#left anti-semitism

[politijohn]

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[sunbeamedskies]

I've seen a lot of troubling antisemitism in the Our Flag Means Death fandom lately regarding Taika Waititi. Please hear me out.

A lot of people want everyone to comment about the Israel/Palestine war. It's understandable. What Palestinian civilians are going through in Gaza is a nightmare that no one deserves. They are overwhelmingly paying the price for Hamas' actions- a group they have no control over and are also harmed by. Thousands have been killed.

After October 7th, Taika signed a letter asking for the Israeli hostages to be released. It did not endorse any specific actions taken by the Israeli government- it was simply in support of the hostages.

But you know what he was immediately accused of?

Supporting genocide. Even though what he signed was about Israeli civilians- including the elderly, disabled, and children- who were being held captive by Hamas.

On October 7th, Jews died in a single day in numbers that hadn't been since the Holocaust. Israel contains half the world's entire Jewish population. The majority of its population are descendants of Jews from middle eastern and north African countries who were forcibly kicked out in violent pogroms and had nowhere else to go. Many are descendants of Holocaust survivors as well.

I think most non-Jews would be astounded at how much the majority of the worldwide Jewish community is still mourning and reeling from October 7th. It triggered a lot of intergenerational trauma in many of us, yet I hear barely any non-Jews talk about it.

And yet you immediately accused Taika, a Jewish man, of supporting genocide just because he didn't support hostages being taken and random civilians being murdered. Do you really think he trusts people not to twist his words if he attempts to talk about Palestine too, when you turned a moment of legitimate pain for members of one of the persecuted groups he's apart of into accusing him of being a genocide-supporting monster?

We Jews not only have to deal with the memory of October 7th, but also with people conflating any support for the hostages with support for the Israeli government. When we say that criticism of Israel can at times get antisemitic, this is the kind of thing we're talking about.

Many of us are simultaneously mourning for Palestine and horrified that a right-wing fascist government that has little care for Palestinian lives has taken over Israel. Innocent lives taken shouldn't justify the killing of other innocent lives, and we are watching it happen, feeling powerless.

And it gets worse, because targeting Taika specifically because he's a person of multiple marginalized identities, when you don't attack white members of the crew nearly as much, is ironically racist.

Unintentional antisemitism and unintentional racism is still antisemitism and racism.

Take a deep breath and please reflect on how you have no idea what it's like to be Jewish right now, and how some of your own antisemitic criticism about his signature has likely contributed to his silence about Palestine. If no matter what he says his words and actions are twisted by so many of his "fans", he might think there's nothing he can say that will do any good.

#our flag means death #our flag means gay #ofmd #taika #taika waititi #stede bonnet #ed x stede #blackbeard #lgbtq+ #lgtbq #queer #jewish #jews #jew #judaism #anti semitism #social justice #antisemitism #left #fandom #social issues #gay #bi #reflect #rhys darby #trauma #jewish history #shoah #poc #racist

[wanderrnest]

Feministit.

#israel #palestine #hamas #hamas is isis #october 7th #anti semitism #feminism #feminists #current events #2023 the year i have to convince ppl on tumblr!!! to believe women #the left hates jews and the right hates jews so what do i do

[noyatv]

think its best if we start reusing the term judenhass bc way too many arabs/people of arab descent are claiming that they “…can’t be antisemitic because their semitic”👉🥹👈

one cannot be “semitic” for that is a language group

#antizionism is antisemitism #aoc = antisemite on call #how not to be antisemitic #leftist antisemitism #antisemites #antisemitism #i cant be antisemitic im a semite #anti hamas #there is a special place for pro h*m*s people in the pits of the inferno #proud jew #arab and muslim extremists must be really good at propaganda to have the (american) left believe in their lies #proud zionist #zionist #zionism #judenhass

[anarchotolkienist]

I must say that the main thing that has caused me to despair of the Left is that I have come to see the question of Fascism and of anti-Semitism increasingly seriously as time goes on, and to view them as some of the defining questions of history and of modernity. If you do that it becomes very clear how woefully inadequately these things are understood, and just how unimportant the broad Left views them as.

#I have absolutely no answer to the question of anti-Semitism by the way #bo clue what can be done #maybe the Messiah will come and it'll be fine? maybe we'll experience the Kingdom on Earth? #short of that I have no idea #the one I am loyal to is some sort of committed socialist internationalism and solidarity that would guarantee a broad defense #of the Jewish people from anti-Semitism and the podsible maintenance of Jewish culture and the religion it is rooted in #but I completely despair of the Left beong at all capable of dealing with this when we can't even cast out the worst anti-Semites from us

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

I think one of the stupidest benign things about Harry Potter is how jkr included "Lord" as part of the anagram of Lord Voldemort. He couldn't have anagrammed to Voldemort and taken the title of Lord cuz he's, y'know, a self centered power hungry freak. Nah, He only called himself Lord cuz he had a few letters left over and managed to spell it

#god it is almost a wonder anyone likes these books #even when you strip away all the racism homophobia transphobia fat phobia anti semitism and whatnot #oh and slavery apologia #can't forget the slavery apologia #you are left with a story that just isn't very good #it's somewhat of a miracle it tripped into the few enjoyable moments it had tbh

[branmer]

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#i was like hmm maybe i was too petty blocking that person and then i checked their blog #and they're like lit reblogging stuff from actual admitted zionists and railing angrily about how terrible everyone on the left is #and reblogging posts saying that what's happening in gaza isn't genocide or ethnic cleansing #and i was like oof ok im gonna keep you blocked lmaaaaaooo #what a genuinely horrible person #love that they're also peddling the lie that anti-zionist = anti-semitic #which is a wild claim considering the many anti-zionist jewish people and the fact that many zionists are actually christians #but ok! #(not to say that some ppl don't try to disguise anti-semitism in anti-zionism #but saying that everyone who talks critically about zionism really means 'the jews' is just totally untrue and a fucked thing to say!) #but the point of this kind of rhetoric is in the end to undermine solidarity for palestine #and it worked for a long time but it doesn't anymore #because people are now seeing children buried in rubble and hospitals being bombed #and ethnic cleansing being committed in realtime in front of us

[pharosproject]

Intolerance

Whoopi hates "intolerance"

#Whoopi #Whoopi Goldberg #Hate #Hate runs deep #Intolerant left #The intolerance of tolerance #hypocrisy #progressive hypocrisy #leftist hypocrisy #liberal hypocrisy #leftists #liberals #racism #reverse racism #misandry #anti semitism

[epicwin64]

Anti-Zionism IS anti-Semitism. Zionist means someone who wants Jewish people to have a place to live, so by definition, if you’re anti-Zionist, you’re saying Jews don’t deserve a place to live. That’s anti-Semitism, just because Israel may be a genocidal state where everyone must think that all Palestinians should die (which is what a lot of you believe) doesn’t make it okay. When you say “from the river to the sea”, you want Israel to disappear. So you want millions of people to be displaced in Israel because poor Palestine, they didn’t do anything wrong, Israel is evil and should die? Also you shouldn’t have a moral high ground if you say the word “genociding”, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A WORD!

#anti zionism is anti semitism #i think I’ve made enemies with everyone on this website #the far left is annoying and I’m a leftist #bds and their supporters make me want to support israel #because they’re annoying #sorry but it’s true #from the river to the sea israel will continue to be #how do you like that one huh #I don’t want to talk politics but I have to now because of these people #sorry for the rant

[lifeisnowx]

To all those who are German or understand German: Listen to the song "Oktober in Europa" by the Antilopen Gang.

It's about anti-Semitism in the left-wing scene. Important and right.

Gute Nacht.

#Stop pretending anti-Semitism only comes from the right #Anti-Semitism from the left is just as bad as from the right and Muslims #against all anti-Semitism #Nie wieder ist JETZT #Judenhass #Danger Dan #Antilopen Gang #jumblr

[harcheongai]

WHAT THE FLIP !!! ANTI SEMITISM ON MY TIKTOK FOR YOU PAGE?!?!

#ppl making jokes abt how isreal can move to germany #figured this would happen eventually but its still fucking gross to see #the left lefted so hard they became anti semitic #gross gross yuck yuck as hell im so pissed awf that people would do that

[sir-klauz]

I hate tumblr ppl who go on about how it’s not ok to be anti semitic, ableist, transphobic, racist, bad parents that cause trauma etc. and proceed to.. like, do literally all of that themselves to people, their friends who are minorities, their partners.

You think you’re not like the bigots? Well, I’m sorry, but you’re made with exactly the same cloth as them and your ideals may be real and you may wish them to be how you are but you you gotta truly believe in them, not just put them on for a Good Face or the cracks start showing all too easily.

You’re not pro equal rights if you still criticise people expressing any mental health symptoms.

You’re not pro equal rights if you only hang out with white people.

You’re not pro equal rights if you never talk about anything other than the things that personally upset you, because whao you can care about other minorities rights as well! Shocking!

You’re not pro equal rights if you try bottle up how people feel with emotional blackmail about how you won’t be around them unless they’re always happy.

You’re not pro equal rights if you still critique Jewish appearance, or the real life experiences of anti semitism Jewish people share and punish them for sharing it, after years of us having to be in hiding for the fact of our ancestors being killed, and still to this day synagogues being targetted and us likewise the same, being taregtted or ostracised, whilst pretending to care about anti semitism but mutually participating in it from a privileged position. Don't lecture Jewish people about what's anti semitic or not if you're not Jewish. Don't do it if you've never experienced anti semitism yourself. Don't get angry if they have. Don't ostracise if they speak about it. We've had years of people shutting our lives down, don't convert to do the same in our safe spaces either, we have enough of it in the street and amongst social gatherings, even in dating due to mocking of appearance, and being treat as ugly when we are not.

You’re not pro kids rights for equal rights if you hit your kids, or do anything to them which can leave quite a serious impact on them which hurts them, abandonment, child hatred, venting anger about things nothing to do with them out onto them.

You’re not pro equal rights if you never really actively support trans people around you or do anything at all to welcome trans people the same way as anyone else.

You’re not pro equal rights if you hate men. You’re not pro rights if you hate a specific gender as a whole.

You’re not pro equal rights if you treat the minority different to the mainstream, or what things you like the most with more humanity.

You’re not pro equal rights if you abuse animals. If you act like they don't even feel, if you ignore their depression, neglect, unhappiness.

You’re not pro equal rights if you judge the poor for being poor, or only wish to befriend rich people.

You’re not pro equal rights if you criticise speech and writing abilities of people with dyslexia or other things which make it difficult for people to write to your standard. It’s also classist, not everyone can afford the same level of education as you have been privileged to afford.

You’re not pro equal rights if you judge people’s physical appearance negatively, it’s not relevant, and just because you don’t find them attractive doesn’t mean they’re not worth your time. Similarly the people who surround themselves with only people they deem less attractive than them on purpose are dodgy as they’re trying to be the best/are threatened when it shouldn’t matter and what they do should just be their own business as everyone has worth.

#fake equality #left wing #anti ableism #anti abuse #stop being ableist #anti semitism #transphobia #racism #tumblr #social justice #politics #human rights #fake feminism #ableism #equal rights #equality

[glassrunner]

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#insights #we are watching the world trend into horror and western leftists are applauding #normally i love western leftists. we are so quick to stand against what we perceive to be injustice #but two days ago a close friend of mine for many years retweeted that video of the concordia student screaming ‘you fucking kike’ #the next day another friend retweets a post saying that hamas should have killed more #that rape isn’t rape when it’s against colonizers #so many of my friends agreeing that it’s okay to dehumanize people you don’t like #i am no expert in what qualifies as deserving of respect but i was raised to believe that every human being deserves basic respect. #i’m not sympathetic to the israeli government at all and i hope they face repercussions for the crimes they’ve committed #but i am so so scared that so many people are watching ‘death to the jews’ trend worldwide and saying ‘they deserved it’ #it went from anti-colonialism to anti-semitism and there is a REAL lack of acknowledgement of that #meanwhile palestinians still suffer and all of this global hatred and insistence on black and white isn’t helping #jewish people everywhere had a right to be paranoid because they’ve seen this before and the left just laughed it off #probably now the same people who are holding pitchforks and thinking that hatred will solve injustice #i want a free palestine and for anti-semitism to not exist because these are compatible ideas #if you see anti-semitism or anti-arab sentiments please do call it out. #i didn’t make this into a textpost because i was afraid it would get passed around in a bad way #i’m sure somebody will still read this and scream ‘ISRAEL SYMPATHIZER!’ #honestly we should all criticize the israeli government (as so many israelis do) #but there are also a lot of free thinkers going ‘jews control the narrative / the world’ like that isn’t some of the pre-holocaust thinking #and they refuse to acknowledge it. #anyways i’m terrified for the world and for humanity and its strange urge to destroy itself

[zo1nkss]

https://medium.com/@hellstrider.inferno/the-queer-rage-of-billy-hargrove-38abd2a87596

?? who even is this I literally hate Billy Hargrove lmao

Plz don't come into my inbox with some shit suggesting that rat faced racist shitlicker is queer again bc I'll block 👍🏻

#I also left the fandom bc of the anti semitism and only interact with Steddie content #so I literally do not know why someone would send me this

[stroebe2]

This makes me want to kill my self ngl

#what’s the term for a person who thinks they’re redpilled and fighting the psyop but actually they’re falling into the obvious one #these nazis are using you for your status your money and as a pawn in their maga/groyper proxy war #the anti semitic remarks left me speechless and this is just proof he meant it #so fuck u for giving a platform for anti semitism and shining a spotlight on nazi nick fuentes #and fuck u for forever tainting your life and your artistic legacy with this as well

[cithaerons]

you can really tell that a lot of people on both the right and the left don’t see antisemitism as an actual legitimate form of discrimination. the things i have seen people say, even (former) mutuals, both here and irl is astonishing. and people don’t even stop to think that maybe what they’re saying is “not PC” and if you tell them it is they roll their eyes.   

#also hot take but anti-isr/ael rhetoric can become anti-semitic really fucking fast. and as much as i hate the state of isr*el it doesn't #make it 'okay' to use dogwhistle and say appalling things about jewish people. but i really feel like people on the left think that #antisemitic rhetoric is 'okay' or at least justifiable if it's used in service of a good cause