lol this was supposed to make them look good, but saying they felt like it was their right as a jewish teen to be an apartheid enforcer is just absolute cherry.
Omg this is the girl from my post earlier tweeting about white boys
Imagine being LGBT and running cover for a country in which it is illegal to get married as an LGBT person. Absolutely complete betrayal of any values you had
Imagine being “progressive” and running cover for a country that still has miscegenation laws.
Yeah interfaith marriages are not recognised by the state of Israel, effectively illegal.
I’m pretty sure none of us moved to China or North Korea, became a solider for 2 years, and proceeded to start our own #progressive movement on it. This person did that. I’m certainly not under any illusions of the oppression LGBT people are under in other socialist states, and have criticized it plenty. The critical in critical support should not be overlooked.
Not specifically on this site, but a bunch of leftists went to fight in Rojava despite it not being particularly big on the LGBT thing.
So what is it that attracts these types of people to Israel? They seem informed enough to at least have somewhat of a clue about what Israel’s doing. I keep coming back to the idea of a fortress stronghold in the middle east that’s only for Jews with barbarians at the gate must seem sexy to them, like the allure of it all.
They get to form part of a privileged upper class in an apartheid state where the enemies are considered less than subhuman and you can do anything you like to them and get away with it, and the government is 100% cool with it.
If you offer a lib living in the US, suffering like any other, a way better living standard in Israel given its welfare state payed by muricans, they take it.
“Hold on, what’s the trick here?”
“You gotta spend some years killing brown people, but it’s okay because they are antisemitic and homophobic”
“I’M SIGNING WITH MY BLOOD, JUST TELL ME WHERE”
I’m not sure if there is a good analysis of American Jews who join the IDF. I would guess many of them come from religious Zionist families, or have close family in Israel. I think for young men there is some of the Israel Man/ Diaspora Boy dichotomy. I think for a lot of US teenagers though, it’s just an escape from boredom.
Because well-off liberals need something to care about or look forward to. Just like capitalism needs fascism to get anyone enthused and excited about destroying communism. When people have material needs met they need something to believe in still. Thats my guess. It’s probably why I’m a socialist too.
for zionists, LGBT means Lets Go Bomb Them
