vengerly asked: While I don't necessarily disagree with the things you said, I do feel you could not have shown the original post and made the statement more general. You are opening her up to receive a lot of hate. And then there is the fact that you might be making her feel horrible about herself for not having considered these issues. I think, especially for younger or non-Jewish people, it just isn't something so obvious to them. No matter what you say, you are in a way attacking her personally :/
Right, okay. This is the last one of these I am answering, because I honestly cannot do this any more. Members of my family were killed in the Holocaust, this is actually a deeply painful topic for me, and I am out of the ability to talk about it anymore.
I said, very, very, very, VERY clearly, in the post I made, that I didn’t want hate for the artist, that I did not believe it was their intention to be problematic. I did not offer any hate for them, in the post—I did not even offer any hate for the art! I merely discussed why it was problematic to portray that character in that manner, and then reiterated that I did not believe it was the artist’s intention to do so.
I also stated that I did not wish to deal with it in a reblog, but I didn’t know how else to do it. To be quite clear: normally, I do not reblog in situations like this, I do not even link. In this case, I added my commentary because the assorted reblogs were not addressing it anywhere, and I felt, given the history, that it needed to be said.
Again: I did not want hate for the artist. I never want hate. For anyone. That is really not how I do things. But if I honestly can’t, as a Jew, take an image that recasts a Holocaust narrative in that manner and—calmly, rationally, with the repeated caveat that the last thing I want is hate for the artist, and with the clear statement that it’s a beautiful piece of work but these things need to be considered—simply explain why it carries some very dangerous, damaging implications, then I’m not really sure how I’m supposed to interact with this community.
EDITED TO ADD: I really cannot BELIEVE I have to do this, but guys, do not send straightrhodes any more hate. DO NOT EVER SEND HATE ON MY BEHALF. I would, honestly, just delete this post, except I fear that it would cause a larger reaction. Please. Do. Not. Do. This. She has turned off anon, and further hateful response will cause me to get QUITE upset. Okay? Okay.
