u/Big_Low8893

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Before you go "that's not an opinion" and all no shit Sherlock on me honestly it may as well be received as one because a large portion of the media and people online use them interchangeably or group us together.

We are done taking the fall for what Israel has done. Being Jewish does not mean supporting Israel. When Russia struck Ukraine we discarded millions worth of products imported from Russia, as we should have and should still. And now that Israel has done what they did to Gaza it's Jewish Americans and Jews everywhere being discarded. We existed before the state of Israel and will remain if it ever falls.

Being Jewish doesn't mean supporting war crimes. Being Jewish doesn't mean automatically being in favor of Israel. We are sick of being blamed for what Israel has and is doing. We are sick of being side eyed in public for wearing religious garments when it's socially acceptable for every other religion to wear theirs. I haven't gone 3 Hanukkahs without seeing tiktoks with thousands of likes about candelabrums burning down our homes or equally distasteful jokes against us but it's always "Merry Christmas" and "Ramadan Mubarak". There's nothing wrong with that and most of us respect other religions, we just want the same respect. Hearing about the amount of gum scraped off of the stars of Jewish celebrities in the walk of fame compared to all the rest makes me sick.

We don't want to be better than you. We just want a lick of respect. School age children shouldn't be joking about atrocities against us on social media. All the time I go to school and hear holocaust jokes. All the time I go to school and hear "it was promised to them 3,000 years ago" or shit like "270,000" and not 6 million.