#antisemetism tw

[crunchbuttsteak]

[political-confetti]

if yall go into the inboxes of random jewish folks and ask for their opinions on the palestine/israel conflict just because they’re jewish, fuck you. genuinely, fuck you. stop doing that. you aren’t supporting palestinians by harassing random jewish folks on the internet, you’re just being an antisemitic asshole. y’all are doing the exact same thing as assholes who would go up to random muslim folks after 9/11 and ask them their thoughts on the taliban. it’s fucking gross. if you actually care about victims of the war, donate to charities or funds. share posts and information about the situation. don’t fucking harass jewish people.

[pata-hikari]

i hope you survive a school shooting but get to watch your friends bleed out slowly in front of you, knowing you can do nothing to help thema

jokes on you i'm an adult with a job

[gloomyarietine]

PSA: TERMINOLOGY FOR WGA/SAG-AFTRA STRIKES

Friendly reminder that "Hollywood elites" is an antisemetic dogwhistle for Jews/Jewish people!

For those unaware, a dogwhistle is like a term with a double meaning. A sneaky way of bringing racist/homophobic/antisemetic and otherwise bigoted language into the mainstream. Do not let them do this! Refer to these CEOs by name, or as just that. CEOs, corporate execs, etc.

Anyone who thinks this is too much to ask, kindly block me and I will do the same! I have no interest interacting with antisemites, nor those willing to spread their language.

[intermundia]

the kenobi show has given me so much Jedi content and I’m so glad, but also as someone who’s Jewish, it’s made me Incredibly Aware of exactly how many people in the fandom would fall for Nazi rhetoric - like when I see people saying “the Holocaust was bad” but then going “the Jedi deserved their fall” in the next breath, it doesn’t give me a lot of hope that people actually know why the Holocaust was bad, or that they’d be able to see through the propaganda if it occurred today

Absolutely, completely, and totally. The inability of many fans to correctly parse a narrative, to evaluate the credibility of information based on the person delivering it, and instead believing obvious, malicious propaganda because it satisfies their vicarious craving for power, listening and trusting the people wearing literal black cloaks and surrounded by stormtroopers, it is all depressing at best and deeply concerning at worst.

We share a fandom with people who argue with their whole chest that fascism is better than democracy, and that genocide was not only deserved, but also a net benefit for society at large, either ignoring or accepting without problem the blatant, shouted, real world antisemitic parallels. I don’t know if they are projecting their religious trauma from Christian institutions onto the Jedi, and so don’t see the antisemitism of reveling in their genocide, but that’s my most charitable explanation.

It’s so frustrating how they happily share and support Sidious’s version of reality, the view that was put into Anakin’s mouth on Mustafar to show how far he had fallen into evil, not to frame him as being right. They aren’t guided by compassion for innocent people, or maybe even aware of the history of very real atrocities, but it’s no excuse when it’s a sign of being incurious about the experience of others unlike yourself, and unconcerned with their suffering.

Watching Episode 5 and hearing Reva’s story about hiding among the bodies, my first thought when I was watching was about the 33,771 Jews killed at Babi Yar, and the survivor narratives, which included hiding among the dead. I think everyone needs to know about the very real, historical analogies to the things depicted on screen and understand why it is so important for us to agree about who are right and wrong about genocide, even in a fictional form.

I am not Jewish, but it matters to me a great deal to protect Jewish lives and to make sure it never happens again, both specifically to Jewish people and to other vulnerable minorities as well. Our stories should inspire us to be vigilant about the creep of fascism, not inspire us to argue in defense of fascists and enjoy their violence. Yes, it is just Star Wars, yet it is also much more than that. The stakes of all of this are actually indescribably high.

[son-of-avraham]

I'm sure I've posted this advice before, and the semester has already started, but if you're worried about antisemetism on (university and college) campuses, please look into community college. I thought for the longest time that I would immediately transfer to a uni after graduation, but fortunately, things went completely sidewise and I had to apply to community college. It's a very underrated option, I think, especially if you're worried about potentially facing negative experiences for being jewish or associated with jews in general.

This is especially important to me because I grew up in a culture which venerated the Top Universities and almost saw community college as a charity option, one in which you only went to if you barely had a GED or if you're poor. At first, I felt ashamed of going to community college first. Once I actually grew up a bit and got classes under my belt, I really started enjoying my campus. It's been silent in terms of how people treat me when I am visibly jewish to them, plus the admin were almost too accommodating to my needs as a trans person. The only bad thing is that there is no jewish life club or hillel or anything akin to it - I might just be the only student who would be interested in that at all.

You need to be more discerning than Minerva University in terms of colleges you accept. Being accepted into college is a two-way road, and you as a student have more to lose than a college does. Framing it as a privilege for the student isn't helpful, especially if you're a jewish student. Community colleges are not immune to antisemitism, and I want that to be clear. I just think they tend to be way quieter and can be less antisemetic. From my own experiences, I am actually glad my initial plan did not work out at all.

[usaigi]

The guy who wrote gold digger and was married to Kim K? Literally just stop talking about him. Don't give him any platform. ANY. Cancel him by completely ignoring him. Podcast/news sources will continue to talk about him if it makes them money SO STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.

Talk shit and vent your frustration in your dms/with your friends irl but please don't give him a platform. He is spreading HARMFUL ideology and even if you think he's wrong other people may become curious.

[runrundoyourstuff]

my jewish fandom ass wants to write an essay about how Stan Pines is the perfect deconstruction of antisemitic caricature characters--initially we think he’s this tricky, stingy, money-obsessed character, and that’s played for laughs, but then later it’s revealed that he was forced into that lifestyle and mindset out of a desperate need to save his family. (Echoing the experience of a lot of Jewish people who were historically forced into professions like moneylending as the only way they could make a living, provide for their families, and escape destitute poverty. Which then was weaponized against them in the creation of viscous antisemitic stereotypes and tropes.)

I want to write that essay, but I feel like a lot of people on this website would willfully misunderstand me