Thread by @MaNishtana

hey gang. so im gonna hop a little bit out of my wheelhouse for a bit. lgbtq+ issues, esp as a frum person, are more competently handled by folk like @mike_rabbi, but i feel like i should take a swing on this one. (1/x)

many of us have probably heard about the pride emails sent out by two kosher restaurants recently. a 3rd party pr firm sent out both emails w/o telling either restaurant first. clearly there were communication issues. (2/x)

for example restaurant A had their old logo attached to the email. but the real problem is restaurant B, which sent out a follow up apology for those who mightve been offended by the pride email. (3/x)

and yes, this was unprofessional conduct by the 3rd party pr firm, but, imo, that misguided apology definitely hurt more than whatever *perceived* damage the email itself caused & fully illustrates the rot at the core of orthodoxy and how/who its been aligning itself with. (3/x)

[would there have been an apology if, for ex, a trump photo had been part of whatever email campaign?] (5/x) [i fucked up on that last one]

but beyond that, the suicide rate among the lgbtq+ community--and particularly among youth, let ALONE the frum members of said community--is exponentially higher than the general population. (6/x)

"apologies" like this contributes to the "why". (7/x)

if you think selling burgers is more important than the pikuach nefesh of helping to prevent just *one* of those suicides (8/x)

[bc after all, one who saves a single life saves a world] then your priorities not only sacrifice lives on the altar of capitalism, but you are a fucking awful terrible jew, frum or otherwise. (9/x)

bc apologies like that is exactly what makes people feel like they are better off dead. (10/x)

i dont rly have a branch to go off on from here, bc, again, not my wheelhouse, but can we *maybe* try to not be terrible literal days before the 3 weeks, which exist bc of baseless hatred? (11/x)

and if youre like "...nah", then when youre wondering why mashiach isnt here yet, just locate your nearest mirror. dont @ me. (12/12)

my dms are open awaiting cookies for doing the literal least