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I'm not Jewish, but there's a reason that I've risked everything to speak up for the Jewish community.
And when I say everything, I mean everything. I mean being blocked by friends that I grew up with, unfollowed by most friends and associates, accused of being a spy for the Mossad, IRGC, CIA etc, having my family accused of the same and having their lives put at risk to the extent of having to contact the FBI, being subjected to unthinkable smears, conspiracies, and rumors that are intended to blacklist me from everywhere and by everyone, but I still speak up despite it all, you know why?
Because the same time that Jews had to watch their children being shot and kidnapped on October 7
Is the same time they had to watch half the world protest against the existence of their tiny Jewish state that is their only refuge from global genocide
Is the same time they had to watch their friends, associates, celebrities, and the world's body politic post paragliders in celebration of their massacre
Is the same time they had to watch their synagogues go up in flames amid renewed pogroms in Europe
Is the same time they had to be banned and blacklisted as persona non gratas of the world by trading the word "Jews" for "Zionists"
Is the same time they had to be pushed back by human chains on college campuses and beaten unconscious for defying chants for their death
Is the same time they had to watch a mentally ill rapper tell millions of his followers that he loves Hitler and supports the Holocaust
Is the same time they had to watch the likes of Dan Bilzerian, Candace Owens, Jake Shields, and the rest of the "woke right" claim "Jewish supremacy" is the world's biggest problem by citing obscure texts of the Talmud & claiming to "seek truth" while regurgitating antisemitic Soviet disinformation to justify their persecution
Is the same time they had to watch the woke left claim that the victims of Islamist extremism deserved the October 7 horrors because their grandparents who fled Nazi Germany back to Palestine in refugee boats were actually "white colonizers"
All while the world looks on and glibly asks, "what antisemitism?"
That's why I speak up.
The most important thing I've realized is that nobody can take from you what doesn't belong to them.
They can silence, intimidate, threaten, and accuse you, but they can never take away the power of your voice when it bellows into the scorched earth the last hopeful, fragmented glimmers of truth.
That belongs to you and nobody else, and in our lifetime, it may never be more important than now.
Reply from Daniel Saynt (@/danielsaynt):
I'm not Jewish, but fuck Nazis, fuck terrorists and fuck anyone who treat women like property and gays like trash.
Reply from Degsy Roberts (@/degsyroberts):
I'm not Jewish but I speak up because we said never again and some people are intent on making the destruction of Jews happen again. I stand with Jews
Reply from Levicy_UK (@/Levicy_UK):
I'm not Jewish but I speak up because Jews have given this world so much and I am grateful. And I will always defend Western values against violence, terrorism and evil.
Reply from VIPER 3-2 (@/VIPER3215):
I speak up because it is a matter of historic and incontrovertible fact that standing up for the Jewish people is a hard right, and not an easy wrong.
Reply from Kristján Va (@/kristjanvalur):
I'm not Jewish but I'm simply flabergasted that the west, having inherited their moral axioms, is abandoning them in their fight for survival against a primitive evil.
Reply from Suffrajetski 💚🤍💜 (@/suffrajetski):
I'm not Jewish AND I was indoctrinated by the far left in uni. But I have a brain, so I educated myself on the holocaust and the truth about Israel. The more I learned, the angrier and more protective I became. So what if I lose friends. I don't want moral cowards for friends.
Reply from Seasin48 (@/OBucsa):
I'm not Jewish, but I speak up because it's the right thing to do. Because I studied history.
Because I have friends and family who come from Israel. Because I admire a lot about Jewish people. But mostly, because it is the RIGHT THING to do.
Reply from Kevin Diamond, 🎗️ (@/kevinajdiamond):
I'm not Jewish, but I speak up because I've formed unbreakable bonds with Jews. Once you love an ethnicity that living in a small town without Jews you could only meet here, the bond only gets stronger. Also history has to stop repeating. If we can protect the 0.2%, who can we.
Reply from Kim (@/keul2013):
I'm not Jewish, either. But, I stand with Israel.
What happened on October 7th in Israel is no different than our 9-11. The hostages must be brought home now. It is clear time is running out for them.
I'm not Jewish, but I speak up because...
I'm Human.
Reply from Primus (@/wwwPurityOrg):
I'm not Jewish either but I support Israel because democracy must win over terror and tyranny.
Reply from Disdain is my name:
I speak up because it's clear as day what is happening to Jews is wrong...and a sign our society is very sick. Evil walks amongst us
Reply from Thedas.Time.Machine:
I'm not Jewish but I speak up because I was taught Never Again. What we're seeing being allowed to happen on college campus and in the street is shameful.
Reply from SarahJ 🕯️(@/vanderwolf10):
I am not Jewish, but I (try to) speak up because no demographic deserves to be persecuted or hunted b/c of their race, religion, ethnicity, etc.
Also b/c Jews and Judaism are awesome 👍🇮🇱
Reply from Alyssa (@/alysslutt):
I'm not Jewish, but I speak up because you don't have to be Jewish to speak the truth.
Reply from Ajay Lowe (@/AjayLowe31954):
I'm not Jewish, but I speak up because I can't stand to see so much hatred towards Jewish people; because I despise jihadism with all of my heart; because, as a Christian, Jewish people are our brothers and sisters; because, as a proud European and Italian, I swore "never again".
Reply from Sana Ebrahimi:
I'm not Jewish, but I speak up because it's not only about Jews. It starts with them and ends with all of us.
I'm sick and tired of Islamists committing the most horrific acts of violence and then crying victim the moment their victims fight back.
I'm sick of seeing them freely marry underage girls, oppress women, and treat people of other religions, atheists, and apostates like disposable sacrifices for their "greater cause."
I'm sick of watching them get away with kidnapping, torturing, and murdering people over something as small as an insult to their beliefs.
And I'm beyond tired of all this being repackaged and sold to the world as "acceptance of other religions and beliefs."
Reply from Sherry Sh (@/sherrysh12):
Iranians support our Jewish friends. We won't apologize for it and the world is better off getting used to it.