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Wrote this, about the too much antisemitisms situation. It shouldn't be a thing. We need to stop it.
Alright, so,
When the world learned of the Nazis' crimes at the end of WW2, it was broadly agreed that "fighting antisemitism" was a good idea, as part of ensuring such atrocity would Never happen Again. Over time, however, the memory of the Holocaust has been eroded and distorted...
▫ Its true causes are misrepresented, reductively. Jewish suffering is portrayed as incomparable to that of any others at any time. Even, seemingly, the great many non-Jewish people who perished in the very same Holocaust, whose suffering is often not portrayed at all, who go unmentioned so routinely that many people are barely (if at all) aware they even existed.
▫ Nazi scapegoating of Jews is portrayed as unique and specific, rather than largely circumstantial. Antisemitism is portrayed as a uniquely terrible form of bigotry, requiring special attention and specific tools to address it. Thus the lesson that in similar conditions, other groups could be targeted just as harshly (as indeed *they were*, alongside the Jews), is lost.
▫ A simplistic popular understanding emerges: Hitler was a madman who just hated Jews so much he Holocausted them; and people helped him because he was very good at speeches and infected them with antisemitism mind virus; thus, "Never Again" = "fight antisemitism".
▫ That misses (what should be) the point. It is of disservice to humanity in the present and the future, and our collective interest in preventing such atrocities. Including those occuring right now.
But the memory of the Holocaust is and has for some time been exploited, for political and financial gain, and to deflect legitimate criticism of Israel and its crimes.
▫ Modern definitions of "antisemitism" primarily serve this purpose. This is bad.
▫ The "antisemitic" label, and the threat of it, are used to coerce, control, and silence; thereby influencing policy, and access to power. Thus, Western power structures are almost exclusively staffed by people who at least outwardly support Israel and the weaponised "fight against antisemitism".
▫ No-one is exempt, including Jewish antizionists and non-supporters of Israel, who if anything are attacked harder, with more spite (and special terms, self-hating, Kapo, etc), to defend exclusive ownership of the 'Jewish' brand, thus the authority to define antisemitism, and the fight against... antisemitism. Ironia chaya, innit.
▫ In response to outcry about Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestine, "fighting antisemitism" is now being used as direct justification for implementing increasingly authoritarian measures, egregiously restricting, prohibiting, and criminalising a wide array of actions and expressions.
▫ Most are aimed at silencing and punishing criticism of the horrendous behaviour of the Judeonazi state of Israel and that of its proponents and zealots. The ways in which these measures are being implemented and/or enforced are also cause for serious concern. This is unacceptable.
Israel's treatment of Palestinians, although far worse since 2023, has for decades included: systemic structural discrimination; dehumanisation; disenfranchisement; dispossession; arbitrary indefinite detention; execution; mass-slaughter; torture; organ harvesting; violence, in all of its forms, to every degree, with no limit. Read that again.
▫ It is beyond obscene.
▫ And, objectively comparable to Nazi persecution.
▫ Yet, the most widely used definition of antisemitism (IHRA working definition) *explicily* states that drawing any such comparisons is "antisemitic".
▫ And, Western countries continue to increase the scope and punitiveness of their responses to "rising antsemitism".
While the Holocaust of Palestine continues.
While the Holocaust of Palestine continues.
While the Holocaust of Palestine continues.
"Never Again", and the institutions and tools which were supposed to uphold it, have been *at best* useless. The fight against antisemitism has been twisted to serve the inverse of its intended purpose. What was created to prevent systemic persecution, is now used to silence criticism of systemic persecution; and as a pretext for its implementation.
▫ It is now a weapon of Jewish Supremacy.
▫ In active and increasingly heavy use.
▫ This is bad. It is a bad thing.
Nowhere in the world today are Jews subjected to systemic structural discrimination and oppression. Laws and regulations intended to protect all peoples from harrassment, violence, etc, already exist. If they are good enough for everyone else, why not for Jewish people? If they are not good enough for everyone, why not? Treating antisemitism as a special and vastly more important case is unnecessary; nonsensical; absurd; outrageous... and this would be so, were it only that simple, but it is so much worse:
▫ It is not used to fight antisemitism. It is used as weapon of Jewish Supremacy. It is used to silence and punish anyone who dares criticise those who support and comprise a Judeonazi apartheid state constantly perpetrating atrocities and subjecting its victims to systemic structural discrimination and oppression; and to bolster and further expand the power of Jewish Supremacists to impose their will on people and nations.
▫ It does not even protect Jewish people. It empowers Jewish Supremacists. It is weaponised against all others, including Jews, who reject hateful, violent, supremacist ideologies; and call for the upholding of human rights, international law, basic human decency...
▫ AND, this insane 'special treatment' causes resentment, which causes antisemitism to INCREASE. Jewish Supremacists aggressively insist that they are and represent "The Jews", so when people don't like their unbelievably obnoxious behaviour, bam: "antisemitism". Then, "rising antisemitism" is used to justify increased measures to "fight antisemitism".
▫ But it does not fight antisemitism. It empowers Jewish Supremacists, whose self proclaimed representation of all Jewish people; combined with the prevalence of ignorance of the distinctions and intersections between all the relevant groups of people; and the resentment caused by the special treatment and obnoxious behaviour of people who call themselves "The Jews", places all Jewish people, including decent, peaceful, antizionist, anti-Israel, non-genocidal Jewish people, at increased risk of [misdirected] backlash.
▫ It is circular. It is by design. It is well past time we stopped tolerating or giving anything to the *infinite* tantrums and crocodile tears and of those with vested interests in perpetuating this circus. It is well past time we stopped falling for this shit.
▫ White Supremacists scapegoating Jews. Jewish Supremacists scapegoating Muslims. It's the same thing. Again. It must be stopped. Now.
There is absolutely no valid justification for the status quo, let alone further encroachment of this profoundly dangerous capitulation to supremacist control.
▫ Reject and dismantle the obsolete and utterly corrupted concept of "antisemitism" and the "fight against antisemitism". Abolish their special status in law and in custom.
▫ Fight supremacism. Fight oppression. Fight genocide. Fight those perpetrating atrocities. Fight those materially supporting that shit.
▫ Literally.
The Holocaust of Palestine continues.
The Holocaust of Palestine continues.
The Holocaust of Palestine continues.
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