#FALASTEEN HURRAH

[ladychlo]

[san8ny]

Gazans are resorting to eating grass btw.

[makethatelevenrings]

“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”

that’s an anti semitic dogwhistle fyi no one who supports Palestine supports hamas or uses their slogan that calls for the killing of all jews

it isn’t but thanks for showing YOUR antisemitism! Zionism is inherently antisemitic by ignoring and negating the Jewish diaspora and forcing all Jews to subscribe to the idea that they have to exist as one nation when many, MANY Jewish voices dissent against Israel. And you’re right, I don’t support Hamas. I support the right for Palestinians to live in their homes that were forcefully taken from them, as in the Nakba. Do I agree with Hamas’ methods? Absolutely not.

I do want people to know that I am an American who, albeit educates heavily on the topic of post-WWII colonialist states and American interventionism, I am constantly educating myself. While the scope of my degree and continual focus rests in Central and Latin America, the similarities between Israel’s attempted ethnic cleansing of Palestinians echoes heavily through the Global South who have all experienced the same attempts by western powers.

Furthermore, I find it interesting when you say “no one uses this slogan” when I have heard it frequently at protests all around the world in the past few days. But if it makes you feel better, I’ll change it just for you.

Falasteen hurrah.

[ladychlo]

They had names, they had faces, they had memories and people who loved them, they had plans and dreams and tiny little things that made them happy, they enjoyed the tea you enjoy, they danced to the music you dance to, they held hands, they loved, they swam in the sea, the sun kissed their skin as the rain touched it, they thought of the sky and they had their favourite food, they cried, they laughed, they will never ever be just number... Never forget. Falasteen Hurrah.

[makethatelevenrings]

ok here’s the deal:

I cannot bring myself to write kinktober right now. I cannot bring myself to write anything right now that isn’t bitter treatises about what I’m witnessing in the news. I cannot in good conscience sit here and post these things with full knowledge and recognition of the privilege I have to be able to ignore and turn away from things. Some people might rely on fandom to remove themselves from the barrage of news and tragedy, but I cannot bring myself to do that.

I’ve been pretty blunt about my political leanings before, but this isn’t politics. This is the right to live. 75 years ago, 750k Palestinians were forced from their homes and since then, the people of Palestine have lived in an open air prison and treated as less than human. Currently, we are witnessing an ethnic cleansing by Israel.

A nuclear power backed by western nations is performing a ground invasion against a population of 2.2 million people who are majority children.

So no, I won’t be writing kinktober. I don’t know if or when I’ll be writing for a long time.

Falasteen hurrah.