Check your criticism against this before you speak to me ^^

by Ailin Vilches Arguello

A German Jewish woman was forced to remove her Star of David necklace at a security checkpoint before being permitted to enter a courtroom in northern Germany — where ironically a man was on trial for excluding Jews from his place of business.

The incident on Monday raised concerns over hostility toward Jews in public spaces, amid a wave of incidents in Germany and across Europe of people being denied access to places and services for being Jewish or Israeli.

On Monday, Keren Stopka was asked before entering the Flensburg District Court in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein to remove her Star of David necklace so as not to “disrupt” the proceedings, in order to be allowed to observe the case.

“I had to remove my entire Star of David necklace and hand it over. I wasn’t even permitted to keep it under my shirt or in my pocket. I can’t remember the last time I took it off — it’s part of who I am,” Stopka told the German newspaper Bild.

In that courtroom, 60-year-old Hans-Velten Reisch was on trial for incitement to hatred after he hung an antisemitic sign on his second-hand shop last year that read: “Jews are not allowed to enter this place!!!”

That they call all israelis colonizers.

''The founding of Israel was based on displacement of Palestinians''- Look, I don't want to minimize that at all because people losing their homes is fucking terrible but that doesn't mean the solution is expelling Israelis now. There was a population exchange between Greece and Tuurkey in 1922. Both sides ethnically cleansed people. It was a terrible thing to do. But both Turkey and Greece exist now as two seperate states with clearly defined borders (if you ignore some shit erdogan tries to pull in the agean). And you don't question Greece's or Turkey's right to not be wiped off.

''Israeli identity is fake because it was based on smth that happened 3000 years ago!!!''- Ok sorry to break it to you but us Greeks have made our entire national identity revolve around who we were 3000 years ago. And if you want to argue abt fakeness of identity I would argue ours was a less organic one. Jewish people maintained the same religion and basic belief systems for 3000 years. They continuously felt the connection with Eretz Yisrael. We switched to Orthodox christianity from whatever 12 god shit we had, we lost most of our literacy that allowed us to keep tpuch with ancient texts, we embraced so many customs from the Ottomans and YET it was still valid when we tried to reclaim our ancient greek identity to build a nation partly on the basis of that

''European colonial powers helped prop up Israel which means it is an imperialistic state!''- Do you think Greece got independence or gained more land purely through OUR military strength lol?

I would answer that it is the only place in the entire world where a Jew can feel loved, safe, protected, feel at home.

No matter how many wars our country has been through and is going through, how many terror attacks happening every day, running to shelters…

Israel is the only Jewish country in the world that allows Jews to live safely and with Jewish pride on Earth without being ashamed of their Jewish identity and without hiding it.

Jews must have at least one place in the world that accepts them as they are. This is exactly the reason why Israel must continue to exist.

Also leftists: "anyone who criticizes Muslims' prevalent abusive behaviour in their communities and their religious doctrines is always an Islamophobe, no it doesn't matter if you're personally being opressed by the community or religious laws, you are no different than a MAGA or reform racist and you need to Do Better".

The sound approach I propose for both scenarios is to understand where the traumatized people are coming from and to give them some grace (understanding isn't justification) , but also to not condone the blanket racist statements that they make even if their worldviews are limited or if they're being harmed because more bigotry doesn't solve bigotry; it only adds to the animosity. Rather we should encourage people to try to be nuanced for their sake and for others, focusing on critiquing ideologies or actions rather than entire identities, or encouraging racism against any identity for the actions of some.

The evolution of (trans) man.

(Well, this one, anyway.)

Age 9: "Tomboy"

Age 15: Strictly enforced femininity

Age 30: Hitting the mental limits of being closeted all his life and about to crash HARD

Age 47: Fifteen years now since starting transition. Far more good days than bad, no regrets.

Big lobbying money in general is a problem in politics, but AIPAC is nowhere near the biggest contributor. Yet you wouldn't know that from how much people obsess about it, and paint it as single-handedly controlling US politics.

They’re not saying it because of bibi or any of his dumb government.