i was nervous to publish this for so many reasons, but i did it anyway. as i write, it’s time to be brave. i hope you’ll read it. www.thehandbasket.co/p/we-can-cho... - ThreadSky

marisakabas.bsky.social • 502 days ago

i was nervous to publish this for so many reasons, but i did it anyway. as i write, it’s time to be brave.

i hope you’ll read it.

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/we-can-choose-to-be-brave

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cwnidog.bsky.social•502 days ago

The cycle has to be broken somehow. This is a start.

aminus.bsky.social•501 days ago

an excellent piece, and thank you. It does take bravery to speak up, to push back against ideas we were told our whole lives, and to stand up against pressures from one's community and even family

aaroncollom.bsky.social•501 days ago

captured my feelings better than I ever could

theunixman.com•501 days ago

you have my sword!

richburroughs.dev•502 days ago

Fantastic piece.

ianagp.bsky.social•501 days ago

This is a really moving piece. Thank you

marisakabas.bsky.social•501 days ago

thank you 🙏

ianagp.bsky.social•501 days ago

You bring a really human element to witnessing this conflict, one that is missed too often amongst the rhetoric and dialog about hate and ideals.

justmesara.bsky.social•502 days ago

Gonna read thanks 😊

crankypacifist.bsky.social•502 days ago

This is a brilliant piece. Thank you.

marisakabas.bsky.social•502 days ago

thanks for reading 🙏

rowyourbot.bsky.social•502 days ago

Weird that defenders of Israel loop around and defend an open antisemite like Musk--an enabler of actual Nazis!

brooklynmarie.bsky.social•502 days ago

It's almost as if we're more valuable to those types as concepts rather than inconvenient living humans

cosmicsurfer.bsky.social•501 days ago

No need to be nervous. The people are awakening to the horrors perpetrated on innocents. Religion shouldn't matter but having a heart and a conscious does

pjeffe.bsky.social•502 days ago

"In modern tellings of the story, the Palestinians displaced as part of building Israel were effectively erased."

I'll never forget my Zionist ex-girlfriend and her friends repeating "a land without a people for a people without a land". As if there ever was such a place, let alone there.

sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social•502 days ago

Terra nullius has always been an argument and a reasoning for violent colonisation and a tool to view and value Indigenous peoples "worth" as less than animals.

pjeffe.bsky.social•502 days ago

Very good and moving. Personal and, yes, brave.

nazishmunch.bsky.social•501 days ago

This brought tears to my eyes.

mommunism.bsky.social•501 days ago

❤️❤️

jakobpunkt.bsky.social•501 days ago

I want this screen grab on a t-shirt which I will wear to schul on Saturday

marisakabas.bsky.social•501 days ago

now that i’d love to see

wariotush.bsky.social•501 days ago

Very well-written.

When I say "never again," I mean for anybody. Not just my own people.

hatcat.bsky.social•501 days ago

Eloquent and powerful.

bensbias.bsky.social•501 days ago

Thanks for writing and sharing this

penguingalaxy.bsky.social•501 days ago

That's amazing. I'm so glad it got retweeted into my timeline so I got to read it!

joshuamneff.bsky.social•502 days ago

This is so good. Thank you for writing it and expressing what a lot of us Jews feel in our hearts.

marisakabas.bsky.social•502 days ago

thanks for reading 🙏

kleonardphd.bsky.social•500 days ago

Thank you for this.

lizroemer.bsky.social•501 days ago

Thank you so much for writing this. It makes me feel less alone.

marisakabas.bsky.social•501 days ago

you’re not alone ❤️

srossmktg.com•501 days ago

I wrote something that felt very similar, especially about the aloneness of conflict. Thanks for sharing yours.

joharifrasier.bsky.social•502 days ago

This is a fantastic piece.

brokensky.bsky.social•501 days ago

I am deeply impressed and touched. I can only take my hat off to this insight into humanity. Thank you for sharing!

taliajane.bsky.social•501 days ago

still reading but that email from a relative is wild because it so perfectly encapsulates how zionist jews have been fed and express israeli state propaganda, totally unaware they’ve departed from their own thinking. just so bizarre every time.

susanrinkunas.com•501 days ago

That email wow wow. And yeah this is uh very timely per our other convo. Thanks for sharing, Marisa

marisakabas.bsky.social•501 days ago

thanks to both of you for reading ❤️

rafauga.bsky.social•501 days ago

Thank you, it's very brave writing.

cajsa.bsky.social•501 days ago

It is brave. How sad that speaking for peace requires more courage than for war.

trickcyclist.bsky.social•501 days ago

You humanity is exemplary.

wordloaf.bsky.social•502 days ago

thank you for writing this, I will share it widely

stevenjs.bsky.social•502 days ago

I want peace for Jews and Palestinians.

sonourable.bsky.social•502 days ago

Will read. Your work always stands out 💕

tutusntinyhats.bsky.social•501 days ago

Thank you for this! ❤

sanmarcos.bsky.social•501 days ago

Talking about Israel/Palestine is like walking through a social mine field. No matter what we say we're wrong to someone. The conflict there is about two nations struggling for their right to exist. Both sides are right and both are wrong. Even if Israel wins, there will be angry neighbors.

rbs.io•501 days ago

Thank you for writing down what I cannot seem to put into words myself, though at the end of the day these thoughts are simple and straightforward.

66human.bsky.social•501 days ago

Thank you for this write, and for your bravery.

jucifer.bsky.social•501 days ago

thank you for writing🖤

it *is* time to be brave, also for all citizens of countries endorsing the planned depopulation+ of any ethnic/religious background. not in our names!

p.s. im sorry you had to experience getting that letter, with its layered pain. hoping they will come to know u are right🙏

nwchifiets.bsky.social•501 days ago

This is beautiful, and gives me hope.

megan-sass.bsky.social•502 days ago

This is phenomenal. Thank you.

marisakabas.bsky.social•502 days ago

thanks, megan 🙏💓

murph612.bsky.social•501 days ago

This is brave, humbly and beautifully written. Brava. I’m hopeful one side has their ANC/ South Africa moment and lays down their arms. It doesn’t end until one of them does. Sadly.

lisalisalisa.bsky.social•501 days ago

Brave writing that really resonated with me. New subscriber. Thank you for sharing this here and for doing what you do.

dy32light.bsky.social•501 days ago

This is so necessary. Thank you.

drmayab.bsky.social•502 days ago

Thank you for writing this Marisa

tktkskeets.bsky.social•501 days ago

I first came across your account due to your excellent work on the Marion newspaper raid, and I’m very glad I did because you have consistently been one of the most insightful and clarifying voices on this situation, which I imagine takes significant courage. I am grateful for it.

brendens.bsky.social•502 days ago

Excellent read and very brave. Be brave to dispel fear to move forward together towards peace. Peace will start out fragile for good reason but I truly believe in humanity’s capacity for it. Abunimah’s One Country proposes this kind of peaceful next step. I believe it’s the best way forward for all

marisakabas.bsky.social•502 days ago

thank you 🙏

msnelson.bsky.social•502 days ago

solidarity

sorayanadiamcdonald.com•502 days ago

Thank you Marisa

matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social•502 days ago

This is excellent, thank you for writing it!

marisakabas.bsky.social•502 days ago

means a lot, thank you

hshoch.bsky.social•501 days ago

thank you for writing this. These words will help others find their bravery, and their voice...

tallgrassmedia.bsky.social•501 days ago

This is really good and says how I’ve been feeling for years. The path we’re on right now is terrible. Thanks for being so eloquent.

fugusan.bsky.social•501 days ago

just read it and appreciate your voice

ivxxsthodge.bsky.social•502 days ago

Very brave. Beautifully written.

marisakabas.bsky.social•502 days ago

thank you 🙏

nobpeck.bsky.social•502 days ago

Beautiful. Thank you.

factsimile1.bsky.social•501 days ago

Outstanding. Thank you!

niais.bsky.social•501 days ago

This is beautiful, Marisa. Thank you for sharing it. I'm so grateful as more of us speak out against what is so clearly wrong here. It has been a long two weeks (and I fear we've got a much longer road) but - Solidarity and strength.

marisakabas.bsky.social•501 days ago

thanks, sarah, and solidarity ✊🏼🙏

joshscherr.bsky.social•500 days ago

Thank you so much for writing this; it's excellent & encapsulates so many of the jumbled thoughts in my head

marisakabas.bsky.social•500 days ago

thanks so much for reading

lizbon.bsky.social•502 days ago

Sigh. I wish it didn’t take as much bravery as it does to simply come down on the side of peace & acceptance, but agree.

aubreyhi.bsky.social•502 days ago

Choosing to embrace each other, to choose the collective over individualism, to choose to love and build rather than destroy is, indeed, brave. Thank you. Solidarity and love.

benadamx.bsky.social•502 days ago

thank you

rsppeacemama.bsky.social•501 days ago

Thank you! 💙

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