allll of this. I am Jewish too and grew up on Long Island amongst many like us. I'm starting to think the Israel-Judaism conflation and the overall Israel propaganda of it all is not actually directed toward us. I think the actual audience is the rest of the country who doesn't want to "offend Jews" by speaking negatively about Israel. I…
allll of this. I am Jewish too and grew up on Long Island amongst many like us. I'm starting to think the Israel-Judaism conflation and the overall Israel propaganda of it all is not actually directed toward us. I think the actual audience is the rest of the country who doesn't want to "offend Jews" by speaking negatively about Israel. I've never felt unsafe as a Jew. my grandmother is a survivor and she never expressly or otherwise conveyed to me that she ever felt unsafe here. it's such political establishment manufactured bullshit and we are just pawns. it's why groups like IfNotNow and JVP mobilized immediately in October to get out there and try to get ahead of what we knew was coming -- "we have to stand by Israel for the Jews!" NO WE DO NOT -- I'm one Jew but I fully co-sign every word of this.
allll of this. I am Jewish too and grew up on Long Island amongst many like us. I'm starting to think the Israel-Judaism conflation and the overall Israel propaganda of it all is not actually directed toward us. I think the actual audience is the rest of the country who doesn't want to "offend Jews" by speaking negatively about Israel. I've never felt unsafe as a Jew. my grandmother is a survivor and she never expressly or otherwise conveyed to me that she ever felt unsafe here. it's such political establishment manufactured bullshit and we are just pawns. it's why groups like IfNotNow and JVP mobilized immediately in October to get out there and try to get ahead of what we knew was coming -- "we have to stand by Israel for the Jews!" NO WE DO NOT -- I'm one Jew but I fully co-sign every word of this.
Or, as I've heard it pronounced by some of the older former locals, "Lon Gisland."
Also yes, all of this.
it took me so long to understand Lon Gisland, but it's a beautiful baby name if you ask me. I go with lawnguyland
Oooh, "LawnGuyLand" is WAY better! I'm yoinking it, if you don't mind.
I had to google that and it was like when I'm about to watch a movie that I don't know one thing about