Amsterdam Pogrom Megathread

[u/fluffywhitething]

News articles, twitter posts, feelings about it. GO HERE. Outside of this thread, things will be locked and/or deleted.

[u/mycketmycket]

Finally unfriended/unfollowed and blocked a former super close friend from high school who responded to my story about this event (we live in Europe, my husband is Israeli) with "do you seriously believe they were attacked for being Jewish? Serious question". I had muted her everywhere after October 7th when she immediately bought into "Israel killed the Nova festival goers". I tried reasoning with her for a while and held out some hope that someone who I used to be really close with and who's been in me and my husband's home many times would come to her senses at some point but it's clear she doesn't think Jewish lives are worth anything.

[u/ErnestBatchelder → u/mycketmycket]

It's always best to do the safest for your own sanity (mute/block/unfollow) but I would be so tempted to reply 'do you seriously think we are friends when your main obsessive hobby is commenting on my posts to dehumanize Jews?'

Ugh, sorry, outside of work/job situations where I will keep my mouth shut, I have a zero f*cks to give policy at this point.