People who keep talking about “mental illness” here disgust me. As someone who has dealt with suicidal ideation most of their life, the idea to go out in the most painful way possible has never entered my mind. This was a brave political act and you will not erase that.
I love how people call spirituality crazy, but I constantly hear neuroscientists talk about the power of positive thinking, manifestation, & the law of attraction in every interview.
Seems like the yogis and brain chemists are a vibrational match for one another if you ask me.
Hey Mayim, let me tell you about how I understood what was going on as a child. No one explained it to me. No one read stories to me.
1. I was tear-gassed at school when I was 6 years old(the whole school).
2. My first classmate was killed when I was 8.
3. My neighbor was assassinated when I was 9. (I cried that day.)
4. Around 20 soldiers stormed our neighborhood and wanted to arrest me and my little brother for interrogation (I was 7 and my brother was 4).
5. They stormed our home more than 8 times (I can recount them to you as if they happened this morning).
6. They arrested my father and made me put my hands on a wall when I was 7. (It was at the Shejaia entrance, and I still remember my white sneakers.)
7. They shot at us while we were playing on December 22, 1992 (I was turning 8. I remember because it was my birthday).
8. They arrested my oldest brother when I was 5 years old.
9. I was forced to shower in cold water or very hot water because Israelis used a mechanical stone-thrower that broke all windows and solar panels (which we used to warm water) - that's why I hated showering for some time.
10. They woke us up in the middle of the night a few times. Once, I opened my eyes at the age of 6 to feel a soldier's boots near my head and his gun in my face (I was sleeping on the floor).
You claim your show was canceled because of either #1. antisemitism or #2. “hatred towards people like me who hold empathy towards Israelis & Palestinians.” You missed the actual reasons: #1. you visited & serenaded the IDF & wished them “good luck” on their genocidal campaign…