nonchalance.

BUT

are you applying this logic to other groups, too?

are Indian people living in the United States not a diaspora because the modern country of India gained independence in 1947?

and you do understand that the word "diaspora" literally originally referred to Jewish people??

and you do also realize that Jews have been living in the land that state exists on consistently for thousands of years? that we never "left"? that we were forcibly displaced over and over again? that we tried to return to our native land to be with our people who remained there?

you do realize that the entire time Jews have been in Europe and the Americas we have been massacred and displaced, over and over and over again, right? that our population in Europe nearly disappeared entirely during the medieval period because people kept killing us? that Jews who still lived in our native land were massacred by invading crusaders?

and i am sure you are aware of the origins of the words "Jew" and "Jewish"? what about "Syria Palaestina"?

does this look like being in one place for centuries?

btw did you reblog this with comment from two different blogs at the same time lmao?

the indian government itself recognizes roma as an indian diaspora, & has taken measures to acknowledge our roots in the country & even offer migration & citizenship; aka what happens in israel now for the jewish diaspora !! what happens in plenty of other countries across the world.

​The moment I pushed back, the moment I told him the truth, that I support Israel and want to see the regime in Iran fall, he erupted in pure rage.

​He began screaming about his uncle's high rank in the IRA, glorifying terror as a "success story" to justify the total erasure of Israel. To be trapped in a car with that level of brainwashed vitriol, being shamed and attacked for defending the Jewish people, is a burden I can't describe.

​Being Iranian is so incredibly taxing. You spend your life fighting the regime that destroyed your home, only to have strangers weaponise your identity to justify their antisemitism. To my Jewish friends: I see the hate you face. I will never stop standing with you, no matter how much it costs.