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For fucks sake. Do people realize how much money and LIFE it costs when people don’t go to the doctor regularly? I was consulted today on a young man who hasn’t seen a doctor in years because of his immigration status. He was healthy until he wasn’t. He’s in the ICU on the verge of death and they don’t know why. No drugs no injuries no past illnesses. His blood work is all over the place and there’s no way it happened overnight.

How much money is that gonna cost now?/s 🙄

Are you a religious Christian for whom a Pride parade is considered "work" and therefore something you would not be able to attend were it scheduled on a Sunday? Do you attend Mass on Sunday that takes all day and therefore limits your free time on Sunday? No? So then why is it such a hassle for things to be scheduled on a Sunday? In fact, many workplaces still don't give off Saturday as a given, but they do give off Sunday. Wouldn't you want more people (Jewish or not) to be included?

Jews, whether you like it or not, were and are deeply foundational to the modern LGBTQ Pride and Rights movement. Magnus Hirschfeld was a Jew. Harvey Milk was a Jew. Brenda Howard, the literal "Mother of Pride" was a Jew. They may not have been Orthodox Jews or Shabbat-observant, but Jews of all levels of observance and religiosity deserve to be included. And Jewish religious institutions have been supportive of LGBTQ causes for decades. And even if Jews weren't part of and supporters of the community from the start, Jews are part of the community now and ought to be included, as should people of all ethnicities, races, religions, and nationalities.

But honestly? My views have changed since I made that post that earned it a screenshot and post onto reddit saying "look how crazy and entitled those Jews are". I think the Western LGBTQ movement's exclusion and hatred of Jews now goes far beyond scheduling things on Saturdays. That's just the surface level. Things are far more overt when Jewish interest groups are quite literally banned from Pride events, when Jews are regularly harassed and attacked both off-line and online, when the overwhelming message from the Western LGBTQ world is that an LGBTQ person who is also a Jew is a traitor to their own kind. And it gets worse and worse each year as more LGBTQ people trade in their own safety and welfare and future prospects to spend their time, energy, and money hating Jews. Not only is it disgustingly hateful, it's counterproductive. LGBTQ rights are being attacked and stripped away all around the Western world, but people care more about investing their energy into best excluding Jews, Jews who, LGBTQ or not, would be and are supportive of LGBTQ causes. It's deeply insidious.

My schedule isn't more important than anyone else's. I know that. You know that, and you know that you were reading my post in bad faith. Jews are not the only people who would benefit from important Pride events not being scheduled on Saturdays. People who still have to work on Saturdays would benefit too. And I know you read a tiny snippet of my post and blacked out, because in that post I also mentioned Pride events being scheduled on Jewish holidays (Shavuot often times falls out in June). I think if you are in a community with a large number of Jews who are contributing members, it's only basic decency to be considerate. I am annoyed at conventions that do that same thing, mind you. But "niche interest conventions" are not a broad, umbrella movement the way the Western LGBTQ movement is. A science fiction convention isn't part of the same movement as a WWII history airshow, for example, and they are often not run by the same kinds of people and they are often not even attended by the same kinds of people.

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i also condemn Israel's genocide of the Palestinians.

it's very unfortunate that Israel has confused antisemitism with criticism of state actions. now when we hear antisemitism we don't know what it's referring to. what a disservice to efforts to combat antisemitism.

there is no world where criticizing a genocide, and wanting peace and freedom for all, could be antisemitic. everything I read about Judaism is life-affirming and just. wanting children to get to grow up could never be antisemitic. desiring that the geneva conventions be respected is not antisemitic. wanting an end to checkpoints and restriction of movement for Palestinians is not antisemitic. wanting children to stop being sniped is not antisemitic. wanting everyone to have equality under the law not antisemitic. it's not antisemitic to desire women and children and civilians to have medicine, food, and water.

proceeds to engage in a whole lot of antisemitism and disinformation

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didn’t know the term “urban sprawl” and claimed to have never heard it before

said she didn’t actually know what property taxes are

and when someone expressed disbelief, replied with “i’m just a girl”