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(Jewish Group) No, your quarantine is not comparable to Anne Frank's
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)There are quite a few things I’ve been seeing all over my social media feeds ever since the spread of COVID-19 forced everyone to social distance. There are the jokes about no longer wearing a bra, comments about being confused over what day it is and comparisons to Anne Frank hiding in an attic.
One of these things is not like the other.
The U.S. government recommending individuals to practice social distancing in order to prevent the spread of a deadly virus is not at all similar to being forced into hiding to avoid the impending threat of a state-sponsored genocide. In fact, to make the comparison is egregiously offensive. So why do I keep seeing people doing just that?
On Twitter, if you search “Anne Frank” now, you will find an abundance of users tweeting about how they now know exactly how Anne Frank felt after a week in quarantine. Some of these even go as far as to say that Anne Frank had it much better than us right now. And I feel like I am losing my mind.
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For all the whining about Facebook, Twitter seems to be more of a sewer and filled with rank hate, but one rarely hears screeches for people to quit Twitter. For all the dislike people have for Jews, they sure do love them some cultural appropriation of our people and situations!
