October 5, 2012
I hate to get all serious on everyone for a second here, but this needs to be addressed. I have gotten this comment anonymously messaged to me a few times (in so many words), but this is the first time I’ve had it put somewhere publicly, and I cannot explain how angry I am. I am only going to say this once, and I want to be extremely clear about it. If you are offended at the fact that I will occasionally reblog posts or articles of a young Palestinian telling his or her story, unfollow me. If you don’t like that I sometimes talk about the rampant anti-Arab sentiments in France and how wrongheaded/xenophobic/unhealthy it is, unfollow me. And if you are simple enough to think that any of this makes me anti-semitic in any way, or that supporting Muslims and supporting Jews is mutually exclusive, or that being supportive of the Jewish people means you cannot look at the actions of a country we back politically and financially as much as we do Israel with a careful eye for human rights violations, unfollow me. And please do not ever speak to me again, because you are not worth my time. I am lighthearted about most things on the internet, but some things are very serious, and this is one of them. 

I hate to get all serious on everyone for a second here, but this needs to be addressed. I have gotten this comment anonymously messaged to me a few times (in so many words), but this is the first time I’ve had it put somewhere publicly, and I cannot explain how angry I am.

I am only going to say this once, and I want to be extremely clear about it. If you are offended at the fact that I will occasionally reblog posts or articles of a young Palestinian telling his or her story, unfollow me. If you don’t like that I sometimes talk about the rampant anti-Arab sentiments in France and how wrongheaded/xenophobic/unhealthy it is, unfollow me.

And if you are simple enough to think that any of this makes me anti-semitic in any way, or that supporting Muslims and supporting Jews is mutually exclusive, or that being supportive of the Jewish people means you cannot look at the actions of a country we back politically and financially as much as we do Israel with a careful eye for human rights violations, unfollow me. And please do not ever speak to me again, because you are not worth my time.

I am lighthearted about most things on the internet, but some things are very serious, and this is one of them. 

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  1. forgottowatertheplantsagain said: I’ve had so many arguments with my family about this. I’m Jewish, I’m pro-Israel, but it doesn’t mean everything they do is okay. Both sides, Arab and Israeli, are guilty of some nasty stuff, and it’s naive to ignore that fact.
  2. 4ourty6ix reblogged this from faganchelsea
  3. molokovellocet said: Yo, hate to dumb this down because I basically agree with you, but it grossed me out that they can’t spell semitic and would scold you on something they are literally not well-versed in.
  4. vacantvision said: eff them chelsea, obviously they don’t know you as a person and the fact that they took time to read your pieces when they’ve already had a false impression of you is their issue. sorry that you even had to waste your time to address this!
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