science meme? ok, i’ll bite. fuck this indeed, imagine being Jewish in the past year, and being harassed and bullied from the “from the river to the sea” folks on campus, made to feel unsafe and targeted, not because you’re Israeli, but simply because you’re Jewish, and when you complain, being met with feckless and indignant school administration saying “free speech bro”. broken clock right twice a day, and all that. time to make American Jihadis, and the nihilist leftists that support them, think twice, about what it’s going to cost them to continue to terrorize Jews. this all could have been self policed, limits placed internally at just how far and how intense the “protests” were allowed to become, but it was an orgy of Antisemitism, and now, at least this Jew, is glad the hammer is coming down, though I wish it were from someone else, i’m glad for it just the same
…but I’m going to say “allow fascists to eliminate freedom of protest” has a spotty track record improving that particular issue.
This guy is in power in no small part due to whatever definition for not-fascist Americans you want to use not showing up because they feel compromise is beneath them. Maybe it’s time to learn that lesson.
Well, no, the time to learn that lesson was November. I guess it’s finding out time. For people too rightfully indignant about the genocide in Gaza to look past their own noses and to people in your situation alike, I’m afraid.
Friendly reminder that Trump refused to condemn a group of white supremacists chanting “Jews will not replace us”.
He is not on your side. And, if history is any indication, allowing government to control speech and expression by fascist means is much more dangerous to Jews than any group of student protesters could ever be.
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I’m sure it must be a stressful time for Jewish people. All hate crime is horrible. Many people, Jewish and non-Jewish, oppose the actions of Israel.
I do hope the protests, to stop US arms being sent to Israel, grow in strength. And I do what I can personally to help.
When looking at the numbers its no exaggeration to say that the Palestinian people are being slaughtered by the Israel military.
On October 7, 2023 Israel was attacked killing 1200 Israelis. Israel’s response to the attack has been completely disproportionate and has now (as of June 2024) killed over 7,797 children. In the same time the conflict killed 53 children in Israel.
The most conservative estimate is that 7,797 Palestinian children have been killed, in the same time it is estimated that the total Israeli casualties; including military and civilian, including men, women, and children is 1200.
on April 24, 2024 with many thousands of Palestinian children already dead, the US gave 14 billion in aid to Israel
Neither US political party is stopping this.
Here are my sources, I am always interested to have other sources.
I tried to pick from a range of sources and tried to include any statistic that made my argument weakest. Most of the numbers come from June to August of 2024.
Sometimes couched as anti-Israel, we find supporters of discrimination in their spheres of influence, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), spouting prejudices with hubris while their party’s leadership, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, remain mostly silent.
German Jews recognize they safely exist only through police protection, who park outside German synagogues to prevent anti-Semitic violence. In Poland, the home of Auschwitz, anti-Semitism has become so accepted it blatantly is part of the platform of the National Democratic Party, known as “Endeks.”
And they assert this bit of history as evidence:
From 1921 to 1935, there was a group named the Association of German National Jews (Verband national Deutsche Juden), whose goal was the total assimilation of Jews into German culture; the self-eradication of Jewish identity; the expulsion of all Eastern European Jews from Germany; and a radical hatred of Zionism. Sadly, these seem like the same goals of many Jews in America choosing to deny the faith and practices of their ancestors in favor of secularizing themselves. On some level — often unconscious — they believe if they deny their Judaism and go along with the anti-Semitic rhetoric, non-Jewish Americans will better accept them. Unfortunately, they are avoiding looking at history.
To me, it sounds like the argument is being framed as “us” Jews and “them” Jews making the mistake of trying to homogenize. That’s tremendously ironic, as this type of thinking is exactly what led them to support Nazi Germany. The exact kind of language Trump use, aggressive, bombastic pursuit of “agitators” as undesirables, of ignoring antisemites and bigots Trump associates himself with, of dismissing his speech as a “rhetorical tool,” is what German Jewish groups believed would protect them… Until Nazis came for them, too.
Maybe antisemetic violence should be curbed, but you should consider what’s actually causing it, and how that “curbing” will be done.
“The Jews are the cause of Antisemitism” yes, how novel, why didn’t anyone else think of that, oh, that’s right, literally every other band of Antisemites throughout all time have used that line of reasoning,“why can’t the Jews, you know, be less Jewish, we are absolutely within our rights to terrorize them until they see the light”. “Maybe antisemitic violence should be curbed” “Maybe”. Quite.
science meme? ok, i’ll bite. fuck this indeed, imagine being Jewish in the past year, and being harassed and bullied from the “from the river to the sea” folks on campus, made to feel unsafe and targeted, not because you’re Israeli, but simply because you’re Jewish, and when you complain, being met with feckless and indignant school administration saying “free speech bro”. broken clock right twice a day, and all that. time to make American Jihadis, and the nihilist leftists that support them, think twice, about what it’s going to cost them to continue to terrorize Jews. this all could have been self policed, limits placed internally at just how far and how intense the “protests” were allowed to become, but it was an orgy of Antisemitism, and now, at least this Jew, is glad the hammer is coming down, though I wish it were from someone else, i’m glad for it just the same
I mean, fuck antisemitism in any form, obviously…
…but I’m going to say “allow fascists to eliminate freedom of protest” has a spotty track record improving that particular issue.
This guy is in power in no small part due to whatever definition for not-fascist Americans you want to use not showing up because they feel compromise is beneath them. Maybe it’s time to learn that lesson.
Well, no, the time to learn that lesson was November. I guess it’s finding out time. For people too rightfully indignant about the genocide in Gaza to look past their own noses and to people in your situation alike, I’m afraid.
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Friendly reminder that Trump refused to condemn a group of white supremacists chanting “Jews will not replace us”.
He is not on your side. And, if history is any indication, allowing government to control speech and expression by fascist means is much more dangerous to Jews than any group of student protesters could ever be.
Mod reminder to keep it civil and no personal attacks when you reply to this. This person has had bad experiences, remember the human. Please report any personal attacks.
PS: Remember, if you want to convince people you need to meet them where they are. This person is your neighbor, not your enemy.
I’m sure it must be a stressful time for Jewish people. All hate crime is horrible. Many people, Jewish and non-Jewish, oppose the actions of Israel.
I do hope the protests, to stop US arms being sent to Israel, grow in strength. And I do what I can personally to help.
When looking at the numbers its no exaggeration to say that the Palestinian people are being slaughtered by the Israel military.
Here are my sources, I am always interested to have other sources.
This position is interesting. It’s echoed in articles like:
https://jewishjournal.com/culture/first_person/300258/when-the-chicken-votes-for-colonel-sanders/
And they assert this bit of history as evidence:
To me, it sounds like the argument is being framed as “us” Jews and “them” Jews making the mistake of trying to homogenize. That’s tremendously ironic, as this type of thinking is exactly what led them to support Nazi Germany. The exact kind of language Trump use, aggressive, bombastic pursuit of “agitators” as undesirables, of ignoring antisemites and bigots Trump associates himself with, of dismissing his speech as a “rhetorical tool,” is what German Jewish groups believed would protect them… Until Nazis came for them, too.
Maybe antisemetic violence should be curbed, but you should consider what’s actually causing it, and how that “curbing” will be done.
“The Jews are the cause of Antisemitism” yes, how novel, why didn’t anyone else think of that, oh, that’s right, literally every other band of Antisemites throughout all time have used that line of reasoning,“why can’t the Jews, you know, be less Jewish, we are absolutely within our rights to terrorize them until they see the light”. “Maybe antisemitic violence should be curbed” “Maybe”. Quite.
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