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Again, you're not even addressing the point of my original post, jumping on conflating Israel with Jews. I can see why my post bothered you...

What really grinds my gears about Israeli and Israel supporters (and other Jews) getting upset that people sometimes conflate Israel and Judaism is that...Israel did this.

Don't get me wrong, random American Jews getting attacked in the streets is wrong because, what can they even do about it? But they should be mad at Israel for co-opting their religious symbol, being the first to equate Judaism with their country, using the good old anti-Israel equals antisemitism rhetoric and so on.

They have the right to be outraged at attacks on Jews all around the world but, as a Jew, you should be just as angry at the country that decided it was going to tie every random Jew around the world to them without even the chance for anyone else to opt in or out of this. They put the Star of David proudly on their flag, and then you wonder why some people would want to hold you, displaying a Star of David proudly on your necklace, accountable for what they are doing? Maybe they shouldn't have put the Star of David there to begin with.

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The Scandinavian Cross is a Christian symbol. But if you cant even be bothered to do a quick Google search, I struggle to take anything else you say seriously.

What really grinds my gears about Israeli and Israel supporters (and other Jews) getting upset that people sometimes conflate Israel and Judaism is that...Israel did this.

Don't get me wrong, random American Jews getting attacked in the streets is wrong because, what can they even do about it? But they should be mad at Israel for co-opting their religious symbol, being the first to equate Judaism with their country, using the good old anti-Israel equals antisemitism rhetoric and so on.

They have the right to be outraged at attacks on Jews all around the world but, as a Jew, you should be just as angry at the country that decided it was going to tie every random Jew around the world to them without even the chance for anyone else to opt in or out of this. They put the Star of David proudly on their flag, and then you wonder why some people would want to hold you, displaying a Star of David proudly on your necklace, accountable for what they are doing? Maybe they shouldn't have put the Star of David there to begin with.

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I dont particularly enjoy your tone, because I'm not on Tumblr to do homework. As you can see from this post having 1 note, I'm not even here to do much more than basically annotating my thoughts for myself, as opposed to dumping them in some poor fucker's comment section when a post bothers me.

Some interesting questions you could think about. Are you engaging with what I posted in good faith, or are you just trying to find a gotcha because you felt attacked?

Anyway, I'll play. The percentage of Jewish Israeli people doesn't matter. It's not what I was talking about. Even if it was 1 guy in charge making all those decisions, the only Jewish guy, and everyone else was worshipping shinto gods, my point would still stand.

State religion was the wrong term. You can always learn something new, especially if you're like me and English isn't your native language, and apparently the word I'm trying to translate doesn't translate well into English.

They aren't, today. No one even recognizes Sweden or Norway flags as Christian symbols, so your point is a moot point. In the past, I'm sure many European countries were trying to present themselves as the forefront of Christianity or any off-shoot religion they could invent to seize some modicum of power. Centuries from now, maybe the same thing will happen to the Star of David on the Israeli flag, even though the shape is more complicated than two lines crossing, so who knows?

I didn't say they should not be mad at those who are being bigots, more than one party can share the blame for something at the same time. If a certain country, with their actions, makes people worldwide targets of bigotry, you can absolutely recognize their faults while, at the same time, recognize that bigots are acting of their own free will; and can and should be blamed for their own actions.

How do YOU think linking a country to a whole religion (and, moreover, a religion that, unlike Christianity or Islam, is also synonym with a people) could be a good idea? Especially one country with dreams of expanding its own land through war. Everything they do, they do flying the flag bearing the religious symbol of a multitude of people that dont live there, don't have anything to do with them, can't in any way shape the country politics, and yet will be forever associated with Israel just because it brands itself as THE Jewish state, speaking for the Jews, using Jewish symbols and so on. You wanna be dense, but this was my whole point.

What really grinds my gears about Israeli and Israel supporters (and other Jews) getting upset that people sometimes conflate Israel and Judaism is that...Israel did this.

Don't get me wrong, random American Jews getting attacked in the streets is wrong because, what can they even do about it? But they should be mad at Israel for co-opting their religious symbol, being the first to equate Judaism with their country, using the good old anti-Israel equals antisemitism rhetoric and so on.

They have the right to be outraged at attacks on Jews all around the world but, as a Jew, you should be just as angry at the country that decided it was going to tie every random Jew around the world to them without even the chance for anyone else to opt in or out of this. They put the Star of David proudly on their flag, and then you wonder why some people would want to hold you, displaying a Star of David proudly on your necklace, accountable for what they are doing? Maybe they shouldn't have put the Star of David there to begin with.

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What really grinds my gears about Israeli and Israel supporters (and other Jews) getting upset that people sometimes conflate Israel and Judaism is that...Israel did this.

Don't get me wrong, random American Jews getting attacked in the streets is wrong because, what can they even do about it? But they should be mad at Israel for co-opting their religious symbol, being the first to equate Judaism with their country, using the good old anti-Israel equals antisemitism rhetoric and so on.

They have the right to be outraged at attacks on Jews all around the world but, as a Jew, you should be just as angry at the country that decided it was going to tie every random Jew around the world to them without even the chance for anyone else to opt in or out of this. They put the Star of David proudly on their flag, and then you wonder why some people would want to hold you, displaying a Star of David proudly on your necklace, accountable for what they are doing? Maybe they shouldn't have put the Star of David there to begin with.

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Mary Oliver, "From The Book of Time." Devotions

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Joy Sullivan, “If I Had a Hundred Lives to Live”, Instructions for Traveling West

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Unhealed Wounds Your Character Pretends Are Just “Personality Traits”

These are the things your character claims are just “how they are” but really, they’re bleeding all over everyone and calling it a vibe.

╰ They say they're "independent." Translation: They don’t trust anyone to stay. They learned early that needing people = disappointment. So now they call it “being self-sufficient” like it’s some shiny badge of honor. (Mostly to cover up how lonely they are.)

╰ They say they're "laid-back." Translation: They stopped believing their wants mattered. They'll eat anywhere. Do anything. Agree with everyone. Not because they're chill, but because the fight got beaten out of them a long time ago.

╰ They say they're "a perfectionist." Translation: They believe mistakes make them unlovable. Every typo. Every bad hair day. Every misstep feels like proof that they’re worthless. So they polish and polish and polish... until there’s nothing real left.

╰ They say they're "private." Translation: They’re terrified of being judged—or worse, pitied. Walls on walls on walls. They joke about being “mysterious” while desperately hoping no one gets close enough to see the mess behind the curtain.

╰ They say they're "ambitious." Translation: They think achieving enough will finally make the emptiness go away. If they can just get the promotion, the award, the validation—then maybe they’ll finally outrun the feeling that they’re fundamentally broken. (It never works.)

╰ They say they're "good at moving on." Translation: They’re world-class at repression. They’ll cut people out. Bury heartbreak. Pretend it never happened. And then wonder why they wake up at 3 a.m. feeling like they're suffocating.

╰ They say they're "logical." Translation: They’re terrified of their own feelings. Emotions? Messy. Dangerous. Uncontrollable. So they intellectualize everything to avoid feeling anything real. They call it rationality. (It's fear.)

╰ They say they're "loyal to a fault." Translation: They mistake abandonment for loyalty. They stay too long. Forgive too much. Invest in people who treat them like an afterthought, because they think walking away makes them "just as bad."

╰ They say they're "resilient." Translation: They don't know how to ask for help without feeling like a burden. They wear every bruise like a trophy. They survive things they should never have had to survive. And they call it strength. (But really? It's exhaustion wearing a cape.)

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- Andrea Gibson

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Three quotes from The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson, Malazan Book of the Fallen, book 6. Aside from deep discourses on everything from political philosophy to the nature of suffering, the book also has a couple scenes that moved me to tears for different reasons.

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— prtygal777

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are u ever sick w longing. and i don't just mean romantic longing. i mean longing for a place you barely get to see, longing for friends you no longer have, longing for feelings you might have left behind in your childhood, longing for creativity, longing for a rich and more expansive life, longing for less inhibition. longing for more passion. longing for ur life to be so incandescent w something it thaws all the frost in ur bones. are u ever so consumed w it it rends ur heart in two. do u understand me

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On Religion

Carrie, Stephen King // unknown // Sun Bleached Flies, Ethel Cain // unknown // God is made of hunger and I am made of dreams, Katie Maria

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One worldbuilding thing that's always fun to do is take something you've encountered in the real world, and apply something similar with the same logic into your own. Like those sayings that have two halves, but people usually only know the first half and misunderstand the saying - like "birds of a feather flock together (until the cat comes)" or "great minds think alike (but fools rarely differ)." So I came up with a few for The Book I'm Not Writing:

Hungry dogs are loyal dogs (until someone else feeds them) - neglecting and mistreating your underlings may work as a short-term tactic for making them obey, but it's also a guarantees that they'll betray you at first chance.

The mouth of an idiot is as loose as the strings of their purse (so be there when gold may drop out) - just because nine out of ten things that someone says are completely useless doesn't mean you should dismiss them altogether. They might still know useful things, even if they can't tell it's useful.

Blood makes a foul dye (it stains, but it won't last) - here "foul" is often interpreted as "brutal" or "gruesome", when it's meant as "of low quality". Using violence as your way to establish dominance and maintain authority because it's easier than building networks of mutual trust and respect is as stupid and short-sighted as using blood to dye clothes because it's cheaper than proper pigment.

A fool will starve to death while waiting for grain to grow (but it is also a fool who'll slaughter an ewe an hour before it lambs) - Immediate problems require immediate solutions, but you'd better make sure that your drastic emergency solution is the right one.

A blind horse will go as you guide where a half-blind one dare not (both through the darkness and down a cliff) - an agent who doesn't know the purpose of their task will obey blindly, where one that knows some part of it might disobey out of distrust, but neither is as reliable as one that does see the big picture, can draw their own conclusions from the information they gather, and adjust their plans accordingly.

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the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself

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good morning everyone, lets ravage this world and rend it undone

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Dont be very woried about me since i deserve all of this

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“let’s run away together” trope fucks me up bc it’s almost always doomed. but what if it’s not this time.