#disclaimer: i am not jewish

[faggotry-enjoyer]

yknow what i think it's pretty fucked up that my instinctual reaction to hearing any mention of the holocaust is to brace myself for antisemitic talking points. in discussion about a jewish genocide.

holocaust inversion, universalization, minimalization, and denial are inexcusable in any context, and the fact that they've become this common is appalling on every level.

[conduitandconjurer]

So, specifically as s a supporter of Palestine and its culture, I am BEGGING y'all to please vet your sources of information and activism on behalf of the people of Gaza for antisemitic trends. Yes, really, I know that may seem peripheral to the cause, but please consider. I am not trying to center Israel here. It's tragic, but antisemites are using valid critiques of the Israeli government's horrible policies to sneak in hate for Jewish people, many of whom have no control over or support for the war. To those of you who have already been actively learning about this awful war, this may seem obvious, but keep looking closer. Keep interrogating. Take nothing for granted.

Please also research and be self-reflective about the way that you use terminology; "I don't hate Jews, I just hate BAD Jews (insert: Zionist and/or white-passing here)" is actually not sufficient justification for skimping on your research.

Please, as a part of this, educate yourselves on antisemitic dogwhistles. Here's the ADL Database, which contains some of the louder ones. Here's the AJC list, if you're in America. Here's a useful essay on finding it RIGHT HERE on social media (more on TikTok snd its ilk than Tumblr, but still). You'd be shocked; I, who am not Jewish but who thought I was reasonably enlightened, certainly was.

Think of it this way: If you're seen spreading misinformation planted by people whose task it is to hate, then it will reduce the efficacy of your advocacy for Palestinians (more than half of them children whom the Israeli government is literally starving). Don't become unwittingly complicit in oppression, and don't target one marginalized population for the benefit of another. No one involved in this crisis wants that.

[t4toro]

hey sorry but they goyified your inherently jewish written character. yea. yea no they tried catering to a wider audience. yea they made him scorf down a pile of bacon. i’m so sorry

[phoenixyfriend]

Things that continue to astound me a little: people who want to vacation in NYC or Long Island not knowing how important bagels are to us. So...

* tri-state here means NY, NJ, and CT (but if you consider yourself in the NYC metro area, you can fudge it a bit) * North America here is USA and Canada

If you're curious about the history of the New York Bagel, here's the fifteen-minute mini video essay that got me thinking about this topic.

This post was inspired by the fact that several friends who have visited NYC, with me playing tour guide, and more than one has been confused at why I insisted on the bagels as part of the experience.

[afrenomes]

Going through the notes of that post because I hate myself for some reason and I’m about to fucking scream

Putting this word and any iteration of it on the highest shelf til goyim actually learn the definition and history of it and how it’s used in antisemitic dogwhistles

[captain-harpo]

I really like the comparison of the Brides of Dracula to Christian nuns, which I hadn't really gotten before today's entry. But it makes sense--the Brides referring to Mina as "sister," Mina's ambiguous certainty that her "husband" is making his way towards them. The idea that a blood exchange can basically constitute a marriage continues over from earlier in the book when Van Helsing laughed at Lucy's funeral, which would make Mina "married" to Dracula; and, I mean, nuns take the sacrament (right?), which includes the blood of Jesus.

All this is to say that Dracula becomes an anti-holy Jesus, delivering people away from God. His nuns (brides) are similarly perverse, as instead of donning the nun's chaste habit they become more erotic in their service to Him.

[spider-sideblog]

A continuation of this series

[haberdashing]

I know I'm far from the first to compare what's happening in Gaza to the Holocaust, but I visited a local Holocaust museum today and one particular comparison struck me that I haven't seen much talk about.

See, people say that Gaza's like the Holocaust, because... genocide, and then the other side goes "nuh-uh, this isn't like the camps at all!"

And there's some truth to that. This is not the systematic mass murder of the gas chambers and death camps, nor is it the forced labor until death found in the work camps.

But there's another, much better-fitting Holocaust parallel here, if you just look slightly earlier in the timeline of genocide there.

See, here's the situation in Gaza, as I understand it:

The people in power ("oppressors") have decided that a certain race of people ("oppressed") within one specific part of the land they control cannot be trusted. This decision is, ostensibly, linked to various horrible crimes committed against the oppressors by individuals within the oppressed class; the truth behind the alleged crimes is arguable, but suffice it to say that even if the worst claims are true, they still do not even come close to justify subjecting an entire race of people to the ensuing mistreatment in return.

So, the oppressors designate one specific piece of land to be an area for the oppressed race to live by taking away their right to own property or even just to exist outside of that bit of land. A bit of land that, mind you, really isn't big enough for the population of people being forced to live there, inevitably leading to overcrowding and various resultant problems. The oppressors know this; they just either don't care or actually desire the suffering caused by this overcrowding.

Walls are built around this piece of land. The identification papers for all of its residents clearly signify that they are of the oppressed race, and that their civil liberties are to be curtailed because of it. Passage of people to and from this piece of land is heavily restricted, as is the movement of goods of all kinds in and out of its walls.

The exchange of information in and out of the land is restricted to some extent, too, but this isn't as easy to enforce as preventing escapees--and even there, the odd escape does happen too. The bigger piece of the puzzle regarding why people don't speak out about the oppressed being mistreated is the oppressors' propaganda machine working hard to ensure that people just... don't look too closely. Because who cares about the suffering of those people, anyway?

So, the most straightforward means of outright genocide from here are either attacking the residents of that small piece of land directly or forced movement so they can be slaughtered--sorry, "resettled"--elsewhere. But the quieter, more subtle method of genocide is just... preventing food and other essentials from passing through those walls, letting the overcrowding get worse and worse over time, denying medical treatment and other humanitarian aid to the oppressed people in desperate need of such assistance, and then sitting back and watching them slowly die off.

So no, Gaza isn't the camps. That much is true.

Gaza is the ghetto. Israel just remade the Warsaw ghetto.

Then they're surprised and outraged when the people of Gaza engage in even the most minor acts of rebellion in response, even as Israelis sing the praises of the Warsaw uprising in that other ghetto less than a century ago.

[fitgothgirl]

Just purchased! (Second pic is a sticker 10-pack)

[gods-no-longer-tread-here]

me explaining why the way Christians treat Jews is nearly identical to the way neurotypicals treat neurodivergent people, especially in ways that I as an autistic/ADHD person am familiar with: It all comes down to a fundamental difference in how we view Curiosity, see? Christians hear an argument about the Bible and get freaked out because the curiosity is weeded out of them early; they're forced to follow a route through life that caters to them in a way that discourages looking anywhere but the direction they're pointed. Questioning your priest feels like questioning the foundation of society, because Christianity is an oppressive cult. Meanwhile Judaism is built on questions, on clarification, on, dare I say, communication. Jews have been arguing over the Torah and the Talmud since the beginning, there is a very strong emphasis on learning in every Jewish community, and Gd Themself stopped speaking to Abraham the moment he obeyed without question. The moment the father of Jews stopped being Curious or following his own moral compass, he was no longer worthy of direct communication with Gd. This is similar to ableism because neurotypical people are rewarded for simply Following The Rules without asking why, and there is a deeply entrenched framework for neurotypicals that lessens the need for curiosity. Neurodivergent people, especially autistic folks, do not fit in that framework, because our brains aren't wired for it. We thrive in communicating and clarifying, in parsing things into categories, and then rearranging those categories as we learn more and our world changes. And we do Not abandon our morals easily, not for anyone. Judaism isn't a neurodivergence, obviously, but the way other people react to Judaism and neurodivergence is so similar. Do you see? Do you see now?

my long-suffering mother: ...so is that a yes to Chinese for dinner?

me: oh yeah no doubts there, can I get orange chicken?

[gay-otlc]

Being Jewish in progressive spaces means that you're on high alert any time someone around you brings up Israel and if you participate in this conversation? You are fully expecting to be harassed about it.

[smouldring]

i need to do up a post with the moses comparison so soon.

[just-antithings]

Not strictly an anti thing but

So many people say "punch nazis" but you never see these same people uplifting Jewish voices or standing against antisemitism

It's...interesting to say the least.

It's convenient, because advocating violence is eye catching and makes them feel Morally Superior without having to put in any actual work

[buysomecheese]

MORE DNDADS DIALOGUE BECAUSE I LOVE THE KIDS I LOVE THEM

This is Terry and Grant talking a bit about their relationship with religion post-s1. They’re still like tweens or young teens at this point. I’m love them <3

“No, Grant, see, it’s- it’s less about the truth of it now, it’s more about the community.”

“Yeah well, dad had to find a whole new church after I came out as gay because they wouldn’t stop saying shit about it, so. It’d be a bit of an understatement if I said the ‘community’ part of religion wasn’t super appealing anymore.”

“… that’s fair. It sucks that you had to deal with people like that, y’know.”

“Yeah. That’s the way it is, sometimes.”

“…”

“… you can keep telling me about Judaism, though. I don’t mind.”

“You’re sure? … thank you. Y’know, I didn’t really care much for synagogue before, but it’s been a great thing to lean on now. Like, I know that the way I as a Jew interact with the world is different compared to how we as, uh, traumatized plane-travelers, know the world to be, but as I said the community is great. It’s proven to be a wonderful way to get closer with Ron, using something that’s normal and not scary, and it’s an easy way for my mom to check on us, I guess.”

“That’s really nice, Terry.”

“Yeah, it is! Helping Ron finalize his conversion makes me glad I was born into it, and I’m glad that this was the religion I *was* born into.”

“I’m sure, the conversion process seems intense to say the least.”

“… my rabbi is a lesbian, did you know?”

“...”

“Her wife helps out a lot with food services! They’re really sweet together.”

“Terry.”

“And I think one of the board members is transgender, actually.”

“Terry.”

“I’m pretty sure I overheard him talking about starting testosterone the other day at Shabbat.”

“Terry!”

“… sorry.”

“I’m not converting to anything except atheism.”

“I know. I’m sorry.”

“… it’s okay. I love how excited you get, and I know you’re just trying to help me. I don’t need that, though.”

“… I know. I respect that, I’m sorry I got away from myself.”

“… you’re fine, TJ. It’s all good.”

“…”

“…”

“… is there anything else you’d rather talk about? You heard my thoughts on something, I wanna hear your thoughts now.”

“Do you have a penny?”

“I can check? There might be one in my bag, let me see…”

“No- TJ, I’m kidding.”

“Oh.”

“… have you seen the new big Roblox game? Really? No?? Here, it’s got a crazy map, let me show you…”

[prettylittlelifeforms]

So I’m a bit bored of stranger things by now but was still planning to watch season 4; until literally all I have heard about it is that it was filmed on location at a nazi prison (said prison which is now letting people stay there for a ‘stranger things’ experience), and that people are tattooing numbers on their forearms to mimic the show and the brand is actively encouraging it.

[lionofstone]

constantly thinking about how one of the big complains about the moo.n knigh.t show from comic fans is about “erasing his jewishness” and “changing how he developed DID” like… two things: one, marc has always had a really complicated relationship with his religion, particularly because of his relationship with his father. his dad is a rabbi and a pacifist and their inability to connect and communicate is a big part of what led to marc joining the military and eventually becoming a mercenary. marc does not continue to practice any religious customs after that point and has to be reminded to cover his head while at his father’s funeral. saw someone say that “his judiasm should be as present and important as dar.edevil’s catholicism” and like… no? yes it is an important part of his character, but it’s not something that he necessarily believes or practices in his day-to-day and only really comes up when he’s dealing with family, particularly death, which is the same in the show. two, “how he developed DID” was not addressed until 2017, which is insanely recent when you consider this character has existed since the 70s. moo.n knigh.t has always been a system, true, but in the 80s when this was being established, we didn’t have a tonne of understanding of what that looked like or how it came to be. in 2016, lemir.e wrote about the diagnosis, but it wasn’t until 2017 that bemi.s wrote anything about what lead to that. the story he wrote is really, really good—but it’s also not how DID develops. DID is about prolonged trauma, not one event. the event in question is incredibly traumatic, i don’t want to discount that, but it’s not prolonged abuse. it’s not the sort of thing that, in our modern understanding, would lead to the development of DID. it makes sense to change that in the show to reflect our current knowledge! anyway. you don’t have to like the show but i see these two points being used to “refute” it all the time and it’s like…i’m sorry you’re just wrong!