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EM_POC WEEKLY THREAD!!! 03/08/2024 – 03/10/2024
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Follow Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines. Non negotiable. This is the bedrock and mods will make decisions with this always in mind.
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I don't look XYZ and/or sometimes I can pass as white so I don't know if I can post here. Can I?
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Fascist is in management, but the Zionist is in the union.
A member asked permission to send out a Palestinian solidarity, ceasefire event flyer through the union group email and, of course, they were granted that permission. Then I receive an email from this Zionist telling me that because they are Jewish, lived in Israel for some time themselves, their parents met in Israel, and they still have family in Israel, etc. that it made them "uncomfortable" to receive "insensitive" and "potentially traumatizing" emails like this at work through the union. I just never responded because we can't really afford in-fighting right now but—ugh—I really wanted to tell them I hope their settler family dies.
Our actual local happens to be an actually pretty progressive union which has unrelated to this already very strongly insinuated to management that it would protect members who display support for progressive/Left causes at work but the local would not choose to protect members who promote reactionary, racist, etc. politics. Even one of the cool, pro-union managers has some Leftist propaganda poster in their office, which I've positively commented on to them before. So, I could very diplomatically tell the Zionist to fuck off and be fine, but it made more strategic sense not to respond and cause a conflict while also not telling the other pro-Palestinian member to stop. We were all immediately distracted by work issues after that anyway, but I made it duly noted to not hold solidarity with that Zionist.
"So, I could very diplomatically tell the Zionist to fuck off and be fine, but it made more strategic sense not to respond and cause a conflict while also not telling the other pro-Palestinian member to stop. We were all immediately distracted by work issues after that anyway, but I made it duly noted to not hold solidarity with that Zionist."
Interesting. You were compelled not to act by circumstance. So be it.
Yeah, there's not much I could do "to act" against the Zionist though so not reacting seemed to be best. We're still promoting pro-Palestinian solidarity events, anyway, and people wear keffiyehs at work to support so the Zionist didn't get the sympathy they wanted. Seems like our win.
I just wanted to personally go off on them and that's what I regret. Haha
Yeah, fair, fair.
Best be careful and play things strategically.
It's a movement, not a revolution or revolutionary situation; have to play the long-game so you can get to revolution (but, also, act in the here and now, of course).