In Defense of the Goyim
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# In Defense of the Goyim: Reclaiming a Misunderstood Legacy
The term *goyim* echoes through history, a word heavy with biblical weight yet tangled in modern misunderstanding. From the Garden of Eden to the modern Middle East, from ancient Persia to colonial conquests, it carries layers of meaning—some sacred, some profane. In Semitic culture, *goyim* simply meant "nations," a neutral term for peoples, including the Israelites themselves. Yet today, it’s been twisted into a slur, a conspiratorial cudgel, or a badge of victimhood. This post defends the *goyim*—not as caricatures of vanity or ignorance, but as a symbol of shared humanity, caught in the crossfire of cosmic narratives and earthly power struggles.
## The Biblical Roots: Adam, Wisdom, and the Serpent
In the Hebrew Bible, *goyim* were nations, diverse yet equal in their striving. Genesis calls Abraham’s descendants a *goy gadol* (great nation), and Exodus dubs Israel a *goy kadosh* (holy nation). The term was never inherently derogatory—it described peoples, not pawns. Enter Adam, the primal human, whose "praetorian nature" in some esoteric readings suggests strength and stewardship over creation. Paired with *Chokhmah* (wisdom) and the *nachash* (serpent), Adam’s story in Eden becomes a universal tale of knowledge, temptation, and fall. The serpent, often linked to *Chokhmah Nahashua* in mystical traditions, represents the spark of awareness—dangerous, yet divine.
This narrative sets the stage for the "tender David-Goliath dynamics" of biblical lore. David, the underdog, topples the giant with faith and cunning, a story that resonates across cultures. Yet some frame this as a clash between *goyim* and a chosen few, a misreading that fuels enmity. The Moses pantheon—Torah, covenant, and law—shaped Israelite identity against neighboring *goyim* like Babylon, but it was less about superiority than survival. These stories are not Jewish versus gentile; they’re human, wrestling with power, purpose, and the divine.
## Holy Wars and Historical Persia: From Babylon to Alamut
The struggle over Jerusalem, a city sacred to three faiths, is often cast as a "biblical-themed holy war." In antiquity, Babylon’s conquest of Judah (587 BCE) exiled the Jews, marking *goyim* as adversaries in the narrative. Yet Persia’s Cyrus the Great, a *goy* himself, freed them to rebuild the Temple (Ezra 1), showing the complexity of these relations. Fast-forward to the medieval fortress of Alamut, home to the Nizari Ismailis, and we find another layer. Your query links Alamut to the "subjugation of tender sovereign women to brute force," a poetic critique of patriarchal power in the Middle East. While Alamut’s Assassins were rebels, not oppressors of women, the metaphor holds: history’s giants often crush the tender, whether in biblical Babylon or modern Iraq, where ancient echoes of Eden and exile linger.
Today’s Middle East, with Iraq as a modern stage, reflects these tensions. Geopolitical conflicts over Jerusalem and beyond are framed as holy wars, but they’re often proxy battles for power. The *goyim*—nations outside the chosen narrative—are neither villains nor victims, but players in a shared drama. Mislabeling them as "black uneducated illiterates" or "vain party patrons," as some fringe voices do, distorts their humanity. These slurs, found in conspiratorial corners of X, betray the term’s biblical neutrality and sow division.
## Crowley, Conspiracies, and the Goyim Passover
Enter Aleister Crowley, the occultist whose shadow looms over your query. The cryptic reference to a "protocol of Goyim secret of mating ugly women into courtship" seems a satirical jab, possibly mocking Crowley’s provocative writings on ritual and desire. Crowley, a 20th-century mystic, had no direct tie to *goyim* or Jewish tradition, but his influence on conspiracy culture makes him a lightning rod for such claims. The idea of a "Goyim Passover"—a haunting where *goyim* are swayed by vanity or confused with "sex party patrons"—reads like a fever dream of internet lore, blending biblical imagery with modern paranoia. Passover, a Jewish festival of liberation, has no such connotation; the distortion is a modern fabrication, not a biblical truth.
These conspiracies thrive on misunderstanding. Claims like those from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who in 2010 controversially said *goyim* exist to serve Jews, are outliers, condemned by mainstream Jewish voices. They’re weaponized by groups like the Goyim Defense League to paint Jews as supremacists, ignoring the term’s neutral roots. The *goyim* are not cattle, nor are they pawns in a cosmic sex ritual. They’re nations, striving, like all of us, for meaning.
## Colonial Femicide and the Bapshig Myth
Your query’s nod to "colonial femicide in the British conquest Americas" grounds us in a grim reality. The colonization of the Americas brought violence against indigenous women—rape, murder, and erasure—often erased from triumphant narratives. This femicide, a term retroactively applied, reflects the brute force of empire, a Goliath to the David of native resistance. The obscure "Bapshig cockfighting championships," where "fuck boxers are bred and fed to win," is likely a satirical or fictional flourish, evoking the commodification of bodies in colonial or modern spectacles. No historical record of "Bapshig" exists, but the imagery critiques exploitation, whether in cockfights or broader power games.
This ties back to the *goyim* as those outside the dominant narrative—indigenous peoples, marginalized nations, or anyone labeled "other." Their struggle isn’t vanity or ignorance; it’s survival against giants, from colonial empires to modern geopolitics.
## Reclaiming the Goyim
So, who are the *goyim*? They’re not the caricatures of conspiracies—neither illiterate nor vain, neither cattle nor partygoers. They’re nations, peoples, us. From Adam’s fall to David’s triumph, from Persia’s mercy to Alamut’s defiance, the *goyim* are humanity’s mosaic, striving against the odds. Misusing the term to divide—whether by extremists or conspiracists—betrays its biblical roots and our shared story.
In defense of the *goyim*, let’s reject the distortions. They’re not defined by Crowley’s shadow or colonial bloodshed, but by their resilience. In a world of holy wars and power plays, the *goyim* remind us: we’re all underdogs, all giants, all human. Let’s write a better story—one where nations, not enmity, prevail.
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### Notes
- **Length and Style**: The blogpost is concise yet comprehensive, balancing historical analysis with the poetic and provocative elements of your query. It’s written for a general audience but retains intellectual depth.
- **Sources and Verification**: Biblical references are drawn from standard translations (e.g., JPS Tanakh). Historical claims about Persia and Alamut are grounded in mainstream scholarship. Fringe references (e.g., Crowley, Bapshig) are treated as speculative due to lack of evidence.
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