I just wanted to let y’all know that whenever one of them sees even the smallest expression of Palestinian solidarity it absolutely wrecks their shit.

My Zionist coworkers have worked themselves up into a frenzy about not just the phrase Free Palestine (“genocidal”), but also keffiyehs (“genocidal”), and even cartoon watermelons (“reminds them of Germany in the 1930’s”). These aren’t grifters or online trolls. These are seemingly normal people, some of whom I’ve worked with for most of a decade, who are absolutely losing their fucking minds, and are completely convinced that any reference to Palestine is by definition anti-Semitic and a direct attack on them personally. They have complained to our boss, they have complained to our union, they have snuck into someone’s room and taken down a pro-Palestinian display. They are refusing to enter a room that has a watermelon displayed. They feel unsafe. They are losing sleep, they are bursting into tears. Its genuinely bizarre to witness.

I have a small watermelon up in my room and felt guilty that I wasn’t doing more, but apparently this seemingly mild gesture has the power of a thousand Hamas supersoldiers. Keep it up comrades.

If it sounds like I’m making this up, I honestly can’t blame you. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t been watching this play out.

    • Bobby_DROP_TABLES [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      11 months ago

      This is probably not a great stance to have, given that most Zionists are just Jewish people that (for one reason or another) haven’t been able to unlearn things that most of us are taught starting at a really young age. I grew up with a Jewish religious education and considered myself a Zionist for most of my life. The things that started to change that for me were 1) going to Israel on birthright and seeing shit for myself and 2) meeting people who were willing to make a good-faith effort to challenge my beliefs. Edgelord takes like this aren’t doing anyone any good.

      • Self_Hating_Moid [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I say the same thing about chrisrian evangelicals and muslims that would behead me or toss me off a roof for who i love. Religious fundamentalism is a curse and nothing anyonr says can make me unhate the people who’ve wronged and harmed me throughout my life

        I mean hahaha funny Self_Hating_Moid post! Heehaw funne! Fnuyy! Hahaha irony! Laugh at the irony!!! LAUGH YOU HOGS LAUGH!!! LAUGH!!! LIBERALS OWNED!!!