Elle

20 something. very happily married. politically homeless.

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

Saying anti-Zionism is automatically hatred of Jews incorrectly equates a political ideology with an entire people. Zionism is a nationalist project. Jews are a diverse religious and cultural community with all kinds of political views.

Plenty of Jews support Zionism. Plenty criticize it. Some reject it entirely. And plenty of Christian Zionists strongly support it too. So Zionism isn’t just synonymous with ‘the Jewish people’. Calling all opposition to Zionism antisemitic, assumes Jewish identity is reducible to *one* political position. This erases both dissenting Jews (that have historically and today rejected or criticised Zionism on theological, ethical or political grounds) and non-Jewish Zionists. Ultimately, saying anti-Zionism is by definition Jew hatred ignores the aforementioned diversity & declares certain Jewish viewpoints illegitimate or self-hating, which is problematic.

Also, I am glad you brought up Marr because I think it shows why this distinction matters. Marr created the term ‘antisemitism’ to make hostility toward Jews sound modern + scientific, rather than religious. But the point is that Marr targeted Jews *as a people*, not based on what they believed or did. That’s the core of antisemitism (attacking Jews for who they are, not for their politics).

Criticism of Zionism or of the policies of the State of Israel, however sharp, concerns political structures, laws, borders & power. It targets an ideology or a state, NOT Jewish identity itself. Some people can make remarks that cross over to antisemitic territory. But the possibility of abuse does not render all critique abusive by definition.

Yes, some people use ‘Zionist’ as a slur. That should definitely be called out. But insisting that the term can never be used in good faith, is to assume bad faith in advance and foreclose the possibility of principled disagreements. This, in effect, shields a political ideology (Zionism) from scrutiny. I can think of no other nationalist ideology that’s treated as inseparable from the total identity of a global religious or ethnic community. Singling out this one for such treatment reinforces the idea that Jews everywhere are politically monolithic, which simply isn’t true.

I genuinely believe that expanding antisemitism to include opposition to Zionism will have the undesired effect of diluting the term. It may also penalise legitimate speech by academics, journalists, activists and ordinary people, who want to debate questions of nationalism, minority rights, borders, or international law. It’s important for the distinction between identity and ideology to be maintained, so that we can have open political discourse and free democratic debate.

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@DrianneBelleza omg do you have part 2?

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@melaninglamour lmaooooo he’s funny as hell

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@solar_arvreun @melaninglamour You’re being deliberately dense and it’s cringe

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@t_surfin13 Very weird that he wanted to get her number. Clearly wanted an opportunity to get her on side so she could speak more favourably about him. Glad she didn’t take the bait

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@Suzierizzo1 she’s so funny 🤣

I didn’t know anything about this congresswomen, this is a terrible look. She said she was smacked & hit with a straight face and that she’ll be filing assault charges!? How can anyone trust anything she says? She framed it dishonestly, what a liar.

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

So if someone else commits a crime, it’s okay for the next person to do it? Are you retarded?

Biden didnt increase his wealth or do pay for play on anywhere near the scale that Trump has? Nor did he pardon and allow anywhere the number of fraudsters to get away with not even having to pay back their victims that Trump has. But you’ll turn a blind eye to escape the cognitive dissonance & because you have no moral backbone

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@MikeLevin Truly disgusting. Along with the number of fraudsters he’s pardoned and allowed to get away with not even needing to pay back their victims. Corrupt and morally bankrupt.

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@DajuanDaBarb @lizzo She didn’t say anything bad about her this is a very weird take.

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@lizzo @MrsJellySantos wtf. she’s seriously mentally challenged.

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@TinglzNTriggerz @HasanabiProd @hasanthehun 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@REHX4 @TimCraw97139099 @HasanabiProd They gave it away willingly lmao? You sound like you’re just trying to cope cant lie. Very weird spin

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@Plinkoking @HasanabiProd Holy cope

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@Pantere0071 @LizaRosen0000 @NYCMayor Lmao you sound crazy and like you believe anything you read on the internet. The mayor has denounced Oct 7 and Hamas. He’s doing very well

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

Literally has nothing to do with him.

I wouldn’t post videos of atrocities committed by Jewish terrorists and link it to you because of the Israeli flag on your profile, because that wouldn’t make sense.

Let’s use our brains and try to refrain from such embarrassing posts because of your brain being rotted by jealousy and resentment for the very successful and beloved young mayor. It’s unbecoming!

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@TheWizYouTube @zarahsultana @WilliamMatheso4 You are either incredibly stupid or simply willfully ignorant and want to believe something because it confirms your biased worldview. Please actually read a book or do some research— frankly reading your posts made me physically cringe

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@TheWizYouTube @zarahsultana Lmao this is so funny. Do you actually know any Muslims? This is a weird internet conspiracy that has no grounding in real life. You genuinely don’t know what that even is and no Muslim is going around lying and being like it’s all good bc of taqiyya 🤣🤣 You should get out more

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

It’s interesting you are able to acknowledge the tragedy that befell those pour souls on Oct 7 but say nothing of the many more that have perished at the hands of isreal. Thousands of innocent children, suffering beyond belief. But those lives are clearly worth less to many of you. Twisted.

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

More than 10x the number of people have been killed following this. You care so much for the 1200 that perished that awful day, but feel close to nothing for the thousands of innocent children that have died because they don’t share the same ethnic background. A sick, twisted reality that some lives are worth more than others

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@JLieb38 @michelle_byoung I’m confused, they’re alleging he was shot because he pointed a gun? But why did he get shot in the back then? Surely he would be facing whoever he pointed it at

[Elle @shewatchestrash]

@zappyzoodle @michelle_byoung How was he pointing it at anyone when he was shot in his back?