yup. i’m a fake
yam israel chai.
Spare me the hyperbole.
Last year, you spent all of three weeks on Twitter catching up on a century of conflict and suddenly acted like you were “in the trenches covered in blood”:
It’s clear in the political thread who is following this atrocity up close and who is just casually checking cnn and msnbc for updates.
Those of us in the trenches are covered in blood and have likely had our entire perspective on how to a) read news and who/what to believe and b) our politicians are all bought and paid for/all the same crap
This is an insult to those who’ve actually lost loved ones and all those directly in harm’s way.
Let’s be real for a moment: Were you in the trenches covered in blood, or were you on the couch covered in crumbs?
Not everyone “Columbus discovered” the Israel/Palestine conflict last year. You’ve been trying to stay informed, you’ve avoided practicing willful obliviousness,
and that’s noble - but you’ve lost any sense of humility when discussing this issue and it’s beyond time for you to step back and realize that you’re no better than those you’ve mocked for trying to block the election of someone who’s been espousing dangerous, anti-Muslim policies and attitudes for decades now (falsely claiming that he witnessed Muslim people “celebrating” 9/11 in New Jersey, characterizing Barack Obama as a “secret Muslim,” who “won’t’ say Radical Islamic terror,” orchestrating a Muslim immigration ban, etc. etc.)
Are politics the only way to effect change? Of course not - but politics are not separate from other forms of activism.
I favored an administration that we could protest over one that’s pledged to
criminalize protest.
You favor a platform owned by Netanyahu’s bestie because it doesn’t have pictures of your friend’s kids on it.
If you want to make common cause with those who also seek to end genocide, it’s beyond time to stop spitting on everyone who doesn’t engage in toothless, dead-end nihilism that begins and ends with posting on Twitter - as if that’s an “uncompromising” approach.
Sadly, it’s impossible to live in the modern world and not share some degree of complicity in oppression and injustice. Why boycott Apple when Google is responsible for Project Maven? Are we supposed to forsake technology?
This doesn’t absolve us of the responsibility to make the best choices we reasonably can - and we have far more options available to us when it comes to social media than we do with our choice of cell phones.
I just find it ironic that you have such vitriol for people who tried to block the election of Donald Trump while engaging in “lesser of two evils” arguments when justifying your decision to continue supporting Elon Musk.