self-censorship

[rivkat]

no good, very bad thing: for the first time ever, I carefully concealed my Star of David scrunchie to do an interview in case it became a distraction. I try hard not to self-censor, but ...

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

I am so sorry.

[rivkat]

Yeah, I don't feel great about it. But I wanted to talk about SCOTUS.

[heresluck]

There is a LOT to say about SCOTUS right now -- not wanting to distract or derail makes sense. (And also, ugh.)

[foxmoth]

:support: I'm sorry you (others) are in this position.

[batdina]

I feel your pain. I've moved from a yarmulke to a baseball hat when I'm in public and it's icky.

[kass]

Ugh, I feel this.

My kid is still wearing a kippah in public, and so am I. But we are in a small town in MA and it still feels safe here.

I hate this.

[serrico]

It's awful that you and others are having to make that calculus. I'm sorry.

[lokifan]

Yeah, exactly this.

[cathexys]

Wow. That sucks so hard! I'm sorry.

[giandujakiss]

I've refrained from wearing mine for quite a while. It's not so much that I fear antisemitism exactly, although I suppose it depends on how you define it. It's just, I always only wore one occasionally, largely when it just looked pretty with my outfit. So I feel like wearing one now sends a political message I don't want to send - it would be different if I was in the habit of wearing one all the time.

[lokifan]

I feel like wearing one now sends a political message I don't want to send - it would be different if I was in the habit of wearing one all the time.

Ugh, I'm sorry. That makes so much sense.

[egret]

I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this.