uncomfortably cold and paranoid

A lot of people only seem to respect the more fringe minorities (nonbinary people, intellectually disabled people, intersex people, etc) for as long as all is fine with them personally. But once something happens, once they're in danger, they revert to acting as if these minorities do not matter and treat reminders to check their behavior for bigotry as a minimization of their suffering.

internet people are so fucking stupid holy shit

I wish I can grant you my entire life for this response tbh. Let you experience the literal material consequences of being intersex, a poc, and severely disabled ina world where words are used to hurt us.

Hania Mahariel and Ashanti Lavellan

Today’s digital culture has monetized these pleasures. Online platforms are engineered to maximize engagement by maximizing emotional reward. Antisemitism is extraordinarily well suited to such systems. Platforms amplify the thrill of forbidden knowledge, insider language, memes, and collective outrage while making them instantly accessible and endlessly repeatable. The digital dogpile—coordinated mass attack on a single Jewish target—is the mob made digital. Like the analogue mobs that preceded them, these too are often gleeful and public. But unlike earlier forms, participation no longer requires gathering in the street or much physical effort at all. The mob no longer needs to gather, it simply needs to log on.

“If Jews protest loudly, it will be cast as Jews having something to hide. If Jewish organizations demand collective condemnation, it will be cast as Jews having the power to suppress criticism. If Jews stay silent, it will be cast as indifference, arrogance, or worse—tacit agreement. Confront the accusation publicly and Jews feed the spectacle. Ignore it and normalization spreads. Explain it carefully and with nuance and lose ground faster. Complexity will always be outrun by emotional simplicity and the vocabulary of moral crusade. In short, Jews become unwilling performers in someone else’s theater. The antisemite wins either way.