Don’t CW this.

JimmyB (he/him)

Well - I'm not Jewish, but Jewish mates talk about Zionism in this way.

And I was inspired to learn more listening, some years ago, to a member of the Biritish Board of Jewish Deputies on the BBC Today programme who said that you cannot be a Jew and not be a Zionist. And he explained what it meant. It meant what I mean when I use the word Zionist.

So - take youer point. But no one knows what Kahanism is. But we all know what 'Zionism' is - as used.

@MatWright @chris

Laxystem

@JimmyB @MatWright @chris

And I was inspired to learn more listening, some years ago, to a member of the Biritish Board of Jewish Deputies on the BBC Today programme who said that you cannot be a Jew and not be a Zionist. And he explained what it meant. It meant what I mean when I use the word Zionist.

They were either Kahanist or Bibistic themselves. Plus, I wouldn't call the BBC a reliable source on Israel Palestine: they can't seem to decide whose side's war crimes they want to lie about.

But no one knows what Kahanism is

People Google it, or ask, or just assume your intention from context (as it's incredibly clear; you don't necessarily need to know the history of the term, though should). That's the word I use, always. And if they don't know: introduce it. It's important to know what terms the other side wants you to use (Zionism) to refer to them, and why.

Laxystem

@JimmyB @MatWright @chris The fediverse doesn't only consist of the English-speaking world; There are lots of other cultures here, and this meaning of Zionism is pretty unique to Kahanists and American media consumers (which is everyone, yes, but native English speakers especially).

Kiki :3

@martinvermeer @sinabhfuil @chris okay, but.... why? the things we knew for years would happen, happened. I knew this yesterday, i knew this the day before. Why does it have to be in my timeline without a CW when all i want is not looking at idiots finding out that when people say "fuck around and find out" they really mean fuck around and find out.

This is just again the same debate as with war reports. Yes i know some people throw explosives at children. Yes i know how a person that explodes into splatter looks like. Put a fucking CW on it, I don't wanna see it again and again all over just because you after years of hearing about it decided to test if a hot stove really burns your fingers and recording the experiment.

James Richardson

@chris While I was not able to replicate that screen exactly (I refuse to put that mobile app on my phone) I did try this in the Web App on my phone and on the Desktop.

Certainly seems sus'

#republican #democrat #instagram #censorship #zuckerberg #zuck

JimmyB (he/him)

@laxla

I am pretty confident that this meaning is understood across W Europe and the UK too. I live and work in Zurich: the Swiss talk about Zionism in these terms; as do the French and Germans. If someone says 'Zionist' it seems they will be understood to mean Bibi politics.

But it seems a fair point: how about Khalanist-Zionism? Seems to differentiate - while being comprehensible?

@MatWright @chris

Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵]

@chris First, "dont CW this I beg you" is a lack of skills.

I would recommend
"Instagram enabling facism, uspol" or something which summarizes the heart of your point, captures the eye, and then lets people choose to read details.

Show some empathy for people trying to function without a constant flood of this (plus, they'll be less likely to unfollow you and can actually see stuff you post)

Second I don't know what's up in Canada but this is what I see in the US, now

Virginia Holloway

@paul @chris

So, yeah. I tried it on a browser. Lots of hashtag republican content, nothing for hashtag democrat. If you search without the hashtag on "democrat" you get content, but most of it is from Newsmax (which is to the right of Fox News) talking about how corrupt the democrats are.

So there seem to be legitimacy to this.

Laxystem

@JimmyB @MatWright @chris *Kahanist, not Khalanist. I'm pretty sure there's no movement aiming to genocide all forms of bread but Khalas from the face of the earth.

But yes, that'd work.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@TheDailyBurble it is definitely real

Philip Nelson

@chris I just tried and cannot confirm this. I got legit results for both hashtags

Jörg Müller

@chris At least "thedemocrats" with 620k Followers still is online, also other accounts with names that contain "democrat".

JimmyB (he/him)

@laxla

It's nice to be able to smile today. Thank you.

@MatWright
@chris

Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:

@chris I’m personally unable to reproduce this in Canada.

Still troubling.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@EdwinG interesting. The overall consensus, from what is now thousands of people just seeing this post, is that there are definitely words being filtered in a politically inconsistent way

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@praesolgka true.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@panmanphil interesting. You are the second person in the last hour to be successful. Has a change occurred?

Peter G

@chris
Just searched on Insta. Works for me:

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@platypus thanks Ruth.
My point in aasking this to not be CW’ed was in order to have maximum coverage because of the extreme and fundamental importance of the message. It is no longer an exaggeration to say we are witnessing an authoritarian regime in the United States flexing hyper political control of the media landscape. People need to know.

Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵]

@chris Buddy, I live in the US. My body is affected by the laws. My family's trans and queer members are affected by the laws. I have to live every damn day here.

Please work on your main character syndrome and pause before posting to ask yourself whether you are posting the One True Post that has to be broadcast as far as possible and whether it could still get significant reach because of its importance...

... with a well-written CW.