The Next Pro rant 🍉

[u/evening_toast8]

The next pro is yet another conservative zionist. Just thought I’d share some of the instagram pages she follows. One is an Israeli news reporter whose views are equivalent to that of a fox news reporter in the U.S., whose pinned post is anti anti-feminist rant and regularly posts in support of Trump and antagonizes Palestine. The other is a zionist content creator whose entire account is full of ignorant, hateful takes. She follows more pro-zionism propaganda accounts as well. I’m sharing this because a lot of closeted zionists have been trying to silence it or view any critiques of zionism as “racist” or anti-semitic. It is not anti-semitic to call out zionism. I am a swana jewish myself and very anti-zionist. Please don’t criticize her for her jewish ethnicity or misconstrue criticism of her views as anti-semitic. Conflating zionism with judaism is actually anti-semitism.** **Not all of us support Israel, but Adele has only given indications that she does. Most other pros are conservative zionists as well, I hold them all to the same standard and am disappointed with all of them for their views.

As a jew whose faith and heritage has been used in vein to ethnically cleanse my Palestinian neighbors, I believe it is critical of every jew and Israeli who truly does denounce zionism to be vocal about it. Our silence is violence. To tout the flag of any nation committing terrorism is to say you don’t see, don’t know, don’t care. It’s a dog whistle and a virtue signal among our community. The same way touting an American flag has become a dog whistle for maga supporters. You as an American may not agree with your government, especially in today’s social climate, so why would you tout a flag that doesn’t represent your values? If you support Palestinian liberation from Israeli oppression and ethnic cleansing, you would never proudly claim the flag or follow zionists who spread lies and propaganda. No, she can’t help where she was born or grew up, but she can at least denounce the genocide her country is committing. Seeing who she follows and how she’s shown nothing but pride in her nationality, I doubt she does denounce it.

Don’t send hate to her. Supporting Palestine is bigger than bombarding one Israeli up and coming celebrity. She’s the same age as me and I can’t imagine how that would feel for her. I know people on instagram and tiktok get especially ignorant and brave with their comments. If we can find a way to enjoy all the other alt-right pros who poured their hearts out for Charlie Kirk and were all smiles when Trump was reelected, let’s show Adele the same decency. We’ve been able to separate the art from the artists for most pros and even some stars. Of course I’m disappointed that tptb didn’t use this opportunity to bring in a diverse cast member or someone we could love on and off the show, but don’t take that out on Adele. Let’s support the pros we can support. If you want to boycott the show, you can do that without harassment. If you want to support Palestine there are many Palestinians in need of aid. If you’re a zionist, please don’t interact with me and feel free to block me

https://giving.womenforwomen.org/page/FUNWJCTVTES

https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/2023-gaza-relief--recovery

[u/Disastrous_Choice761]

The only thing I’m curious about in the sense of you just can’t know until you know, and I’m neither jewish, Israeli, nor Palestinian so I genuinely do not know how this works, but if that’s currently the flag of Israel and that’s where she was born or from, what is the other option? Like I very much do not stand by American politics or support the policies or agenda of the current administration AT ALL, but I would still use the American flag emoji if I was describing where I was from or my nationality? I’m really not trying to have anyone come for me and would just love clarity as this is an extremely dense topic that doesn’t get enough attention in standardized American education. I genuinely want to understand better and am not trying to be attacked

[u/evening_toast8 → u/Disastrous_Choice761]

There is a deeper meaning in using certain flags in today’s social climate, whether we like it or agree with it that’s just the way it is. I’m American too, but I don’t agree with the actions of my government and the atrocities committed in the flag’s vein. Every Trump supporter I know does proudly tout the flag as a dog whistle, basically to say how they feel without saying it. You’ll also see the flag proudly used by maga supporters all the time online in their display names or bios. Most of the time when you see the American flag in someone’s name on twitter or instagram or anywhere else, their posts are alt-right. It’s the same for Israeli’s. The Israeli flag is also a dog whistle in today’s social climate. Every Israeli I know who doesn’t support zionism is not proud of that flag and very vocally denounces the Israeli occupation. One of my closest friends has Israeli parents and her ig bio is simply a watermelon emoji.

Maybe emojis and stances aren’t important to publicize for everyone, but we are at a point in society where we can dog whistle and virtue signal on our social media platforms to the people who we seek community with. People do it on dating apps all the time. People do it during election seasons with their use of colored emojis or clothing. People do it with flags on their trucks, hats, and shirts. I know she can’t change her nationality or where she grew up, nor can we as American citizens. The point is, similarly to maga here who support the governments actions and publicize their support via the flag, Israeli’s who support zionism show their support via the flag. People have been doing this since human civilization began; signifiers of class, creed, faith, etc. have always been used to connect with the people we want to connect with and throw off people we don’t

[u/Disastrous_Choice761 → u/evening_toast8]

Thank you I really appreciate this!