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[hypbaest]

lovely people who live in my phone and dont know anything about hockey. i am holding your hand as i say this. there are 82 games in an nhl season. no team has ever. ever. gone undefeated.

[mental-mona]

Some clarifications for non-Jews

Hey non-Jews of all stripes, let's talk for a few minutes about some misconceptions and knowledge gaps many of you apparently have that lead to both accidental and intentional antisemitism. These are all misunderstandings that have directly or indirectly crossed my radar, so let's see if I can clear some of them up. Hopefully you learn something and/or check your biases. Jews, feel free to add on to this!

If you have to talk about your country's Jews mostly in the past tense, your country did not in fact treat its Jews well. Maybe there was a point in its history when it did, but that time is no longer relevant.

"I don't hate Jews, I just hate Zionists" - cool, so you just hate 80-90% of Jews and a bunch of Christians. That's not an improvement.

"Zionism is evil" - ok what definition of Zionism are you using, and how does it relate to the most commonly used definition(s)? If you can't answer that, kindly stop and educate yourself before proclaiming your hate. The definition I've seen most commonly used nowadays is believing that Jews have a right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland, which is the land now called Israel. Specific borders are not included in that definition. If what you mean is Kahanism, yes, that is indeed evil, but it's not what most Jews mean by "Zionism."

Jews have been hated for being literally everything and its opposite, sometimes at the same time. Consider whether that makes any logical sense before you suggest that maybe antisemitism is rational since it's been around for so long in so many places. (Hint: it doesn't.)

"Even [respected historical figure] was antisemitic" isn't the "gotcha" you think it is. Antisemitism is so baked into Western society that until at least the 1950s, you'd probably be hard-pressed to find people who didn't have some latent antisemitic beliefs! Sexism is also baked into most Western societies; that doesn't make it right.

Dig into any conspiracy theory and you'll find antisemitism. You just might not be familiar enough with the dog whistles involved to see it immediately.

Saying or implying that Jews are in any way responsible for antisemitism is victim blaming and antisemitic. That includes anything along the lines of "Jews should x if they don't want hate." Would you say or imply that people of color are responsible for racism? This is no different.

If you constantly call out Israel for human rights violations while ignoring the many other countries and groups currently committing equal or worse violations, then you're not really a human rights activist; you just hate Jews.

The words "Jews" and "Israelis" are not synonyms. Anything you say that implies they are invokes dual loyalty tropes and is antisemitic, in addition to being wildly incorrect. There are several million non-Jewish Israelis, and 55% of the world's Jews live outside Israel and have little to no effect on Israeli politics or policies.

To Jewish ears, calling for intifada is like calling for a mass lynching. Don't. "From the river to the sea" isn't any better, as Hamas' charter explicitly calls for ethnically cleansing Jews from that region.

Judaism is not just Christianity without Jesus and with extra holidays. It is not a mere precursor to Christianity or Islam or any other religion. Anything coming from a viewpoint that it is one of those things will be bigoted.

Jews view being "God's Chosen People" as more like being "chosen to do the dishes" than any form of superiority.

Jewish Voices for Peace is about as Jewish as a Jewish star Christmas tree ornament. Seriously, the majority of its members and even much of its leadership aren't actually Jewish, and most of its statements and events related to Jewish practice are way off base. See this and that for further info.

If you only know 1 or 2 Jews, don't assume that they're representative of Jews/Judaism as a whole. Judaism is an ethnoreligion with TONS of variation in beliefs and practices among its members, not a dogmatic monolith.

"Goy," plural "goyim," can be derogatory, but more often nowadays it's just a regular word meaning "non-Jew." If the context isn't insulting, assume the best.

The original Biblical meaning of "goy" is simply "a nation," usually referring to a non-Jewish nation. Even though its vernacular meaning has evolved over the millennia, it has never had anything to do with slaves or cattle or whatever else TikTok is claiming.

Many Jews are uncomfortable with non-Jews calling themselves goyim, both because of the word's potentially derogatory nature and because white supremacists have co-opted it for things like the "Goyim Defense League." You're best off just saying that you're not Jewish.

All Jewish holidays have a fixed date on the Jewish calendar, but not on the Gregorian calendar. Don't expect anything to line up exactly or even closely from one year to the next.

Chanukah is not Jewish Christmas. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Jesus or Christmas. Presents are not the point of the holiday. It is not an attempt to overshadow anyone or anything. We've been celebrating it for over 2000 years.

DO NOT do a Christian "Passover seder." The kind of seder that Jesus would've had bears almost no resemblance to what Jews do now, having a Christian seder is horribly culturally appropriative of our semi-closed religion's practice, and Judaism has nothing whatsoever to do with Jesus. It's extra offensive given the history of Christian antisemitic violence in the lead-up to Easter, which usually falls out around the same time as Passover.

I hope you found this informative! Jews, I'll be on the lookout for your suggestions for additions to this list; once I have a handful, I'll reblog this post with said additions.

[miserable-muppet]

what i mean when i say i love the internet (decker edition):

cziczi by OLSZOJ

plasticine fever dream

Draw A Creature by jupiter

A small toy that lets you draw a picture of a creature.

Pet the Cat by lokeloski

The cat is bored. Pet him.

(the plants are a metaphor) by ahmwma

Leafy green introspection.

Hit the drum by echo river

A small tribute to Julien Terzics

[mattrnurdock]

VERY important content under the cut

[roseredyke]

stone butch blues pdf

https://persistentlyfem.wordpress.com/2018/04/22/old-fashioned-old-school-a-beginners-guide-for-butches-fems/

ofos info

[minecraftmen]

Current thoughts, subject to change:

I don't think any of dTeam is intentionally malicious. I think they're all just white dudes (by USA standards) from privileged and conservative backgrounds who are slowly unlearning shit.

Caiti has been traumatized by her experience with George. I am not disputing or debating that. I will not tolerate claims of lying based on her body language or speech patterns.

Frankly, body language is not a suitable point of judgement for anything because it varies so widely by culture, neurotype, and individual. If you didn't like Tommy mocking Dream's speech and expressions, then don't do that to anyone.

TL;DR Caiti has trauma. The dTeam are not intentionally malicious. These beliefs can and do coexist.

DTeam and friends, Caiti and friends, and us as audience -- everyone has a lot to learn and take accountability for.

[sixthrangers]

good morning

[moo-moo-meadows]

it doesn’t feel real that we know his face now