• theneverfox@pawb.social
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      2 days ago

      Yeah… That’s just a small collection of anacdotal evidence, and my anacdotal evidence totally contradicts it

      Look at the subreddit name. Why would you be in that subreddit? Probably because you’re invested in the religion side of our culture, which is totally optional. Or you’re into our history. These are things that make you more likely to visit Israel, a place full of historical, religious, and cultural artifacts

      You seem more genuinely ignorant than anything darker, so let me take this opportunity to lay it out

      Israel has a promise to all of us - we will protect our own next time someone does a genocide. Because the Holocaust wasn’t the first time we experienced ethnic cleansing… Were the ones who look like the people where we live, but are different. I like to say, “we’re always second”, because when they run out of gypsies or black people, the fascists will need a next enemy

      Israel offers free trips to young adults. You fly over, see the sights, and get indoctrination against Palestinians. I tried to do this years back before I knew the details… But there’s another natural requirement. You have to be an active part of a group that focuses on Jewish heritage - I showed up a few times, applied, but I’m an American first and foremost. You need to be an active member of a Jewish identity group to even get in… And this is my heritage, not all I am. So I was filtered, like most of us are

      The Palestine issue was uncomfortable for a long time…I mean, it’s was definitely uncomfortable, but it was a guaranteed safe harbor. I think this is how most of us felt… Conflicted

      But then October 7th happened, and the response made it clear what this was. We had to confront what this was, and most of us are very upset about it, because our history is being on the other side of it

      And now, they’re coming for the Latinos. I know how this story ends, and I don’t want to be deported to Israel. I know it sounds crazy now, but it’s not. We’re 2 years away from “putting the Jews back where they belong”

      We are not Israeli. Those people are fucking crazy, don’t put me in the same breath as them. Don’t apologize for the IDF. Don’t launder what is happening.

      Make the difference clear in your mind and in your words.