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Pat Johnson

@pat604johnson.bsky.social
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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

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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Read and share. Happy Pride Month! open.substack.com/pub/pat604jo...
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WHAT ISRAEL-HATERS LEARNED FROM GAY-BASHERS
EARLIER ACTIVISTS DIRTIED GOOD WORDS LIKE “FAMILY.” PALESTINIAN APOLOGISTS DEFILE WORDS LIKE “HUMAN RIGHTS,” “JUSTICE” AND “FREEDOM.”
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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-...
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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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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? pat604johnson.substack.com/p/zombie-pro...
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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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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. pat604johnson.substack.com/p/how-to-def...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Why are people who believe a genocide is possible not doing more to prevent one? pat604johnson.substack.com/p/4-explanat...
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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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
AUSCHWITZ + 80 Could it happen again? Most say yes. Here’s why that answer is (weirdly) good news. pat604johnson.substack.com/p/auschwitz-80
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AUSCHWITZ + 80
COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN? MOST SAY YES. HERE’S WHY THAT ANSWER IS (WEIRDLY) GOOD NEWS.
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Why don’t activists see that inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric leads to violence against Jews? They do. That’s the point. pat604johnson.substack.com/p/inverting-...
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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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If people want us to take seriously their criticisms of Israel, they have an obligation to acknowledge the role bigotry plays in this discussion. pat604johnson.substack.com/p/disclaimer...
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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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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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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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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 pat604johnson.substack.com/p/your-unhin...
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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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
“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. open.substack.com/pub/pat604jo...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Shocker! pat604johnson.substack.com/p/your-unhin...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Read this. pat604johnson.substack.com/p/year-end-m...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Read it here: pat604johnson.substack.com/p/fan-fave-4...
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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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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
READ AND SHARE! pat604johnson.substack.com/p/10-signs-y...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
Whoa. Did he just say that? Oh yeah. Read on. pat604johnson.substack.com/p/people-lov...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
Read it. pat604johnson.substack.com/p/israel-pal...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
READ THIS! pat604johnson.substack.com/p/old-wine-i...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/taliban-at...
https://pat604johnson.substack.com/p/taliban-atrocities
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 14/09/2024
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
pat604johnson.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
Read it. Share it. pat604johnson.substack.com/p/anti-zioni...
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
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SCREAMS BEFORE SILENCE
“Redefining evil”: Documentary forces us to face the nature of the Palestinian enemy – and our own society’s corrupt reactions to October 7. We must not look away.
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
Read: pat604johnson.substack.com/p/not-fair
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Pat Johnson @pat604johnson.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
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