#extremism

...Anyway! THIS BLOG SUPPORTS THE RIGHT TO JEWISH SELF-DETERMINATION IN THEIR HOMELAND OF ISRAEL. I respect deeply the determination of Israeli citizens of all origins to live in the face of truly overwhelming adversity, and hope for a day when the world gives them back a thimbleful of the grace they have extended. I hope for the day that Jewish people will be safe no matter where they choose to make their home, not only but especially in the land that was the birthplace and has always been the home of their people.

Because they know it includes positions, experiences, and proof that ultimately disproves their side so they also say "being in the middle" inherently means supporting the enemy.

"Tim Nicholls, the assistant director of policy, research and strategy at the National Autistic Society, said autistic people and their families would be “offended and concerned” by how autism is portrayed in the training manual.

“This is the latest in one of many issues surrounding Prevent. We believe the support system for autistic children is broken. We’re worried that many children are being inappropriately referred as a last resort, when no other support is being offered."

Sarah St Vincent, the executive director of Rights and Security International, said: “The government has not shown that autistic children are any more likely to pose a serious threat of violence than anyone else is.

“Instead, the Ofsted trainings draw a target on autistic children based on what look to us like sweeping and simplistic statements. This could amount to direct and illegal discrimination.

I mean that was never a fact I disputed. But it's different when the dots connect or when everything falls into place as the sayings go.

It went from (in no particular order) Jews having to explain that October 7 is bad actually, to explaining that supporting groups like Houthis is bad actually, to explaining the danger in lionizing/glorifying a man who set himself on fire, to explaining that terrorist groups (Hamas, Houthis, etc) oppress their own people, to explaining (again) that protesting outside synagogues is bad, to explaining that saying slurs like Zio and Zionazi and using rhetoric (Zionists control the media and Zionist-Occupied Government) that is no different than Neo Nazis and White Supremacists is bad actually, to explaining that...well hopefully you get it by this point. Or maybe not.

Your words have power. The words you use, the rhetoric you wield? That is power, and it's fucking dangerous to use violent and inflammatory rhetoric, which Jewish people kept saying and everyone else kept deflecting about. This isn't some newfangled fucking concept either if you can understand how far-right rhetoric can be dangerous, then you can understand it's inverse.