They don't see me as a person at all

The willfulness of the world to deny facts, to ignore history, and pick up toxic narratives from TikTok shouldn't be shocking anymore.

But when I post about Israel, and the algorithm picks up the post and exposes my writing to hundreds of thousands of antisemites- I learn all about how people from all over are thinking.

Not just thinking, but what they feel comfortable articulating.

Like the lowest of the low language.

A morality system that I don't recognize- who is right and who is wrong, villain and victor, oppressor and underdog.

It's like arguing with a gaslighting narcissist- who refuses to engage in normal conversation.

Who will lie and lie till they aren't sure what is truth and what is false.

Who will tell you that you are the problem and tell you stories about the things you have said and done, that never happened.

Who will warp the past, twist your words, invert reality- till you feel swallowed up by their own insanity.

They will call you names that no one should ever hear, wish de*th upon you in the most grotesque manners, and say whatever they can to diminish you, to shame you, to reject you and your truth.

You can respond to them.

You can tease them and poke them and laugh at them if you wish. Sometimes I do.

Some of the truly heinous ones I delete if I see them. But if it's thousands of hateful comments, I can't go through and delete each one.

Usually, after a certain number of thousands of comments, I stop reading.

It's too toxic. Like a cesspool of h*tred. The underbelly of the planet.

Except they are just normal people. I look at their profiles.

Most of them aren't bots.

They have dogs and kids and buddies they go fishing with.

They have wedding photos and condolences for their grandmas on their feeds.

Average people walking around with true Jew h*tred in their hearts.

To them, I am a baby k*ller.

A white supremacist colonizer.

Not a "true Jew."

A supporter of gen*cide.

A manipulator and oppressor.

A paid shill of the Israeli government.

A liar and a cheat.

Unworthy of my soul, dammed to h*ll.

All of this was said to me just yesterday. And far far more. Spare yourself the comments.

What they don't see is my family tree.

My genetics.

My history, both personal and ancestral.

They don't see that I'm a mom.

A creative.

A gentle spirit with fire in my bones, carrying a deep zealotry for justice.

They don't see me as a person at all.

Just a Zionist. A Jew.

Even if they don't know what those words mean, beyond being "dirty."

To them, Jews and Zionists deserved to be wiped off the map.

But to me, we are the fulfillment of prophecy.

The resilience of an ancient people.

The first nation to reclaim its indigenous land.

A light unto the nations, in innovation and morality.

What will it take for them to see our humanity?