lem0nademouth

[lem0nademouth]

have any of these student protesters heard the phrase “play stupid games win stupid prizes”? like you might not like it but breaking & entering is still a crime. destruction of property is still a crime. crimes are still crimes even if you do them while protesting. i will not feel bad for you when you get arrested for committing a crime because you think your right to assembly cancels out the rest of the law.

#in fact i will point and laugh at you #for not only not accomplishing your unreachable goal #(ie getting your university to violate the civil rights act) #but also for fucking yourself over in the process #you know what you signed up for! #and if you didn’t read the contract first thats a you problem

[lem0nademouth]

its so funny to me that people on twitter n tiktok are like "ok but porns still banned on tumblr so at least we're better then them" as if they dont have to typ3 w0rd$ I1k3 th!$ to get around their censors

[lem0nademouth]

i can’t take the people (jewish and not jewish alike) who claim that it’s mean and gatekeeping judaism when making fun of the “jewish” protesters seriously. A non exhaustive list:

held a seder on the wrong day…during the day (in front of the chabad no less which doesn’t seem subtle now does it?)

incorrect hebrew written on the “seder plate” for some words…and all of the words backwards

added extraneous elements to the “seder plate” like strawberries and garlic “for the cause”

had challah during the seder

jvp apparently hosted it and those are the same people who not only think a teacup of water/a pool constitute acceptable mikvehs, but also have a large non jewish membership…including admins who’ve been caught jewfaking

used trader joe’s matzah…which is made in israel

if you can’t invoke judaism correctly for a cause then why do you wonder when the rest of the community doesn’t take you seriously…

[lem0nademouth]

If you treat the Anti-Defamation League like an antivaxxer treats the CDC, you, uh, should reassess exactly what the fuck it is you think you're doing

[lem0nademouth]

yeah man if you can't differentiate the very clear and massive gulf between the values expressed in "ceasefire now" and "all children deserve to grow up" vs "globalize the intifada" or "we stand with hamas" I really don't know what to tell you

[lem0nademouth]

Look you can say that the students with Hezbollah flags quoting hitler are "not part of your movement" all you want but they ARE in fact sitting at the protests long enough for people to take pictures of them and post them on the internet without getting told to leave so ??????

[lem0nademouth]

i guess its just really disheartening to know that this kind of fervor and passion does not exist when our own fucking peers die next to us in classrooms due to gun violence but when the guns are in the hands of antisemites who wish to exterminate Jews from the face of the planet rich kids will do anything to let them get away with it

#i wish i was exaggerating #i’m not! #antisemitism #judeophobia #leftist antisemitism #gun violence

[lem0nademouth]

It’s maddening to find out that the scholar who first developed the idea that “Zionism is Settler Colonialism”, Fayez Sayegh, was a member of the Syrian Nazi Party during and immediately after the Holocaust, was an active participant in the Red Scare, using it to demonize Israel as a manifestation of a Global Communist Threat™️ through the height of the Cold War (true to his Nazi roots, accusing Israel of Judeo-Bolshevism) before switching to a Colonialism narrative when Post-Colonialism came in vogue in the 60s. And yet, the people I hear parroting the talking points of this anti-Communist, Ultranationalist Fascist-turned-scholar are the people who are constantly talking about how Liberal Progressives aren’t Communist enough and actually enemies because “Liberals will always side with Fascists”. Maddening.

If you’ve ever noticed how the “Zionism = Settler Colonialism” narrative eerily shares the core components of the far right’s Replacement Theory (that there are 1. Jews 2. conspiring to invade a given place and 3. replace the population with Jews), this is why; it’s because the idea that Zionism is Settler Colonialism came from a literal Nazi.

It is very literally Nazi propaganda.

[lem0nademouth]

more concerned about casting The Bad People Trust Me Guys This Is A Totally Neutral Category Untouched By Bigotry This Time out of your midst than accomplishing any of your goals, are you?

[lem0nademouth]

I love those "asking cosplayers at a con what their day job is" videos because it's always like

*muffled voice issuing from a huge suit of armor* im a cybersecurity specialist

[lem0nademouth]

have any of the people on or supporting these student encampments considered that all of the money and resources being devoted to funding wealthy college students cosplaying revolutionaries could go to oh i don’t know Palestinians

#make it make sense #who the fuck is this helping

[lem0nademouth]

this does not apply if you wear exclusively leggings. Those things tear all the time you need like a million on standby

#multiple pairs of the exact same yoga pants and leggings #plus. one jeans #for being fancy #oh and my norts #got like five a those bad boys

[lem0nademouth]

public libraries are so sick. there are five books I want to read and they're all relatively new so they're only available in hardback which is so expensive but it just cost me $0 to place holds on them. five books for zero dollars. it requires nothing but clicking a button and then going to the library to pick them up when they're ready. zero dollars. that's crazy

[lem0nademouth]

we should use ladino casually the same way people use yiddish casually. ladino is a beautiful language and it should be used more often! the more people who even just know two words, the less likely this wonderful language and important piece of history is to fully die out. the more jewish languages that are used regularly the better!

#i wish my ladino was better #im working on it but the progress is slow going #jumblr

[lem0nademouth]

DEAR EDUCATIONALLY NEGLECTED HOMESCHOOLERS

I’ve gathered some resources and tips and tricks on self-educating after educational neglect. This is only what I did and what I know helped me. I’m about to graduate college with honors after having no education past the age of 9. I wouldn’t be here without the following. Everything is free, and at/well above the standard for education in the US.

The holy grail: Khan Academy. Nearly every course you could take is available here, in order and by grade level. Their open-source free courses rival some of the college classes I’ve taken. This is your most solid resource.

For inattentive types: Crash Course offers a variety of courses that are snappy, entertaining, and extremely rewarding. They work for my ADHD brain. They also have college prep advice, which is essential if you’re looking to go to higher education with no classroom experience.

To catch up on your reading: There are certain books that you may have read had you gone to school that you’ve missed out on. This list is the most well-rounded and can fill you in on both children’s books and classic novels that are essential or at least extremely helpful to be familiar with. You can find a majority of these easily at a local library (and some for free in PDF form online low key). There are a few higher level classics in here that I’d highly recommend. If it doesn’t work for you, I’d always recommend asking your local librarian.

*BE AWARE* The book list I recommend suggests you read Harry Potter books, and given their transphobic author you may or may not want to read them. If you choose to, I’d highly recommend buying the books secondhand or borrowing from a library to avoid financially supporting a living author with dangerous and damaging views.

TEST, TEST, TEST: Again, Khan Academy is your go-to for this. I don’t personally like standardized testing, but going through SAT and ACT courses was the best way I found to really reveal my gaps so that I could supplement.

Finally: As much as you can, enjoy the process. Education can be thrilling and teach you so much about yourself, and help shape your view of the world. It can get frustrating, but I’d like to encourage you that everyone can learn. No pace is the perfect pace, and your learning style is the right learning style for you. In teaching yourself, be patient, be kind, and indulge in the subjects you really enjoy without neglecting others. You are your teacher. Give yourself what others chose not to.

[lem0nademouth]

New discourse: it's actually predatory to date someone with a different star sign than you, because the differences in your personalities means you'll never be able to have exactly the same life experiences, thus leaving a knowledge and power gap between the two of you which will inevitably lead to an abusive relationship!

also if you're a Sag and you're dating a Taurus, that means you're secretly seeking a May-December relationship, which is age gap coded!

[lem0nademouth]

People across two-thirds of the political spectrum have been taking the piss out of "I'm not racist but" for decades, and now you guys - who are supposed to be progressive - are unironically doing that with antisemitism