screw up and hurt people.
I know that’s hard, but it’s important. Getting defensive only tells people you care more about doubling down on your mistake than you do about healing the hurt it caused.
Instead, acknowledge that they have a right to be angry, apologize for the way you hurt them, and try to make amends, while understanding that they don’t owe you trust or forgiveness.
Be aware that some antisemites are using legitimate complaints to “Trojan horse” antisemitism into leftist spaces.
This is a really easy stumbling block to trip over, because most people probably don’t look at every post a creator makes before sharing the one they’re looking at right now.
I recently shared a video that called out some of the Likud and IDF’s atrocities and hypocrisy, and that also noted that many Jewish people are wonderful members of their communities.
I was later informed that, while that video in particular seemed reasonable, the creator behind it is frequently antisemitic.
I deleted the post, and blocked the creator. I encourage you to do the same if it’s brought to your attention that you’ve been ‘Trojan horse’d.
Fact-check your doubts about antisemitism.
Depending on which parts of the internet you look at, you’ve probably seen people accused of antisemitism because they complained about the Likud and/or IDF’s actions. So you might be primed to be wary, or feel unsure of how to tell what counts as real antisemitism.
But that doesn’t mean antisemitism isn’t a very real, widespread, and harmful problem. And it doesn’t mean many or even most Jewish people are lying to you or being overly sensitive.
So if someone says something is antisemitic, and you aren’t sure, I encourage you to:
A. Look up the action or thing in question, including its history. Is there an antisemitic history or connotation you aren’t aware of? For best results, include “antisemitic” in your search query, in quotes.
B. Understand that some things, while not inherently antisemitic, have been used by antisemites often enough that Jewish people are understandably wary of them. Schrodinger’s antisemitism, if you will.
C. Ask Jewish people WHO HAVE OFFERED TO HELP EDUCATE YOU. Emphasis on WHO HAVE OFFERED. Random Jewish people aren’t obligated to give you their time and emotional energy, or to educate you – especially on subjects that are scary or painful for them.
@edenfenixblogs has kindly offered her inbox to those who are genuinely trying to learn and do better, and I’ve found her to be very kind, patient, reasonable, and fair-minded.
Understand that this is URGENTLY NEEDED.
In one of my conversations with a Jewish person who’d called me out, they said this was the most productive conversation they’d had with a person with a Palestinian flag in their profile.
THIS IS NOT OKAY.
I didn’t do anything special. All I did was listen, apologize for my mistakes, and learn.
Yes, it feels good to be acknowledged. But I feel like I’ve been praised for peeing IN the toilet, instead of beside it.
Apologizing, learning, and making amends after you hurt people shouldn’t be “the most reasonable thing I’ve heard from a person with a Palestinian flag pfp.”
It should be BASIC DECENCY.
And the fact that it’s apparently so uncommon should tell you how much unnecessary stress and fear Jewish people have been living with because of people who consider themselves defenders of human rights.
By all means, be angry at the Likud, the IDF, and the politicians, reporters, and specific media outlets who choose to enable and cover up for them.
But direct that anger toward the people who deserve it and are in a position to do something about it, not random people who simply happen to be Jewish, or who don’t want millions of people to be turned into refugees when less violent methods of achieving freedom and rights for Palestinians are available.
Stop peeing beside the toilet, people.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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I was asked if I can make rebloggable version of this that isn't an addendum to my post about Jews and Palestinians having a shared homeland.
A Path To Lasting Peace/My Opinions
War is bad for everybody, Netanyahu and his cronies are criminals and need to face court, Likud are terrible, killing civilians is a bad thing no matter who or where they are, October 7 was a Pogrom and if you are incapable of excoriating Hamas for these murders and rapes then you are not a moral person.
The PLO are the legitimate voice of Palestinian national liberation with a vision for true democracy in a united West Bank and Gaza, and it isn't Pink-Washing to point out that under the Palestinian National Authority Government homosexuality is fully de-criminalised with an equal age of consent, and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation intends to make laws uniform in a West Bank and Gaza united under the PA... There are simply rights enshrined in law, for a myriad of communities under the PA, and the same is not true of Hamas.
Hamas are a terrorist organisation with a genocidal manifesto and support for the actions of Hamas are contrary to the welfare of the Palestinians living under their undemocratic rule, you can support Palestinian liberation without supporting Hamas.
With truly focused activism and pressure, I believe that peace and liberation is possible, but calling for the abolition of Medinat Israel is not that.
I believe that we do have an opportunity for a radical Peace establishing Palestinian statehood, where the Palestinian Authority Government and the Palestinian National Security Services are strengthened.
I believe that a part of establishing an effective and lasting peace requires that Israel build new towns within the internationally recognised borders of the state and repatriate Israelis living in west bank settlements, passing ownership of the west bank settlements to the Palestinian Authority Government with infrastructure intact.
I believe that at least for the foreseeable future, Security services for sites of key cultural tension should be administered by the UN Peace Keepers (blue helmets). At least until a joint policing operation can be formed, equitably, between both Nations.
I believe an economic union of Israel and Palestine would benefit the people of both nations, agencies facilitating right of return should be expanded to service both states, ensuring a right of return for Jews and displaced Palestinians to our shared homeland.
I am aware the Palestinian National Security Services need reform to facilitate the growth of (Palestinian) public trust.
Zionism is not a useful term to use in these political discussions, particularly if you aren't Jewish, because it can mean anything under the heading "a belief in the self-determination of Jews in our native homeland"
The choice isn't "support Hamas, or Support the Israeli government as lead by Likud"... You can call for an end to the war, and have a peace where the West Bank and Gaza united under a moderate government that cares for civilian welfare, and the strength of Palestinian National Security Services that are democratically beholden to the Palestinian population are bolstered.
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Ways to promote peace and help people who are suffering....
Uz's Charity Masterlist
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Also, the Western public focus on I/P is suspect considering that there are multiple humanitarian disasters and even wholesale genocides happening in the region, that few of you paid attention to before now, Armenia, Syria, Yemen, Sudan... All of these have been underway for months at minimum and even decades.
When there were no Jews, you ignored the news.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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So the situation is like this.
less than a century ago, the Jewish people lost at least 1/3 of our overall population
We have not actually recovered from this, never mind made up the population we could have gained without that loss
Approximately half of the Jewish population of the world currently live in the state known as Israel, usually not by choice
Most Jewish people, because we are a small people, know Israelis as friends, family, or similar close relationships
Most antizionist Pro-Palestinian neither-Palestinian-nor-Jewish* "activists" on this site see anyone who refuses to be okay with indiscriminate Israeli death as a "zIonist", because "revolutions require blood"**
Most Jewish people aren't actually okay with their friends or family dying; and even if they were, losing half of our population when we just lost a third is not something anyone would ever be okay with unless they reaaaaaally hated their people. And sure, they could leave, but no one would take them, because everyone hates Jews. So, death.
As such, these activists have decided to label the vast majority of Jews as "Evil Zionists", because - regardless of whether or not we actually support the existence of the state of Israel or what's being/been done to Palestinians - we refuse to celebrate or even condone needless Israeli death
I don't really care if this changes your mind or makes you realize that you're doing something wrong. I mean, for fuck's sake, I've said things like this before and it hasn't.
I just want to make it explicitly clear what these "activists" are doing and how it is blatantly antisemitic and, if not that, completely unfair. The vast majority of people who are labeled as zionist, or who end up on "zionist blocklists", are Jewish people who support Palestinian Liberation, but not indiscriminate Israeli death. Hell, most of the accused are anarchists, which literally contradicts zionism.
So maybe, use two cents of critical thinking, and realize what these "activists" actually want (Jewish death). Thanks.
*please note I am explicitly calling out non-Palestinian gentiles. Palestinians are allowed to want or say whatever because of the pain that has been inflicted on them and the suffering they are currently going through. They also don't usually do this shit bc they understand the nuance. But, ya know. Nuance
**apparently restorative, non-punitive justice doesn't apply here. Apparently we're supposed to celebrate indiscriminate bloodshed in the pursuit of revolution, even though the loss of life should be sad regardless of whether or not its necessary.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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once again, i want to draw attention to the gaza relief & recovery campaign. PCRF are working tirelessly to provide gazan children & their families with necessities (food, clean water, medical equipment/treatment & mental health support). donations to this campaign also contribute towards PCRF's long-term recovery initiative, which includes the planned restoration of healthcare facilities in gaza.
if you're in a position to provide financial aid for palestine, please consider making a donation.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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i do wholeheartedly believe that palestinians should be able to discuss the devastation zionism has caused to their lives. of course, that doesn't matter to people who follow a creed of "every jew is guilty until proven innocent & no jew can prove their innocence because they're all responsible for israel's actions"
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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IDF service is mandatory for israeli citizens. it is compulsory. you will be conscripted when you turn 18. there are exceptions and not everyone has to serve but these exceptions do not apply to the "average" person. if you are a child in israel you grow up with the expectation of serving in the IDF. this is presented as correct and necessary to you. most people do not see a problem because they are taught not to. i will also assume that most young israelis do not know what the IDF actually does until they join. not everyone who joins the IDF will have active service or be put behind a gun, but they will do some work for the IDF.
this is obviously fucked up. i think it also maintains the stasis that israeli society finds itself in. the leadership demands that the current system keep going, and if you're israeli the current system 100% has involved or still involves members of your family or perhaps even you. it creates a collective complicity. if you condemn the IDF and its actions it means you're condemning your own family. you can react to this with disgust and push away from it and therefore face social consequences or you can double down and justify and deny.
i do not take any of this lightly. the only reason why i do not have to serve in the IDF is because i was born abroad and live abroad. there is one piece of paper that stands between me having to choose between the IDF and Israeli military prison.
so no, the 18 year old teenagers who choose to go to prison rather than serving the IDF are not doing the "bare minimum." they are more personally impacted by everything going on there than most of you keyboard warriors will ever be and they are doing more and facing more consequences for it than you.
when they refuse to serve they are not only, on an individual level, refusing to take part in the IDF but they are challenging the entire system of conscription, the whole military complex of the IDF. perhaps others will see what they're doing and join them. perhaps they will demand a new norm. perhaps this will lead to changes that are helpful to everyone.
because despite the odds these teenagers are able to recognize what the IDF is doing and why it is wrong and then shoulder the very real personal consequences of LITERALLY GOING TO PRISON for refusing to take part in it.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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For a friend who wanted links to some posts I made about antisemitism, allyship, and how to support Palestine without being antisemitic—which is both possible and easy to do!
How do you know if you’re antisemitic?
How to be a good ally for Jewish people. I responded to a wonderful ask from @faggotry-enjoyer about how to be a better ally and to discuss Israel/Palestine with people who are inclined to distrust Jews due to unexamined antisemitism.
Important post about the dangers faced by Jews as an extreme minority. There are good examples in the reblogs and replies and tags—both of great ways for non-Jews to provide support as well as if antisemites denying their own antisemitism. Therese even one example of ways Jews can and do disagree with each other while remaining respectful without delving into antisemitism OR Islamophobia OR denying the rights and dignity of Palestinians. Jews can do this and so can non-Jews. But that can’t happen if people hate us too much to listen to anything we have to say.
The emotional toll of antisemitism on Jewish people.
Example of the death threats we get that are designed to make us look like bad guys.
If Jews can learn about the Holocaust in detail before we even reach the age of ten, you can and should too.
Don’t trust people who rely on bad sources. People do make genuine mistakes. Here’s an example of bad faith link sharing. Especially when Reblogging things. Even I don’t have time to always check every source in a post. Also, it’s possible that a link seemed legitimate when it was originally posted but the source is either no longer trustworthy or the OP got better at assessing sources. If an error in their original sourcing is pointed out, they should correct it publicly. If they are sharing a link as an OP they should always take time to be as responsible as possible.
There are plenty more posts under my #leftist antisemitism tag to look into about a variety of ways that antisemitism manifests in left wing circles.
Allies, please reblog with any posts you think relevant for a someone new to dismantling their antisemitism.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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Let’s put some numbers to Jewish fear right now.
In news that I’m sure will thrill all antisemites, it would take startlingly little effort to foment widespread violence against us and cause another genocide of the Jewish people.
I have had many fellow Jews express to me how overwhelming it is to see the rising antisemitism. I have seen many Jews express fear at being drowned out of public, online, and IRL spaces due to dangerously violent vitriol.
I have also seen people who claim to advocate for Palestine—especially western leftists—openly mock Jews who express this fear.
Finally, I and my fellow Jews have often expressed that, while we wholeheartedly support Palestinian freedom and self determination, it is exhausting to have to say so repeatedly, especially when we are trying to advocate for ourselves. This is not due to any latent or widespread hatred of Muslims, Arabs, or Palestinians. It is because we are an extremely maligned and marginalized minority that is fighting to be heard against strong, hostile forces that at best wish we’d shut up and at worst want us eradicated from the planet.
There is a disconnect about how much harm people can do to Jews by spreading antisemitism and refusing to dismantle their own internalized antisemitism—and everyone has internalized antisemitism. It is one of the oldest forms of prejudice in the world and is found in almost every single culture. It is as, if not more, pervasive than white privilege. Yes. You read that right. And if asked to elaborate, I will provide numbers on that to the best of my ability. For the purposes of this post, however, I want to focus on the global distribution of religious groups only.
Specifically, this disconnect is between Jews who are fully aware and feel the affects of this damage and goyim who simply do not comprehend our marginalization.
To help, let’s put some numbers to this. In this post, I’ll be using the Pew Research Center’s survey and findings on the Global Religious Landscape. This is the most recent data from a reputable source that I could find which surveyed every world religion at the same time. While the Jewish population has grown slightly in the intervening years, so have most (if not all) other religious populations around the globe. I wanted to use figures measured at the same time to avoid bias for or against any religious group.
For the purposes of this post, I will not be discussing folk religions or other religions. This is not because they are not important. This is because they are not a monolith and individual folk religions and other religions may have even fewer adherents per religion than Judaism. I am currently only focusing on religions and religious groups who have more adherents than Judaism.
In descending order of adherents, there number of people in the world belonging to these groups:
2,200,000,000 (2.2 Billion) Christians
1,600,000,000 (1.6 Billion) Muslims
1,100,000,000 (1.1 Billion) Religiously unaffiliated people
1,000,000,000 (1 Billion) Hindus
500,000,000 (500 Million) Buddhists
14,000,000 (14 Million) Jews
Reduced to the simplest fractions there are:
1100 Christians for every 7 Jews
800 Muslims for every 7 Jews
550 Religiously unaffiliated people for every 7 Jews
500 Hindus for every 7 Jews
250 Buddhists for every 7 Jews
Combined, there are 6,400,000,000 non-Jewish people in religions or religious groups (including religiously unaffiliated people).
This means that for every 7 Jews there are 3200 people in religious groups who outnumber us.
Jews are 0.2 % of the global population.
When we tell you that hate is dangerous, it is because…
It would only take 0.21% of 6.4 Billion people to hate us in order to completely overwhelm and outnumber every single Jewish person on the planet. In other words, only 67.2 out of every 3200 people.
And given how violent and aggressive people have become toward us in recent weeks, that doesn’t seem far off.
No, most Christians, Muslims, Atheists/Agnostics, Hindus, and Buddhists do NOT hate Jews.
But if even 0.21% of them do hate us, Jews are at a legitimate and terrifying risk of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
It is not possible for Jews alone to fight this rising tide of hate. There simply aren’t enough of us. And many of us are too scared to tell you the truth: if you don’t vocally and repeatedly stand up for Jews (and not just the ones you agree with) you will be complicit in the genocide that follows. Police your own communities.
Nobody acting in good faith is asking you to abandon Palestinians or their fight for self determination and equality in their homeland. All we are asking is for you to learn about antisemitism, deconstruct it in yourself, and loudly condemn it when it occurs in front of you. We are asking you to comfort us and not run away when we are scared or even angry at you. Because a lot of us are angry with you, because we are extremely scared right now and many of you are not helping us. Many of you are actively and carelessly spreading dogwhistles that further the global rise in hatred against us.
You can support Palestine AND avoid Islamophobia WITHOUT making antisemitism worse. But you can’t stop antisemitism by staying silent in the face of it. And if you don’t speak up, you will get us killed. Silence, in this case, is quite literally violence.
Many of us have armed guards posted at our synagogues and schools and community centers because of this. I certainly had times where my synagogue and school had to have armed security for our safety.
The only reason more of us haven’t died already is because we have millennia of experience in confronting this kind of hatred and guarding against it.
But in pure numbers, if you don’t speak up for us now, we don’t have a chance at survival without support.
So, what can you do, specifically?:
* Make a stand or public statement about condemning antisemitism without mentioning another group. Acknowledge Jewish fear, pain, and current danger without contextualizing it in someone else’s. It could literally be something as simple as “Antisemitism is bad. There’s never a reason for it. I won’t tolerate it in presence in real life or online.” If you cannot bring yourself to publicly make this statement, you should have a serious look at yourself to understand why you can’t.
* Learn about the six universal features of antisemitism and the many, various dog whistles affecting the global Jewish community
* Do not welcome people who espouse rhetoric that includes any features from the above bullet point in your community unless you are able to educate them and eliminate that behavior.
* Check in on your Jewish friends, regularly and repeatedly. Do not wait for them to reach out to you. They are scared of you. Even if you don’t have the emotional space to have conversations about antisemitism. Just send a message once in a while, unprompted, “Jfyi, antisemitism still sucks. I support you.”
* Redirect conversations about which “side” is “right” to how to attain peace. Do this by saying that this line of argument is not conducive to peace, and link to a well-respected organization not widely accused of either antisemitism or Islamophobia that is devoted to achieving a peaceful resolution, increasing education, or providing humanitarian aid to relevant affected groups—including Jews, Israelis, Palestinians, Muslims, and Arabs. You can find over 160 such organizations at the Alliance for Middle East Peace https://www.allmep.org/
* Look to support experienced groups without widespread and verifiable claims of prejudice against either Jews or Muslims or Arabs or Palestinians. Many of these organizations can also be found at the AllMEP link above. Avoid groups on the shit list as well as unproductive and harmful movements.
* Do not default to western methods of political demonstration. Specifically, protests are not useful in attaining peace in western nations at this time. Israelis and Palestinians can and should protest to the best of their abilities in Israel and Palestine so as to pressure their own governments. However, protests in western nations have proven to be poorly regulated and to further the spread of bigoted rhetoric and violence against Jews, Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians. Furthermore, there are nearly as many Palestinians in the world as there are Jews. It is extremely easy and common for the voices of bad actors and bigots on all sides to completely drown out Jewish and Palestinian voices and concerns at these events.
* Spend more time listening and learning than speaking and acting. Anyone who tells you this conflict is simple is someone who is lying to you. Take the time to learn the ways in which your actions and words can get people hurt before joining the fray.
* Stop demonizing Zionism as a concept, even if you disagree with it. Understand that it is a philosophy with many different movements that often conflict with each other. The Zionism practiced by Netanyahu and the Likud party is NOT representative of most Zionists or interpretations of Zionism. It is an extremist form of Zionism known as Revisionist Zionism.
* Don’t deny Jewish indigeneity to the levant. It doesn’t help Palestine and hurts Jews by erasing our physical and cultural history as well as erasing the Jews who remained in Israel even through widespread diaspora.
* KEEP THE HOLOCAUST OUT OF YOUR MOUTH
Things That Are Always OK
* Denouncing Antisemitism loudly and publicly
* Denouncing Islamophobia loudly and publicly
* Telling your Jewish and Muslim and Arab friends you support them and won't abandon them
* Elevating the work of respected, widely accepted people and organizations devoted to attaining peace for all, rather than just one group of people.
* Develop media literacy
* Understand what aspects of the current western leftist movements Jews are criticizing, rather than assuming our criticisms are motivated by hatred for Palestine or Palestinians.
* Expressing sorrow for civilian deaths regardless of religion or nationality.
* When you are not Jewish and you share a post about antisemitism from a Jewish person, please say you’re a goy. This isn’t because you’re not welcome to share. This is because it is indescribably comforting to know we aren’t just talking amongst ourselves and screaming into the void. Let us know you are supportive of us. It doesn’t mean that you or we hate Palestine or Palestinians or that we oppose their full and equal rights in our shared homeland.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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It is much easier to hate nazis and conspiracy theorists than it is to love Jews.
It is much easier to puff out your chest against a hypothetical, obvious villain than it is to help the real people they exploit.
I gently challenge allies to ask themselves today: "Where am I directing my energy? Am I putting in the work to show the world how much I hate nazis, or am I putting in the work to uplift Jews and Jewish voices?"
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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This is your reminder because some of y’all are fucking weird.
An adult who has high support needs is NOT the same as a toddler. A high support needs adult is NOT “functionally a child”
THEY. ARE. AN. ADULT.
High support needs people that are adults are fucking adults. Stop speaking of them like they aren’t. “Oh but they can’t do this independently and they act very childish” THEY ARE HIGH SUPPORT NEEDS. STOP IT.
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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I actually hate having my partners thank me for doing household chores. It took so much for me to do things when I was a kid, working through unknown ADHD and autism, and my mom was not helpful in the slightest (or much better than me honestly, like she didn't teach me HOW do to shit so I dunno why she thought she could talk).
And like, I'll do shit. But it just takes a little longer for me to like, get going. But soooo many times I'd be almost there, or have it on the to do list after what I was doing at the time, and my mom would be like "will you PLEASE do this thing already?!?!!!!" as if she had been asking me to do it for months now or something. And immediately I felt like Not doing it bc I had learned if I went ahead with doing it like I had Already Planned, she acted like the only reason I did was bc she had asked. And then would "thank" me in the most exasperated way like "was that so hard??"
Like yes it was actually, and now it's harder when someone asks me to do something I was already planning on doing even if they didn't know, so thanks for that, but like also now I have a whole thing I don't want to be thanked for regular household chores??? Like of course I'm going to do it?? I fkking live here.
HOWEVER. I do enjoy people taking excitement with me like the above when I pop up out of a hoard of dishes none of us wanted to do or a big cleaning project like "I FKKING FINISHED BITCHES, BOW DOWN" and everyone's like "OMG FKK YEAH". There's taking pride and sharing in, and having someone thank me for taking out the trash, especially when I'm the only one who does it, it just feels wildly different to me and one is bad lol
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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"Thou shall not kill (directed at Israeli soldiers)"
"Revenge will not bring security"
Anti-war stencil & sticker spotted in Jerusalem
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lerni-esti-auxtisma · 1 year ago
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The herit/ageposts "Zionist blocklist" isn't even an attempt at detailing actual Zionists on tumblr btw. hp literally just went into the notes of the posts on one satire blog they didn't like and copy/pasted the results in alphabetical order. with absolutely zero regards to what content is actually on the blog, or what any of those people actually think and feel about the issue.
Which means you could literally be a Jewish person who runs a blog about cats, be fully anti-Zionist, and be fully pro-Palestine. But if you like one meme about the rampant antisemitic disinformation on the internet rn, you can get labelled as an untouchable Zionist by one of the biggest blogs on this website. Remind me again how this is anti-Zionism and not antisemitism?
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