{"ancestors":[],"descendants":[{"id":"111879983820244614","created_at":"2024-02-05T17:11:13.426Z","in_reply_to_id":"111879983765060772","in_reply_to_account_id":"111762995477567111","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/111879983820244614","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch/111879983820244614","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"\u003cp\u003eI know the subject is an extremely emotional one and it’s of the utmost importance but I see too much nonsense on both sides that is frustrating. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn one hand you have a group that calls ANY criticism of Israel’s handling of the situation in Gaza or those in powers delight in the deaths of Palestinian men women and children as immediately antisemitic as a means to shut down the conversation. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat cheapens and undermines true antisemitism which is happening and at an alarming uptick. Then you have a group on the other side who is claiming to be championing Palestinian rights who are comfortable rubbing elbows, if not outright supporting, voices in the Pro-Palestinian movement, who are extremely antisemitic and want all Jewish people to pay for the Israeli governments sins. How is this just? \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as Hamas doesn’t speak for all Palestinians, nor even the majority of them, neither does the extreme right wing Likud party speak for all Jews. These shouldn’t be controversial things.(2/4)\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"IceCubesApp","website":"https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiDeathPenalty\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","followers_count":33,"following_count":52,"statuses_count":203,"last_status_at":"2025-08-18","hide_collections":null,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111879983888953305","created_at":"2024-02-05T17:11:14.475Z","in_reply_to_id":"111879983820244614","in_reply_to_account_id":"111762995477567111","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/111879983888953305","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch/111879983888953305","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"\u003cp\u003eAnd maybe I am wrong in this, and G-d knows I’m not an expert by any means, but I don’t think I am. I want peace. I am against ALL wars but those in which there’s no other choice and all else has failed. And even then they should be precise and swift and only in defense. But how in the hell do we achieve peace by laying siege to a territory, leveling every hospital and university? How do we achieve this by cutting off any aid to the point that civilians are eating grass, diseases are starting to take hold and people are starving? If it is to be believed, and I believe it to be, that the Israeli military is one of the most advanced in the world, rivaled only perhaps by the American Military, you’re telling me they can’t do precision strikes on Hamas targets with minimal impact on civilians? That is beyond their capabilities? The last point I’m going to make is the one that’s burned my ass the most. (3/4)\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"IceCubesApp","website":"https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiDeathPenalty\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","followers_count":33,"following_count":52,"statuses_count":203,"last_status_at":"2025-08-18","hide_collections":null,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111879983964350391","created_at":"2024-02-05T17:11:15.626Z","in_reply_to_id":"111879983888953305","in_reply_to_account_id":"111762995477567111","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/111879983964350391","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch/111879983964350391","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s having one’s Jewishness called into question. Being told you’re not Jewish enough, or you’re not a “Good Jew” because you’re not doing back flips at the horrors being visited on the Palestinian people. That you’re not cheering on the leveling of Gaza and the talks of building resorts and settlements in Gaza (\u003ca href=\"https://lstarmensch.ink/n7vm4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elstarmensch.ink/n7vm4\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e) That puts a bee in my bonnet faster than anything. I guess all of this is to say, I’m exhausted. I know you are all exhausted as well. But it’s not a fraction of what those there are feeling. And it shouldn’t have to be said, but FUCK Hamas.  \u0026quot;זעלן זיי ניט פֿינדן קיין רויה, אויך אין אייער קבֿר\u0026quot; I’m sure the tense is wrong but the spirit is still there. (4/4)\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"IceCubesApp","website":"https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiDeathPenalty\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","followers_count":33,"following_count":52,"statuses_count":203,"last_status_at":"2025-08-18","hide_collections":null,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}]}