Willful Chaotics Assembled

jewish + rromani lgbt solidarity!

''The founding of Israel was based on displacement of Palestinians''- Look, I don't want to minimize that at all because people losing their homes is fucking terrible but that doesn't mean the solution is expelling Israelis now. There was a population exchange between Greece and Tuurkey in 1922. Both sides ethnically cleansed people. It was a terrible thing to do. But both Turkey and Greece exist now as two seperate states with clearly defined borders (if you ignore some shit erdogan tries to pull in the agean). And you don't question Greece's or Turkey's right to not be wiped off.

''Israeli identity is fake because it was based on smth that happened 3000 years ago!!!''- Ok sorry to break it to you but us Greeks have made our entire national identity revolve around who we were 3000 years ago. And if you want to argue abt fakeness of identity I would argue ours was a less organic one. Jewish people maintained the same religion and basic belief systems for 3000 years. They continuously felt the connection with Eretz Yisrael. We switched to Orthodox christianity from whatever 12 god shit we had, we lost most of our literacy that allowed us to keep tpuch with ancient texts, we embraced so many customs from the Ottomans and YET it was still valid when we tried to reclaim our ancient greek identity to build a nation partly on the basis of that

''European colonial powers helped prop up Israel which means it is an imperialistic state!''- Do you think Greece got independence or gained more land purely through OUR military strength lol?

Pro-choice goes both ways, and everyone should have the right and medical support behind whatever option they choose without discrimination. Simple as.

For nearly 500 years, Thessaloniki was the world's largest Sephardic Jewish city — a thriving Jewish-majority metropolis known as the Jerusalem of the Balkans. Then Greece erased it entirely.

Home to 75,000 Jews, 45 synagogues, and the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe, Thessaloniki — also known as Salonica — was a global centre of Sephardic Jewish life, Torah learning, and commerce. The port closed every Shabbat because all its workers were Jewish. Then came Greek nationalism, a devastating fire, forced displacement, and finally the Nazis — who in 1943 deported 50,000 Jews to Auschwitz in a matter of weeks. The annihilation rate: 96%. The Jewish cemetery, 400,000 graves belonging to a community for nearly 500 years, was razed by Greek authorities during the Nazi occupation. The marble gravestones were stolen for roads, courtyards, and church floors. Aristotle University was built on top. No compensation was ever paid.

In this powerful monologue, Jonah Platt recounts his week in Greece with the Jewish Federation's National Young Leadership Cabinet — walking the streets of a city where Jews built everything and left almost no trace, visiting the last remaining synagogue, standing feet away from anti-Jewish graffiti sprayed beside the memorial of the largest Jewish burial ground on Earth. He explores what it means to carry the invisible weight of Jewish history, why proud and visible Jewish identity matters now more than ever, and why the story of Thessaloniki's Jews deserves to be told.

correct people when they misuse the word "psychotic" (as in if they use it in any other way but a serious disconnect from reality, delusions or hallucinations)

correct people when they use the word "schizophrenic" as an adjective (its not!!! its a severe and persistant mental disorder)

correct people when they call people "crazy" aka "shes been acting crazy lately" (they likely dont actually mean it and this word is thrown around a lot, but as a schizophrenic im asking you to not use this word to describe people since this has been tied to me and my fellow psychotics for ages)

do not assume that a psychotic person is dangerous in any way (psychotic people are more likely to be the victims of abuse than be the abusers)

when talking about mental illness or the mental illness community as a whole consider, does this apply to psychotic and schizophrenic people as well? (if not, youre not talking about the whole community! its that simple)

do not purposley trigger someones paranoia aka telling people that theres someone after them (this is always harmful and potentially life threatening, its not a joke and never was)

dont assume schizophrenia is "just hallucinations and delusions" (its much more than that, it has negative and cognitive symptoms as well, which for some people is much worse than the positive symptoms of hallucinations and delusions)

dont make lobotomy jokes aka "lobotomize me" jokes (these procedures were used to turn schizophrenics into "pets" so that other people could better deal with us, its not a joke)

dont act "crazy" for shock value aka wide eyes, rocking back and fourth, shaking (our mannerisms arent for you to pretend to be crazy with, this is who we actually are, im looking at you rock bands)

dont fear the people on the street talking to themselves aka calling the cops on them (these people are suffering, these people need help, them being psychotic doesnt make them any more dangerous than anybody else)

dont use the word delusional for every idea you dont agree with aka "that conservative politician is delusional!" (delusions specifically describe strongly held beliefs outside of reality, not just beliefs outside youre specific world view)

dont expect people to express emotions the same way you do aka "why arent you reacting?" (many schizophrenics stuggle with flat affect and cant change it, it doesnt mean we dont feel things, just that we dont express them the same way)

dont expect us to be able to do the same amount of, or intensity of work you do aka "i work 5 days a week, you have it easy!" (executive disfunction is very common in schizophrenia, it doesnt make us lazy, we are just disabled)

dont post derealization without tagging it or TWing it as such aka that post with a fake european country saying that americans dont even know what country this is (we already struggle enough with figuring out whats real and whats not we dont need "pranks" or "jokes" trying to fool us without any TW)

dont assume schizophrenic and psychotic people cant see your post or view your media or anything else (we are real people interacting with the world just like everybody else, we can see your jokes about us, or your media portraying us as dangerous, we arent fictional characters)

dont assume youre superior to, or smarter than us (once again we are real people, we deserve the same respect as anyone else on the planet)

dont call someones delusion stupid aka "obviously youre not the reincarnation of kurt cobain thats stupid" (you have no idea how real these are for us, they dont always make sense to you but they do to us, please respect that)

dont ask if were hallucinating right now (its none of youre business! and if we say yes youll likely ask where it is, and if we show you youll likely look in the direction of the hallucination which is dangerous, it blends the real world with the hallucination and its already hard enough for us to tell the difference)

dont stop trusting us and what we say just because were psychotic (we still deserve to be listened to and trusted just like everybody else)

learn about less talked about symotoms like catatonia, avolition and word salad (these are just as common as the talked about ones, but just less talked about cause i guess it doesnt make for an intresting horror movie)

learn more about schizophrenia and psychosis from actual schizophrenics and psychotics (a great example is the podcast Inside Schizophrenia, scrolling through this blog, looking up students with psychosis)

dont call us gifted or psychic or anything like that (its not a gift! most of us arent happy we have it, plus you could easily trigger a delusion like this)

dont compare hallucinations or catatonia to sleep paralysis (ive had all three, and they are very different)

dont watch or film "public freakouts" (these people may being going through the worst time of their life, its not funny)

And then 40 years later, Andrew Lloyd Webber found a lost cat poem that T.S. Eliot had cut from the cat book for being too sad for children, and ALW was like “woahhh. A cat….that’s sad. That’s deep, man. I wanna make a musical out of this”

So the producer assigned to the project was like “okay, I guess you could maybe read these cat poems as a satire of 1930s British society? We could probably do something sort of interesting with that, I’m thinking a cast of about 5 and–”

And ALW was like “no. Forget the satire. Also I want a cast of dozens and the most advanced special effects technology ever seen on stage. I’ve taken out a second mortgage on my house to fund this”

And the producer was like “wh– you– wh– do you even have. a plot”

So ALW got a bunch of actors and writers and artists together and they holed up and did cocaine workshopped for 5 weeks, and at the end of it they emerged and said “the plot is that a bunch of cats are having a dance contest for the right to take a ufo to cat heaven :)”

them: 

- https://www.skincancer.org/prevention/skin-cancer-and-skin-of-color

"Well I had to eat whatever was for dinner or else I would have starved."

Me too! And I became severely malnourished because I could not eat what was put in front of me.

"My parents hit me if I didn't get good grades so I had to."

Mine too! Except I could not get good grades in a mainstream class no matter how hard I tried or what was at stake.

"I have to mask because I need to keep my job."

Me too! Except I can't even pass an interview because of my limited ability to mask.

"I can't have meltdowns around other people or else I'll be bullied/abused/mocked."

Same here! But I can't hold in my meltdowns.

You need to understand that some people will never be able to do the things you can, no matter how hard they're pushed or what the consequences are for not doing it. I'm really sorry that you were forced to talk, but someone else being unable to speak does not mean that they could if there was enough pressure. Stop assuming that everyone who doesn't mask/speak/etc. grew up in a safe and supportive environment. There are people who would (and do!) die because they're neglected and can't learn to just do things themselves.

When I last checked, it wasn't there anymore. Now you have to be physically at the synagogue to get the new schedule in print, or you have to email them and ask.

The last time I was at church, you could just walk in, no one who had to let you in through a locked gate and a locked door (but only if they already knew you), schedule online, easily accessible, doors open.

Things like this accumulate. There are probably a thousand things more like this that I don't see because I am not Jewish.

About two months ago I went to an event/speech that dealt with the topic of antisemitism. The place where it was held was not shared online, you had to email and would get told the place one day in advance. It was a free event but they did not let anyone in who was not on the list, and the people checking the list stood outside so they could make sure you were supposed to be there, and only then would they unlock the door for you and let you into the building. And this was after you already had been let in through a locked gate.

It makes me sick that security measures like this are necessary. I am sure I don't know half of the weight this must be on a Jewish person's shoulders. I cannot fathom the violence and cruelty this must inflict on a person's soul.

I am so sorry. I love you. I wish all of this wasn't necessary. And I wish gentiles who claim to care about compassion and social justice and all those things would listen to you when you tell them how big of a problem this is.

The owner of New York City’s only Ethiopian-Israeli restaurant claimed she was forced to close because of a wave of harassment over the Gaza war — prompting calls for state and city authorities to launch a civil right probe into antisemitism.

Ethiopia native Beejhy Barhany, who opened Tsion Cafe in Harlem in 2014, said vitriol and hate directed at the eatery intensified after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza.

“I answered the phone once at the restaurant and the caller said, ‘You dirty Jew. We should erase you from the map,'” Barhany told The Post Thursday.

“I am demoralized and heartbroken that there are so many bigots out there,” she said. “It’s mind blowing. We can’t  handle the burden anymore,” she said.

Barhany, who immigrated to Israel before moving to New York, said the hate directed at her was especially heart-wrenching since she aims to use her culinary skills as a bridge to bring people together.

“Everything kind of changed — so much animosity,” Barhany previously told Jewish Week of the aftermath of the Hamas attack.

The situation worsened when she dropped meat from the menu in February 2024, to go fully vegan and kosher, she said.

“I was proud to be Jewish. I wanted to illuminate that,” Barhany told Jewish Week, in a story published Tuesday.

“But from the moment we pivoted to be kosher, it became worse and worse.”

The restaurant received harassing phone calls and one day a “bunch of Gen-Z’s passing through said, “Don’t ever come to this place. It’s owned by Israelis. By Zionists,” Barhany recalled.

“It’s kind of tiring. You’re here to nourish the community and it feels like you are perceived like the enemy,” she told the Jewish outlet.

Hearing that the restaurant had closed for regular dining, the Jewish Community Relations Council filed formal complaints with the offices of state Attorney General Letitia James and Mayor Zohran Mamdani to open civil rights probes.

“No small business owner should ever have to fear closing their doors because of their identity. What Beejhy Barhany, owner of Tsion Cafe in Harlem, has experienced is a stark reminder of the climate of antisemitism we are living in today,” JCRC CEO Mark Treyger said Thursday.

Some anti-Israel critics targeted Barhany and her restaurant for harassment simply because she is Israeli and Jewish, Treyger said.

“Harassing a Jewish small business owner because she is Israeli and Jewish — and attempting to hold her personally responsible for Israel’s actions — is antisemitism, plain and simple,” he said.

“No one should be intimidated into changing how they operate their business because of hate.”

City Comptroller Mark Levine, who said Tsion Cafe was one of his favorite restaurants, called out the harassment as “blatant bigotry.”

“Now they are closing their doors. Why? Because of a constant stream of animosity, that got even worse when they went kosher two years ago,” Levine, who is Jewish, said in a statement on X.

“This is blatant bigotry. I am deeply disturbed by this and you should be too.”

Still, Barhany said she can’t — and won’t — hide who she is.

“I’m a proud black, Ethiopian Jew,” she told The Post.

Barhany is the founder of the Beta Israel of North America Cultural Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to celebrating the legacy of Ethiopian Jews.

Other Jewish eateries, including Breads Bakery on the Upper West Side, have also been targeted by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel critics.

AG James’ office confirmed that it is reviewing the JCRC civil rights complaint about alleged harassment of the shuttered Jewish eatery.

A random Jewish institution in the United States has absolutely zero power to affect the decisions made by Israel's parliament or military. You're not "raising awareness" or "drawing attention to the issue" because the general public of the US is already at least somewhat aware thanks to the news, and Jewish people are in fact one of the groups in the US to be the most fucking aware of what's going on.

If you are upset by US military aid going to Israel, you need to convince your federal representatives to change that. Those reps do not base US military foreign aid policy on random US citizens harassing other US citizens.

If you want the US to provide more civilian relief in the form of food, medicine, or helping refugees come here, you need to convince reps at every level. Can your city partner with a refugee organization to arrange housing? Can your governor arrange scholarships or exchange programs to state universities? Can the feds channel more funds to Doctors Without Borders?

Do a write and call-in campaign. Hold your protest at legislatures. File a petition. Do something to directly express your desires to the elected officials who have a direct say in policy.

We've held protests at city halls and state legislatures and federal buildings for centuries. Why aren't you doing so for this issue?

Why are you macing people attending synagogue? They have no more power over elected officials' choices than you do.

Why are you screaming at schoolchildren? They have less power over elected officials' choices than you do.

Why are you blocking entrance to a museum? Hold a fundraiser to build your own, if you want to educate people so badly!

I know the antisemites don't actually care about US military & foreign aid policy. I know the racists are simply reveling in an excuse to whip up a mob to attack Jews. It's obvious.