they do it reflexively, without even realizing they’re doing it. i saw a post from a zionist the other day that claimed that people who said that israelis who feel unsafe in israel can just move back to brooklyn had actually said that they can move back to their investment properties in brooklyn, a thing which i’ve heard from absolutely no one. they worry that everyone fucking hates them for no reason and imagine what that would be like, similar to how other whites will encounter nonwhites and imagine some indication of spite or loathing in innocuous phrases and gestures.