Nitz's Corner of Pester & Rant ✡️AM YISRAEL CHAI✡️

She pointed out that there is something DEEPLY ironic about the "Zios are colonizers!" shit that is thrown around when like.

'Antizionists' are coming into Jewish spaces and going to Jews and demanding that we perform our culture, our language, the way they want us to. They come to us demanding purity. They come to us demanding that we be Jews in the way that they think Jews should be, and when we do not do that, they tell us that we are wrong.

When Jews are Zionists. And we say what that means to us. And we explain our culture, our history, our connection. 'Antizionists' tell us "No, you are wrong. No, I know your culture and your people and your history better- no, that is not your history. Your history is what I say it is, not what you say it is. Your words mean what I say they mean, not what you say they mean. You will be a Jew the way I say you should, or you should die."

Telling a people, an ethnic group, a tribe. That you know them better than they do, and not only that! YOU get to dictate their language, history, personal feelings, how they talk about themselves, what words they use, how they are allowed to present themselves...

It isn't common knowledge: Judaism calls for burial within 24 hours, otherwise as soon as possible. To allow a soul to pass, the dead must be buried specifically (From dust to dust). Until then, the dead is disgraced- which is why one of the worst, cruelest punishments given in the Tanakh was an improper burial.

Jews treat proper burial not only as a cultural custom, but also as a religious obligation! Even criminals, sinners and those who were executed, must be buried respectfully (And yes, that does mean Israel buries terrorist bodies too, making sure to carefully document and keep track of them in case they're recalled).

It is both forbidden to house the dead ("Thou shalt in any wise bury him that day" (Deuteronomy 21:23), and demanded that they be buried as soon as possible, as determined by Maimonides in his interpretation of Sanhedrin law (The council of judges appointed by god to advise Moses, for those who are unfamiliar).

For many years now terrorist organizations have been abducting dead bodies to trade for prisoners or whatever else they want. Note, they've been abducting the ALREADY DEAD corpses to stash out of Israel's reach, paying them much disrespect as a way to both taunt and pressure Jews. Even now... Many civilian corpses are still in Hamas hands.

It's been MONTHS. Months of families wondering if their loved ones could be alive, wishing they could at least bury them otherwise. Months of Hamas rejoicing in their ability to deny Jews what we consider basic respect. It's especially cruel knowing the context, knowing Hamas is doing it specifically because they hate Jews, spitting in our faces.

It's a hate crime, one often overlooked and excused by Goyim. It shouldn't be smoothed over, or minimized in face of the "bigger picture".

Taking hostages in itself is a Grave breach of the Geneva Conventions and a war crime, as is rape. Lesser known is the fact that the Geneva Conventions also demand a honorable burial: "Parties to the conflict shall ensure that the dead are honorably interred, if possible according to the rites of the religion to which they belonged, that their graves are respected" (article 17, article 130)

Psychological warfare? Check.

Boundary pushing until what's inconceivable and intolerable to any other person/country is just our flavor of normal? Check.

Trauma exploitation to get a reaction they can weaponize? Check.

Geopolitical DARVO? Check.

But if you catch yourself thinking:

I don’t want Trump to enforce the legal rights of Jewish students because it might lead to leftist backlash…

You’ve gotta stop yourself:

You cannot ask other Jews (especially, in this case, children and young adults) to settle for fewer rights because you are afraid of backlash.

We’ve been over this. We’ve all heard the sad stories of pre-WWII antizionist Jews convinced the Zionists were going to get them all killed by speaking up. But we know that the Zionists did not secretly cause the Holocaust. The antisemites did.

Jews asserting their rights does not cause antisemitism. Antisemites cause antisemitism.

"Aljamal told the hostages that “Hamas was going to ensure that the United States, as well as Jews and Israelis, are hated everywhere and that Hamas in Gaza was coordinating with its allies, including its allies in the media and on college campuses, to foment hatred against Israel and Jews,” the complaint said."

I've seen it from organized crime outfits, typically Russian mob and cartels, and from serial killers. This reminds me more of the latter rather than the former as the outfits tend to behave in a certain manner and abide by various rules. Serial killers, however, often delight in the psychological torture of their victims, victims' family, and community.

There's a number of cases I've been brought in on to help ID corpses that were not who the killer said they were. Causing pain and anguish for the families and community to their delight.

New flag for the Druze Suwayda Military Council in Southern Syria.

The resemblance to the flag of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces is purposeful- they have expressed their willingness to coordinate with the SDF in persuit of a unified Syria that is decentralized, secular, safe, and democratic.

Israel is also backing (with air strikes) their decision not to allow any HTS militants into the region.

Yes gay and trans people were also targeted, we're denying that, but it was because homosexuality and transgenderism was seen as something caused by the Jews

Like people were like "well I'm queer so I would've had the pink triangle, I'm asexual so i would've gotten the black triangle too, I am a leftist so I would've gotten the red triangle too"

Like bestie no, the only people who got multiple colors were jews, and even then you only got two. I'll include a picture of the classification system at the end.

Also people seem to forget why queer and disabled people were taken to concentration camps. It was because they viewed both as products of evil jew powers. It was jews making people queer and/or disabled according to Nazis. It wasn't just regular run of the mill homophobia and ableism, it was directly tied to antisemitism.

And like multifander said, none of this makes it any less terrible that queer and disabled folk were victims. Also, it is important to say that it was mainly queer men and trans women taken to concentration camps. iirc, no women were ever taken to a concentration camp for being wlw. There *may* have been a handful, but anti wlw laws were rarely enforced to that degree.

I feel as if the whole "oppression Olympics bad" has been misinterpreted badly in general but specifically when it comes to the holocaust.

Oppression Olympics refers to when people are trying to one up each other or dismiss someone else's oppression with their own oppression. Oppression Olympics is not speaking factually about what group experienced more oppression in general or with a specific event.

Factually jews were treated worse than queer people. Factually more jews died. Factually jews and roma had it the worst.

None of these facts minimize or dismiss the pain and suffering of queer and disabled folk during the holocaust.

Oh and here is the image of the nazi categorization system. I cannot read it properly as my eyes are shit so if someone can, feel free to add an image description and if you do, tag me so it stands out in my notifs for me to reblog it.

Ask the vendor (online or in person) questions about the leather they use:

How was it tanned? (Chrome, Vegetable, Combination- tanning transforms raw flesh into durable leather) How many oz is it? (leather thickness is typically measured in oz) What can you tell me about the grain and finish on the leather? (the grain is determined by what layers of the skin make up the leather, poor quality cuts are often disguised with heavy acrylic finishes)

If their leather is shitty, they'll feed you some fluff about it being "high quality italian made" leather.

If they are selling quality goods, they'll be thrilled to answer your questions precisely and probably with more detail than you asked for in the first place.