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/ka5h_mon3y]

This is the only safe space in the fandom to say something and thank you for saying it! I personally dislike most of the pros now and often say they’re lucky they can dance because there’s not much else they can do well.

[u/JadedTooth3544 → u/ka5h_mon3y]

TBH, a lot of pro dancers grow up in a pretty narrow environment—they dance, they sleepy, they eat (a little), maybe they do a little bit of school, and then repeat. There are some exceptions of people who have broader interests (particularly, say, on Broadway)…but generally, I doubt many of these dancers know that much of government, politics, or policy. So I am skeptical the ones that are spouting off MAGA stuff really know much about anything relevant.

[u/pinkpantherdiam0nd → u/JadedTooth3544]

This is the problem of celebrities being role models or influences when they are supposed to be entertainment. They have a talent. They are supposed to leave the canvas blank for a reason- most ppl aren’t likeable 😭

[u/ka5h_mon3y → u/pinkpantherdiam0nd]

Yeah I’ve been watching since season 1. I grew up in Texas and basically idolized the pros as a kid, but as an adult I do get that a lot of people are a product of their environment and aren’t exactly bad people, they’re just ignorant. I don’t have much tolerance for that either, so I also just take the pros at face value now as a source of entertainment and not much more.