u/ImmediateBattle2692

Now first off all , free palestine and the genocide against palestinans and people in lebanon needs to end asap. But i think people can call for that without embracing antisemetic tropes. Especailly to use the three parentheses which is an antisemetic dogwhistle that emerged in online spaces after a white supremacist shooting is just sick to me. While we should center the muslim victims, i dont think using the tripe parentheses is the way to criticize this media coverage. And i just cant believe that someone as online and active as hate5six doesnt know what those mean. And even when people call it out people are so dismissive i frankly think it makes the scene look bad and like they dont care about antisemitism orr standing up against white supremacists. Wish more bands would unfollow and call this out or at least try to reach the dude in some way and get him to stop posting white supremacistg dogwhistles

First off just want to say I am not trying to downplay or deny the genocide in Gaza. It needs to end and settler colonialism needs to end across the world but especially in Gaza and the West Bank . I think most bands in the emo screamo scene have done a great job of advocating for Palestine without going down antisemetic rabbit holes. However a lot of bands follow the punk videographer hate5six who genuinely has fallen down the antisemetic rabbit hole. Posting essays says all Jews are responsible for the genocide and shit like this post. You don’t have to downplay or ignore antisemitism to call out genocide and the Israeli government. There are people on the right like Nick Fuentes Tucker Carlson and Candence Owen’s who are using Israel’s genocide to push holocaust denial . I’ve seen soap comments and kill all Jew comments on his page and he doesn’t say a word. It bums me out to see so many bands I like still follow this guy because this kind of rhetoric should be unacceptable in the punk scene.

Why do we need to not care about one form of hatred to stand up against another? When has picking and choosing what to care about been what’s punk is about? Why in the 1990s were bands like Dropdead able to make songs calling out the genocide of Bosnians by Serbians without defending anti Serbian attitudes? Does this dudes political posts matter more than the concert videos? Am I tweaking or is this a valid frustration?