A lot of the arguments against calling Amsterdam a pogrom rest on the idea that Jews are calling it that to victimize ourselves. Everything we do, we are accused of doing for propaganda. I know this firsthand as a queer Israeli, constantly accused of pinkwashing for nothing more than being myself. Did it ever occur to you that we just want to live free of violence? That when we are attacked we call it out so it won’t happen again? We are not “pogrom-washing,” we are trying to stay safe and stop an undeniable wave of antisemitism. The fact that you see us as propaganda, not people, is part of the problem.
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