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arguewithatree  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are the topics you wish were discussed more on Hubski?

The actual article associated with the tag is actually really great

I've seen that! I think it's awesome. I am/always have a lot of Ex-Zionist-Progressive-American-Reform-Jew feelings about Israel and this has been kicked into high gear recently because I finally have time to take my Birthright trip and I fucking know it's going to be capital P Political AF.





pyrrhonic  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That would make for some interesting trip reports. I had a bunch of Jewish friends in high school, of various political stripes, who I know were going to do Birthright after graduation. But as with everyone else from high school we lost contact pretty much immediately, so I heard very little about it.

arguewithatree  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah I went on a high school trip for a semester. It was very much Birthright on steroids. The novel I wrote for TFG went into detail about the messages they gave us and my conflicting feelings on them. It's a lot. I'm trying to coordinate with a friend who went on the same trip a year later to do Birthright with me but I don't know where he falls politically Israel as of late so I'm a little nervous

user-inactivated  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Are you sure you were replying to me?

arguewithatree  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

??

user-inactivated  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't see how NYPD-friendly wikiedits and Israel's "capital P Political AF", whatever that is, have anything to do with what I said. If I'm missing something, can you explain?

arguewithatree  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh the wiki-edits is the article tagged #gaymanonmanbuttsex

and talking about Israel is my roundabout way of relating to your #russiabynatives tag

I meant that Birthright is a super political trip with one goal and one goal only: get young Jewish adults excited about all the good things about Israel and convince them to donate their time and/or money to supporting it without taking a nuanced look at its issues.

user-inactivated  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I see. Interesting stuff about Israel! Can you tell me more about the Birthright from your perspective?

arguewithatree  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

FUCK

I LITERALLY WROTE UP 1500 CHARACTERS WORTH OF STUFF AND I GOT A DEAD LINK RESPONSE.

FUCK. FUCKKKKKK.

user-inactivated  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Return to the page from which you wrote the reply you lost. It usually saves there, in the textfield.

arguewithatree  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

nope. it's gone.

user-inactivated  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Too bad. I hope you'll retell it some time in the future: I'm eager to learn about the Birthright.

arguewithatree  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

totally. i'll write it in a word doc first though