#this post is honestly baffling to me as a non-jew who's been screaming in every leftist space available to me#y'all are out here trying to give praise i genuinely. fuck. not to be dramatic but i dont know a single leftist worthy of that right now?#bc ive been sitting here thinking about this nonstop for days#how are we supposed to just#a c c e p t that a majority of western/EU leftists just.... cheered for a terrorist organization for a week and counting#a literal nazi organization#that the people of PALESTINE protest against#like a majority of leftists just. stood up and screamed and cheered and blocked out the voices of the people actually involved#and i read posts during the first wave of that bullshit from jewish ppl that were like#'when this is over we will set it aside and we will continue to coexist with you (how can we not? what choice do we have?)'#'but know that the trust is gone'#and im still in genuine fucking awe because y'all were literally in the MIDDLE OF IT and STILL managing to be more level headed and i just#i want to take the hand of every single jewish person who interacted w this post and be like#'nope. we havent earned that.' bc we havent!!!!!!!#on a FUNDAMENTAL level if we as leftists cant even make this space safe enough for our own members to point out violent antisemitism#AND OPPRESSION!!! then we absolutely have not earned a back pat#if so fucking many of us fell into that trap of racist radicalism then we have failed REPEATEDLY for too long#it means we havent fully removed that bigotry from our foundations. it means we arent teaching enough critical thinking within our little#interconnected echo chambers. the deep rooted/intergenerational demons reared their heads on this one#if anything the jewish people interacting w this post should save that praise for when/IFFFF we finally get that fucking straightened out#anyway shoutout to y'all. i literally cannot imagine the strength it took to get through this week. the weight would crush me. (via @commanderquinn)
To all the non-Jews who are actually standing up and speaking out against this terror and able to recognize the harm done to the Jewish people: Thank you. We will not soon forget who stood with us.