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   Jeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦 (imstilljeremy@babka.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 04:58:30 JST Jeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦

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   Update on this: I'm depressed to report that yes, there is a substantial and noticeable difference in the antisemitic violence in the United States and the rest of the diaspora that absolutely blots out all previous reactions.

   Which is, perhaps, related to the rising Islamophobic violence as well.

   The idea that both of these are the new normal should terrify people on the left, even who aren't Jewish or Muslim (or Arab or Sikh, because bigots are stupid). Instead, it is met with (at best) a collective shrug where it isn't lauded as appropriate consequences.

   Nobody is coming.

   #islamophobia #Antisemitism #diaspora #Muslim #Arab #Jewish #Jews #violence #bigotry #racism

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     Jeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦 (imstilljeremy@babka.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 04:58:31 JST Jeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦

     One big reason I came back is to say this:

     In the past, every time the news reports on I/P again, there is a sharp surge in antisemitic violence around the country and around the world in the diaspora. This time is different.

     And while some might argue there is a substantial and noticeable difference in scale, I'm not convinced that the violence so far is (rhetoric certainly is). No, the biggest difference this time is that Islamophobic violence (again, as delineated from rhetoric) seems to be accompanying it.

     That's new, and it's bad, and it's important for us to recognize that those who are pleased with one are always (yes, always, really think through what you think are counterpoints) pleased with the other. For now, maybe from here on out, violence will rise against both each time.

     #antisemitism #Islamophobia #diaspora #violence #bigotry

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.