{"ancestors":[{"id":"111879983765060772","created_at":"2024-02-05T17:11:12.590Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/111879983765060772","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch/111879983765060772","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"\u003cp\u003eCatching up on everything while I’ve been away Ill. Antisemitism is real. Is opposing the right wing Netanyahu government antisemitic? No. Is being for the Palestinian people’s freedom antisemitic? No. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can be for their freedom and against Netanyahu and his far right government and not be.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs that to say that there isn’t some on the Pro-Palestinian side at the moment who are antisemitic and taking this opportunity to hide their antisemitism under the banner of Palestinian freedom? I think only a fool would say there’s not an element of that. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut is it the preponderance? I don’t think so. Nor do I believe that people in good faith who are pro-Palestinian and anti Netanyahu (and the far right in the Israeli government) should be lumped in with the scum. But we really must start calling out the antisemitism in the movement when it’s actually happening. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegardless of which side of the situation you are on, Violence is NEVER acceptable. Period. Encoding violence is NEVER acceptable. (1/4)\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"}}],"descendants":[{"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. 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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"}}]}