“I don’t have a problem with the Palestinian flag – people can share whatever flag they like, but the people who post ‘no Zionists’ are basically saying ‘no Jews’. It’s what they think is an acceptable way of saying it,” he adds.
“It’s like the signs that used to read: ‘No Blacks. No Jews. No Dogs. No Irish.’” Stephen says there are masses of Palestinian flags on Hinge, and he’s come across profiles of women who say: “No terfs, no Tories, free Palestine.” “It’s put me off opening the app.”
Damn. That must suck. I don’t really have the same issues as someone who doesn’t support genocide.
Oh man, so much to unpack here:
Zack, 35, says: “I got pretty disillusioned after I found myself consistently matching with anti-Zionists, even when I set it to ‘Jewish only’.” Zack put an Israeli flag emoji on his profile to rectify the situation. “It’s annoying because the more creative personalities I normally go for tend to be more anti-Israel.” Now he’s having fewer awkward conversations about the conflict, but the people he’s matching with are “less interesting”.
How much self-reflection do y’all think these findings will inspire?
And one more:
Hannah will keep swiping away for the moment, but is sorely tempted by a singles Shabbat.
“Most of my generation say they want to Free Palestine but all I want is a good date who isn’t turned off because I’m Jewish,” she says.
IT ISN’T THE JUDAISM THAT’S THE ISSUE HANNAHThe definition of self-reflection could be fed to these zionists and they’ll still continue genociding Palestinians
It’s put me off opening the app.
Stop. Don’t. Come back.
Say it with me: “Discriminating against the dehumanising beliefs you choose to hold is not the same as discriminating against a person for their skin colour.”
