Pat Johnson
@pat604johnson.bsky.social
Snappy smackdowns of antisemitism and anti-Zionism from a progressive, gay, (non-Jewish) Canadian perspective.
If you @ me, expect snark.
Brilliant on Substack: pat604johnson.substack.com
If you @ me, expect snark.
Brilliant on Substack: pat604johnson.substack.com
A small group of queer quislings are infecting the gay rights movement with an ideology that harms LGBTQ+ people everywhere.
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/traitors
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June 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A small group of queer quislings are infecting the gay rights movement with an ideology that harms LGBTQ+ people everywhere.
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/traitors
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/traitors
YOUR JEWISH FRIENDS AREN’T REALLY WONDERING HOW YOU WILL BEHAVE WHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGH.
THEY ARE ASKING, “WHY HAVEN’T YOU SPOKEN UP WHEN THE STAKES (FOR YOU) ARE SO LOW?”
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THEY ARE ASKING, “WHY HAVEN’T YOU SPOKEN UP WHEN THE STAKES (FOR YOU) ARE SO LOW?”
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“WOULD YOU HIDE ME?”
YOUR JEWISH FRIENDS AREN’T REALLY WONDERING HOW YOU WILL BEHAVE WHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGH. THEY ARE ASKING, “WHY HAVEN’T YOU SPOKEN UP WHEN THE STAKES (FOR YOU) ARE SO LOW?”
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April 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
YOUR JEWISH FRIENDS AREN’T REALLY WONDERING HOW YOU WILL BEHAVE WHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGH.
THEY ARE ASKING, “WHY HAVEN’T YOU SPOKEN UP WHEN THE STAKES (FOR YOU) ARE SO LOW?”
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/would-you-...
THEY ARE ASKING, “WHY HAVEN’T YOU SPOKEN UP WHEN THE STAKES (FOR YOU) ARE SO LOW?”
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/would-you-...
If Palestinianism betrays everything else we claim to believe in — and, at the same time, doesn’t help — but actually harms — Palestinians themselves, then who the hell does it benefit?
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ZOMBIE PROGRESSIVES DEFILE OUR VALUES
RESPONSES TO THE LATEST TRAGEDY REMIND US THAT PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO SHARE OUR VALUES DON’T.
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February 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If Palestinianism betrays everything else we claim to believe in — and, at the same time, doesn’t help — but actually harms — Palestinians themselves, then who the hell does it benefit?
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We know we will not complete the work of defeating antisemitism. Accept that. And now redouble our efforts to control its virulence and its spread.
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February 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We know we will not complete the work of defeating antisemitism. Accept that. And now redouble our efforts to control its virulence and its spread.
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Why are people who believe a genocide is possible not doing more to prevent one?
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4 EXPLANATIONS FOR ANTISEMITISM’S TENACITY
IF PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A REPETITION OF GENOCIDE, WHY DON’T THEY ACT LIKE IT?
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January 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Why are people who believe a genocide is possible not doing more to prevent one?
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AUSCHWITZ + 80
Could it happen again? Most say yes.
Here’s why that answer is (weirdly) good news.
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/auschwitz-80
Could it happen again? Most say yes.
Here’s why that answer is (weirdly) good news.
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/auschwitz-80
AUSCHWITZ + 80
COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN? MOST SAY YES. HERE’S WHY THAT ANSWER IS (WEIRDLY) GOOD NEWS.
pat604johnson.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
AUSCHWITZ + 80
Could it happen again? Most say yes.
Here’s why that answer is (weirdly) good news.
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/auschwitz-80
Could it happen again? Most say yes.
Here’s why that answer is (weirdly) good news.
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/auschwitz-80
Why don’t activists see that inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric leads to violence against Jews? They do. That’s the point.
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INVERTING ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ZIONISM
Why don’t activists see that inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric leads to violence against Jews? They do. That’s the point.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Why don’t activists see that inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric leads to violence against Jews? They do. That’s the point.
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pat604johnson.substack.com/p/inverting-...
If people want us to take seriously their criticisms of Israel, they have an obligation to acknowledge the role bigotry plays in this discussion.
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DISCLAIMER: TIME FOR ZIONISTS TO MAKE SOME DEMANDS
HOW HAVE PRO-ISRAEL PEOPLE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BE PUT ON THE DEFENSIVE?
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January 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If people want us to take seriously their criticisms of Israel, they have an obligation to acknowledge the role bigotry plays in this discussion.
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The use of the term “resistance” implies their behavior is defensive. It’s not. Their side started this conflict, perpetuates it, and could end it today. The Palestinians are the only ones who can make peace because they are the only ones making war.
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JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
PALESTINIANS AND OVERSEAS ALLIES JUSTIFY ATROCITIES BY CLAIMING “RESISTANCE” TO TYRANNY. BUT WHEN YOU START THE CONFLICT AND PERPETUATE IT, YOU DON’T GET TO GET TO CLAIM “RESISTANCE” TO ANYTHING.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The use of the term “resistance” implies their behavior is defensive. It’s not. Their side started this conflict, perpetuates it, and could end it today. The Palestinians are the only ones who can make peace because they are the only ones making war.
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/join-the-r...
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They scream obscenities at us as we quietly mourn dead Jews and urge peace for everyone in the region. That’s not normal. That’s not political commentary. It’s verging on mental illness. #Israel #Palestine #activism #gaza
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YOUR UNHINGED HYSTERIA ISN’T HELPING PALESTINIANS
SELF-RIGHTEOUS ACTIVISTS IMAGINE THEMSELVES THE GREAT SAVIORS OF THE DOWNTRODDEN. IN REALITY, THEY ARE THE REASON PALESTINIANS ARE DYING.
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January 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
They scream obscenities at us as we quietly mourn dead Jews and urge peace for everyone in the region. That’s not normal. That’s not political commentary. It’s verging on mental illness. #Israel #Palestine #activism #gaza
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“Baiting” is not an act that is necessarily perpetrated with great malice but is more a form of sick entertainment, like picking wings off flies not because you have a deep ideological hostility to flies but simply because you can.
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January 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Baiting” is not an act that is necessarily perpetrated with great malice but is more a form of sick entertainment, like picking wings off flies not because you have a deep ideological hostility to flies but simply because you can.
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January 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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FAN FAVE #4: PERFORMATIVE PACIFISM: IN THE NAME OF PEACE, KILL THE JEWS
ICYMI: An underlying premise of the anti-Israel narrative is that, if Jews would just go like lambs to the slaughter, there would be no more war.
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December 6, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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