#like. posting a long boycott list and then saying ''but if you cant stick to that here are the big ones'' and linking the bds list

[psycherprince]

third hot take of the day is that yes "boycott fatigue" is. yikes. but we're not doing anyone any favors by pretending large boycotts don't take any effort whatsoever. like we talk abt "invisible labor" in the household when talking abt feminism, which is the cognitive load of knowing what has to get done even if the tasks are divided, and having to keep track of who is doing what (wrt childcare) and the preferences of your family when cooking/grocery shopping/etc. Other ppl have explained this better than me but the point is. It does take cognitive effort to keep track of what you can and can't buy, and which companies own what, etc etc.

We can acknowledge that yeah it does take effort and yeah it can be annoying that you have to make some kind of change, but also still maintain that complaining abt that right now is insanely tactless and irrelevant. Like yeah you DO have to remind yourself not to buy sabra hummus or the starbucks brand creamer or whatever but like there's a genocide yknow get some perspective

[sereniv]

Not the same anon that talked about neturei karta, but I noticed you reblogging a few things the past few months that are generally unhelpful to Palestinians, or the source being the type of uneducated ‘leftist’ that either didn’t do their research about what they’re posting or just straight up reframing antisemitic narratives. Sorry I know you would remove things if I mentioned specific reblogs to you so this might not be very helpful as I can’t think of many currently, one example I can remember was a boycott list that featured literally hundreds and hundreds of companies it was almost impossible to scroll through. Not the targeted boycott list from BDS. Those kinds of posts do more harm than good by disrupting the efficacy of targeted boycotts and making boycotts feel daunting or impossible. Anyway sorry this is long I hope it doesn’t come off antagonistic, it’s just really to say be careful what you share as I know it’s easy to get passionate about the cause and not be as on top of double checking sources

You are absolutely right. When emotions are high for me i tend to reblog without thinking and trust too much in the judgement of the people i follow. No jab on them, but yeah, regardless of who reblogs it even if its by someone who is Palestinian its best to just double check

Thank you for this, its been something ive been working on in general for a while and am way better than I use to be but i obviously still have a problem

From now on im going to really try and remember to only reblog something ive cross referenced and confirmed to be true. If not, i wont reblog it. At most ill reply or reblog with a question of sources to indicate to people who see it that they should keep in mind that the post is not confirmed (if that makes sense)

Anyone who sees this i really encourage you to send messages like this. I know its up to me and not anyones responsibility, but i AM trying and do mess up and cant always see where i messed up.

But the more im reminded to just double check and confirm, the more it sticks in my head and i remember

Pinning this so i remember