things that i believe are generally agreed upon to be good, progressive values:
believe victims of rape and assault
there is no such thing as a "perfect victim"
racism is still bad if it's against a shitty person
nobody should have another religion forced onto them
women's rights and LGBTQ+ rights are good things
listen to marginalized people about what is harmful to them
using racial and ethnic slurs is bad
media literacy is important
telling people to kill themselves is a bad thing to do
telling people to "go back to where they came from" is racist and xenophobic
people are not defined by their government
nazi race scientists were Wrong
and then the version of this that i see happening now:
believe victims of rape and assault, unless they are jewish/israeli
there is no such thing as a "perfect victim", but jews/israelis must be held to a much higher standard before we even entertain them
racism is generally bad if it's against a shitty person, but if they are jewish/israeli, they deserve it
nobody should have another religion forced onto them, unless they are jewish/israeli
womens rights and LGBTQ+ rights are good things, but if jews/israelis agree, they have ulterior motives
listen to marginalized people about what is harmful to them, but definitely not jews
using racial and ethnic slurs is okay if its against jews/israelis or people who are not jewish but also not white and who support jews/israelis
media literacy is important but i will refuse to engage in it on conversations about jews/israelis
telling people to kill themselves is bad unless its people i dislike
telling people to "go back to where they came from" is racist and xenophobic, unless you say it to jews/israelis
people are not defined by their government, except for israelis and by extension jews, who are deserving of collective punishment
nazi race scientists were maybe wrong but because i agree with them i will use their terminology and conspiracies to justify my modern dislike of jews/israelis
when you endorse the hatred of a certain subgroup of jews, you are endorsing the hatred of all jews. it is so easy to twist "i only hate THOSE jews" into "well, all jews are like THOSE jews". this is what hitler did.
