Sigh In A Storm

Fiona is married so it's time to reunite with her parents. But instead of marrying a prince, she's married to an ogre. Not just that, but she's also an ogre. (Yes everyone knew she would sometimes be an ogre but that was when she was a child, she didn't know she would be an ogre for the rest of her life, and besides once she met the right prince she would stop being an ogre. She was supposed to stop being an ogre.)

But okay they're both ogres. We can still ask about when they'll have children because even if they're ogres they can still have kids, right? That's what married princes and princesses do so naturally that's what everyone does. Even if ogres might not be great parents (I've heard that ogres eat their young, is that something you people do?) it's still something that should be discussed.

And okay you can stay in Fiona's childhood bedroom filled with all the reminders that hey, everyone thought she was just a princess and princesses marry princes. Her toys left out from the last time she played with them. The prince slays the ogre. The princess offers a token of gratitude for slaying the ogre. Fiona wrote Mrs. Fiona Charming a million times in her diary because what else was she supposed to grow up to be?

And Harold you have to fix this, your country can't be ruled by ogres. You were unfit to rule when you were a frog but I changed you, I made you better, I made you a prince. You know how this works. Think of your daughter's safety.

From ancient to abstract, this one sure got around.

I'm not even going to name the specific term because it keeps happening. Over and over, Jewish concepts and vocabulary are perverted to fit old and new accusations alike.

"Hey guys, like, Im not Jewish but I've seen some REALLY CONCERNING DISCOURSE about Jewish folks in fandom and online politically active leftist and socially progressive spaces and and I know that Jews have felt really really uncomfortable and unwelcome in those spaces for a long time now.

As non-Jews it is our responsibility to make sure were paying attention to the rhetoric we use and doing everything we can to keep these spaces safe and welcoming for our Jewish friends and allies!

This is so, so important and I know everyone feels very strongly about Palestine and Gaza and you ABSOLUTELY should, but there is never any excuse at all for antisemitism. All that does is create greater division when we need to be united in these causes! You need to understand that blaming Jews in Canada and the US for what Israel does is SUPER ANTISEMETIC, okay???

Absolutely NOT all Jews are Zionists and you CANNOT act as if they are. Jewish people are NOT responsible for Gaza, they are NOT the problem. The PROBLEM is ISRAEL and ZIONISM. Assuming every single Jew everywhere is some kind of genocidal colonizing Israeli militant is SO SO ANTISEMETIC and we really really need to call stuff like that out when we see it, okay??

Whats interesting is that apparently "ethnostate" means "democratic state with a clear, overwhelming religious majority but still religious and racial diversity which is lawfully protected, yet troubling deeply routed racial and religious inequality thats persisted since the founding of the state and must absolutely be addressed and meaningful progress made to improve the lives of all citizens."

Whats more interesting is that it means that, but does not apply to the United States.

And also the same people who "hate ethnostates" never seem to complain about like... any of the other ones... particularly ones where religious practice is forced on people and different races and religions do not have equal rights by law (if not in actual practice).

but unfortunately i have those and am not about to just change everything i believe because some people are antisemites and other people make excuses for them

I'm not even going to name the specific term because it keeps happening. Over and over, Jewish concepts and vocabulary are perverted to fit old and new accusations alike.

"Hey guys, like, Im not Jewish but I've seen some REALLY CONCERNING DISCOURSE about Jewish folks in fandom and online politically active leftist and socially progressive spaces and and I know that Jews have felt really really uncomfortable and unwelcome in those spaces for a long time now.

As non-Jews it is our responsibility to make sure were paying attention to the rhetoric we use and doing everything we can to keep these spaces safe and welcoming for our Jewish friends and allies!

This is so, so important and I know everyone feels very strongly about Palestine and Gaza and you ABSOLUTELY should, but there is never any excuse at all for antisemitism. All that does is create greater division when we need to be united in these causes! You need to understand that blaming Jews in Canada and the US for what Israel does is SUPER ANTISEMETIC, okay???

Absolutely NOT all Jews are Zionists and you CANNOT act as if they are. Jewish people are NOT responsible for Gaza, they are NOT the problem. The PROBLEM is ISRAEL and ZIONISM. Assuming every single Jew everywhere is some kind of genocidal colonizing Israeli militant is SO SO ANTISEMETIC and we really really need to call stuff like that out when we see it, okay??

The definition itself is incredibly milquetoast and reasonable; anyone pretending otherwise is flat out lying.

The weird Oreos don’t sell… but the weird Oreos just being around and visible make people buy more regular Oreos.