New introduction:
Hi. I lost hundreds of followers here after speaking my truth about what's happening as an Israeli with family directly affected by the massacre and kidnapping. People mainly gaslight me on the facts I live through, I barely functioned this past month bc of this. I'm an artist and a neurodivergent queer, here to connect with people who love music, film and crafts.
I want all to love and live in peace.
If you vibe with that let's chat more.
My work: https://linktr.ee/skalymusic
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I am sorry to hear how people treat you, it is undeserved.
While I certainly am appaled by the actions of Israel (and the hamas) that in no way justifies you being mistreated for what side you are born into As long as you dont support what Israel (and palestine) is doing then there is nor eason you should be judged, its wrong.
Good luck to you. I hope people treat you better.
@freemo They *have* defended the IDF's actions, though. I don't want to get into this again, but all of my toots are public, so it should be pretty easy to find those discussions.
The issue isn't that they're Israeli. The issue is that they're defending what the Israeli government is currently doing in Gaza.
I certainly have no issue with you being respectful, firm, but polite in voicing your disagreement with her opinion.
But if she is being cut off and loosing friends over this or being personally attacked (as it sounds like she is) then shame on you.
I dont have the time or energy to go through your timeline though so ill let you decide for yourself if that judgement applies to you or not.
@freemo I have been nothing but polite, and I think (hope?) Skaly will back me up on that (including calling out other commenters when they went too far).
At the same time, I feel like say, a Burmese person voicing support for the genocide of Rohingya people would be ostracized by most people internationally without a second thought. Yet, when it comes to Israel/Palestine, it should just be a polite disagreement of opinions. Feels...odd?
Nuance is everything... In israel you have a conflict where both sides have been brutalized by the other in unacceptable ways. Not a single person who has lived in israel on either side has not had someone they knew and loved murdered.
While I do side with the Palestinians largely because they were there first 80 years ago, the people who were "there first" are pretty much all dead now, and the generation on both sides who are there have been there, side by side, for their whole lives. Both sides brutalize the other, and both sides should be condemned for that.
But when you have a situation where both sides have been victimized then when one side calls out the other, if you attack them for that opinion then you are both protecting a victim (the other side) while attacking a victim. Thats the crux of it, both sides are victims, both sides are terrorists. Thats somewhat unique in most conflicts.
