#jew hatred

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waxewod

This post just sums everything up to me. “Hey Jews. I heard this statistic. But I’m sure it’s fake. So if you want me to believe you, you better tell me all the horrible things that have happened to you recently.”

[doodle-dust]

How bro sound:

[kkoffin]

“[insert]slop” comes from 4 chan’s antisemitic conspiracy “goyslop” btw, which initially referred to standard food given in schools and other institutions, like “pig slop” designed for the “goy” by jews, which the jews would never eat themselves. it evolved to refer to media and other mass-produced content with the same meaning

i’m not saying “ai slop” or “christmas slop” or whatever is a slur; honestly it’s a fun and convenient word, which makes it easier to recognise mass-produced but meaningless and useless products. but i want people to be aware of how much “meme” or “gen z” language comes from right-wing, incel and often antisemitic and almost always misogynistic places.

obviously “chad” “-oid” “-maxxing” “-pilled” and even pepe memes/slang come from these places, but i need you to take the time to consider: when these memes and this language slip so easily from highly misogynistic, racist and otherwise hateful places into mainstream, what else may come with it, or slip though when we don’t notice? how do these corners of the internet have such massive influence, to the point where much of “gen z language” comes from there?

and spoiler alert: this language spreading is not an accident. i learnt this when studying extremism and terrorism: they want to subtly introduce their ideologies to mainstream so it’s easier to slip into their more extreme views. the fact that meme + internet culture is dominated by extremist right-wing and incels was not shied away from or doubted for a second by modern scholars in those areas.

[unsolicited-opinions]

can you talk about some small and big things that people can do to be better allies to Jews right now?

Thanks for asking! That alone puts you ahead of a lot of people who’ve gone quiet or gotten weird:

Small things:

Check in on your Jewish friends. Not to make it about you, not to ask them to explain things. Just a thinking of you or you crossed my mind and I hope you're hanging in.

If you're in progressive spaces, watch for the silencing. Are Jews being interrupted, sidelined, or interrogated more than others? Are Jewish speakers only invited when something antisemitic happens? Are they being required to perform the right sort of Jewishness or the right position on Israel's right to exist? Slap that shit down

Learn the basics of Jewish history outside of crisis. Jewishness is more than trauma. It's culture, language, ritual, music, food, texts. You can’t be an ally if all you see is a wound.

Medium things:

Push back when antisemitism shows up in your circles, even when it’s subtle, coded, or disguised with cause-language. You don't have to give a lecture. "Hey, that's not okay" or "That framing feels off" is much more than we're used to seeing. Ask if they'd say the same thing if a different tribal identity was involved. Underline the hypocrisy.

Don't use Jewish pain as a rhetorical prop. If you're quoting statistics about Jew hatred, make sure you're also listening to actual Jews.

Get comfortable holding space for complexity. If you care about human rights, you can care about Palestinians and Israelis without erasing either one.

Big things:

Make space for Jewish voices even when it's not convenient, appreciated, or applauded. Invite Jews into coalitions, panels, projects, not just as the antisemitism rep, and not just Jews who are willing to be tokens and condemn Israel's right to exist.

Show up when no one else is looking. That means speaking out before things get uglier. That means backing Jewish colleagues and classmates even when it's awkward and uncomfortable.

Let go of the idea that being a good ally means being perfect. A good ally is present, accountable, and willing to grow. (Seems like you're at least most of the way there, Anon.)

You don't need to do everything.

You just need to start somewhere and keep showing up.

Again, thanks for asking. I hope others will share their answers, too.

[dispassionedgrace]

ok bullshit article about the “archeological warfare” happening in gaza:

what does archeology say about the temple mount having a mosque on it?

or would that not constitute archeological warfare, a word you just made up for the headline?????

[prickly-porcupine-memes]

[dynamicity-keysmash]

If you only treat antisemitism like a real issue when your political opponents do it I think you're an ignorant hypocrite with a small heart and an empty void where your integrity should be.

[mistresslynndramione]

When the Jew hatred of antizionism and antisemitism gets you down... remember this.

Mark Twain wrote this 45 years before the Holocaust and 50-60 years before pan-Arabism tried and failed to genocide us.

Twice.

Antizionism is a violent hate movement. And we'll survive that too.

And just in case you were wondering, yes. Israel has been preparing for mass aliyah.

Israel already has real-time experience in dealing with such inflows. In 1991, the country airlifted over 14,000 people from Ethiopia in a day and a half.

More recently, some 75,000 immigrants arrived from Russia and Ukraine in the span of months after the war broke out in 2022.

Your own country may not want you anymore, but your people always will.