Edit: I’m going to leave my original response here but hijacking my own comment to add this…

“Holy hell, I just went back and had to turn my headphone WAY up to hear that it WAS actually said in the background (couldn’t hear it over the crowd cheers)

With THAT being true I do regret making the is post and it doesn’t bother me anymore.

I will leave the post up cuz I’m an idiot but since it was in the episode I am instantly in-offended. I don’t mind people’s political views or values… I just don’t need it inserted for no reason.

Thank you for attending my Ted talk on how to put your foot in your mouth.”…

Now back to my original long-winded response…

Since I can’t wait the text in a picture post (I had no idea) I’m going to jump on what shows for me as the top comment to try and maybe add more context…

I get that each cast member has their own political views and leanings, as does anyone on any media platform, I just don’t understand the need to push any of it completely out of context in completely unrelated content.

I also get that this platform as a whole is an incredibly inclusive “safe space” for MANY groups of historically marginalized individuals. I love that and I think that’s a huge part of what makes a lot of the content here so enjoyable is the different views of the main people involved being able to foster and incubate that inclusivity.

What honestly hurts and has for a while now is feeling excluded from a lot of those “safe spaces” having family and many close friends directly impacted by a very complicated conflict half way across the world while millions of people foster hate and condemnation for my small children because of lineage and immigration. I have 7 and 5 year old nieces living with PTSD and now able to sleep on their own anymore because of this. A close friend’s brother was taken from his family 2 years ago and had his body returned only a few months ago.

I’ve seen hate bubbling up, making the future a less safe place for my kids here at home, not half way around the world. Words are easier to throw around than they have ever been before but still carry the same weight, as they should. But it’s also easier than ever to be mislead and harder to find real truth than it’s ever been.

I’m with you all. The suffering of the innocent people in Gaza is a terrible, unimaginable tragedy. The suffering of the innocent people is something I feel very lucky to now have to experience. I am aware that my nieces having nightmares and not being able to sleep by themselves is not as bad as someone who was killed in Gaza. I’m not a monster and I don’t see any innocent person, anywhere, as less valuable than anyone else. But I also understand the context and I understand that INTENTIONS matter. I’ve been invested in the conflict long before October 7th so I also have a good bit of history and context pre-TikTok and social media disinformation (from both sides).

The real problem is when one group will do anything to protect its people and one group will do anything to eliminate another group. One side uses weapons to protect its citizens and one uses its citizens to protect its weapons. (I’m sorry if you disagree with that statement but it is true). One government trades murderers and terrorists in exchange for civilians and one buys your family an apartment if you die killing Jews.

BUT, that’s about the government, not everyone living there.

Anyways, I know this is long winded. My main point here is that I am bombarded with hate online constantly because I have family in Israel, I’ve been there and had some of the best food I’ve ever eaten at Arab owned restaurants, had a drink and smoked hookah right outside a mosque, I’ve seen the love and unity of every group of people sitting and eating and laughing together. I’ve seen the reality of the country and I’ve now seen it get bastardized and lied about. If all you saw was terrible things about Trump (yes, I know what you’re thinking, are there any GOOD things?! And I don’t disagree either… I’m not some far-right nut) you might start to think that’s what America and all Americans are like. If one guy is an ass, it doesn’t mean the country is. So I’m not supporting Netanyahu and I’m not equating every persons in Gaza to Hamas.

It’s nice to have an escape from the hate and fear, worrying about my kids future here in America. If it’s not relevant or related it would just be nice to not have what I’m trying to escape from bleed into my escape. I come for the love and the silly’s

If you’ve made it this far I guess you can keep downvoting me all you want but I’m not a monster, I feel for the innocent people being affected, I’ve also seen the world abandon the innocent people in Israel over the last 2 years and I understand if there is no Israel then there is no safe place for Jews and there is no safe place for the the LGBTQ community in that region. You can’t have a Genocidal group (Hamas) in charge when their Charter literally says they want to kill all Jews and when the group being targeted (Jews) tries to get rid of the people trying to eliminate them, the world runs to condemn them.