Strange Bird

I hope all my Jewish followers, and friends stay safe.

exactly!

One hundred and one days ago my friends and I were normal teenagers. It was sunny even for an October day, I had just gotten coffee with an old friend, I was scrolling through some silly article I found, speedwalking the way home so I could make it in time to help prepare for the holiday dinner. All of us seniors were warily anticipating the endless weeks until the next break, mentally preparing to study our asses off for the rapidly approaching finals. I was finally working up the nerve to ask this one guy out, I was vaguely planning to see a friend who was home from the army during the week, and I was due to start driving lessons as soon as I called the teacher up.

And then everything changed the next day, just like that.

In these past one hundred days every Jewish person and every Israeli has had their world turned upside down. There is not a SINGLE family left untouched somehow. Cousins, friends, teachers, we all know someone whose life is never going to look the same.

We'e seen the liveliest, wisest, funniest people we know walk around with hollow expressions. We've seen the strongest, most sarcastic and stoic people we know break down in tears midsentence. People we look up to are as broken as we are.

There isn't really anything to say. Our words echo in the silence. People deny us the right to grieve and to defend ourselves, everywhere, not just in Israel.

And we're not the only ones suffering. The people in Gaza are going through an indescribable hell, which their downright evil leaders have brought upon them. It's terrible.

War is heartbreaking.

Be empathetic. Be kind. Give someone a hug. Learn something new. Do something good.

Conservatives: you Liberals get offended over the smallest things . *Suddenly two foreign tourists Start having a Conversation in their Native Tongue* Conservatives: iN aMeRiCa We SpEeCK eNgLiSh1!!!

Though I like the idea that one of them is transmasc knowing Dwarves it is equally likely one of them is a Cis woman.

I’m gonna add a little more to this list; Don’t say you support people with ADHD if you berate them for not focusing on you for around a second Don’t say you support people with ADHD, then mock them for having a short attention span.

yall: i support people with ADHD!! yall when an ADHD character shows any symptoms beyond uwu hyperactive: lol this character is so annoying. they should die

The Tower is also my wife

*After explaining Piñatas to an alien at my Cousin-once removed’s birthday party.* Alien: So let me get this straight, you make a complex sculpture out of paper, fill it with sweets, and then destroy it with a stick? Me: Yeah pretty much! Alien: Barbarians, all of you!

Ok yeah you’re a leftist but are you normal about Jews

“I have made a mistake!”

@ gentiles: if you choose to take a stand and advocate for palestinians (as you should - if you're able) you need to also research antisemitic dogwhistles & the history of antisemitism in the pro-palestinian movement; the movement is not inherently antisemitic, but there are antisemitic expressions of it because antisemitism is a hatred that permeates through every section of society.

when you neglect to ensure your activism isn't just thinly-veiled antisemitism, you are not only harming jews but delegitimising an important cause. you have a duty to educate yourself for the sake of both jews and palestinians.

then again, i am aware that many gentiles simply don't care - they know they're being bigoted & they enjoy wearing a progressive mask to see how far their hatred can spread.

and to those people: you are cowards. stop hiding behind anti-zionism and own your bigotry. stop weaponising the suffering of palestinians.