Mallory Mosner
1 min readSep 10, 2024

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So fragile šŸ˜¹ John is sad about his parochial understanding of what ā€œchosenā€ means in the specific religious context of Judaism and he wants to feel like a big important boy too! Hereā€™s a start for you thatā€™s sure to result in a participation medal for you darling: donā€™t reference ā€œchosen peopleā€ in any of your ā€œcritiquesā€ of Israel (you accidentally forgot your ā€œZionism isnā€™t Judaismā€ script for a second there, laddy) if you donā€™t want to appear like a whiny fragile bigot.

And let me elucidate you since you are clearly agonizing over this: Jews are ā€œchosenā€ for the specific covenant they share with g-d. ā€œChosenā€ doesnā€™t mean ā€œsupremeā€ as most things mean in your white supremacist default worldview; it means chosen to follow the rules that we follow in our tradition, and even arguably to suffer the ways that we uniquely do in order to become closer to g-d and make the world a better place. Every tradition, every religious group and culture is ā€œchosenā€ for something divine in this world, and that is something that your Neo-Nazi-driven concept of Judaism would not reveal to you. Then again, you have no desire to see Jews (or Israel) as anything other than the villain that you actually see when you look in the mirror.

I recommend therapy šŸ’™ hope that helps!

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Mallory Mosner
Mallory Mosner

Written by Mallory Mosner

Queer non-binary (they/she) Jewish writer and Ayurvedic Health Counselor who loves puzzles, cats and meditation.

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