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I know you sent me this in a knee-jerk reaction to my posts that criticize Israel and support the Palestinian people, but it’s a perfect example of how criticism against Israel and the IDF is being equatedwith antisemitism, most often by far right conservatives.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo just used this same tactic against Cynthia Nixon (despite her wife being Jewish) by sending out mailers saying she’s anti-Semitic by supporting the BDS movement. As far as I know, she’s never said she supports BDS, but it’s still another example of how people will equate any kind of criticism against Israel as antisemitism.

“There are often attempts to silence critics of Israel byconflating legitimate criticism with anti-Semitism. Israel is a state, not aperson. Everyone has the right to criticize the unjust actions of a state.” -Jewish Voice for Peace

In fact, Jewish people who are critical of Israel’s imperialistic policies are often censured or are banned from entering Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs banned the leaders of 20 worldwide organizations from Israel (including Jewish groups) because they support BDS.

“It is vital that Jewish organizations across the globe stand united against harmful definitions of antisemitism and together for human rights andthe freedom to protest. We at JVP are proud to have initiated this historic effort.” – Rebecca Vilkomerson, Jewish Voice for Peace Executive Director

There are many stark examples of ties between US law enforcement (such as ICE) and the IDF. I lived near the US-Mexico border for many years, and I know the surveillance towers they use are the same ones used on the Israel-Palestine borders. The United States and Israel both need to be critically examined when their policies revolve around oppression and imperialism.

First ever: 40+ Jewish groups worldwide oppose equating antisemitism with criticism of Israel

Deadly Exchange report reveals extent of massive training programs between U.S. law enforcement and Israeli police, military and the Shin Bet

Deputy Director of ICE was sent by the ADL for training with the Israeli military

Why Is an Israeli Defense Contractor Building a ‘Virtual Wall’ in the Arizona Desert? Israeli companies are using the lessons they’ve learned occupying Gaza to militarize the US border

Man until this morning I never even heard of Orctober and frankly I wouldn't have cared had you not decided to start attacking people and calling anyone who calls you out homophobic like you’re the only gay guy in the world and any criticism of a gay man is automatically homophobia and not a result of your own shitty behavior. 

Plus any research on orctober shows that even if it was started by MLM it’s now become mainstream enough that any site hosting orctober events features orc women, women drawing for them, and plenty of bi men liking them.

Y’all gotta start understanding the difference between “hiding behind autism” and “do you have any way of expressing that without calling marginalized people slurs?”

Like. I wouldn’t even object - in fact, haven’t objected, am not objecting now - if someone says my writing is stupid.

But y’all almost never do that - instead, you call me stupid.

Knowing that I’m developmentally disabled.

That’s the point where it becomes a slur.

are you saying the dwarven vows don’t allow you to swear

With the general way that Dwarves are portrayed in fantasy series, I’d expect that many of them would be foul-mouthed... but given the two dwarves we do see in the Symphonia universe, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some kind of vow that forbids foul language, haha. They’re both very well-disciplined, it seems. If I’d put Altessa on here, he’d probably be right there beside Dirk.

In my fanon Dwarven Vows list, there aren’t any that explicitly forbid swearing, but there are:

Dwarven Vow 47: “It’s better to be quiet than to sing a bad song.” (If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.) Dwarven Vow 58: “It’s often a man’s mouth that breaks his nose.” (The things you say can get you into trouble.) Dwarven Vow 93: “The good speech of a fool is better than the bad word of a prophet.” (Focus on the content of what’s being said, not who’s saying it.)

However, there’s also:

Dwarven Vow 98: “The moon is none the worse for the dogs’ barking at her.” (Don’t be bothered by what others say about you.) Dwarven Vow 135: “The eyes speak as much as the mouth.” (self-explanatory)