Kippahs are what religious Jewish men wear on their heads. Also known as skullcaps or yarmulkes.

They make any man wearing one as a visible Jewish person.

There are female indicators but not as universally well known.

Some Jews wear a Jewish star necklace (etc.) and I could have emphasized that instead of a kippah.

So assuming you're a man, would you personally feel safe walking around, taking transport, going to public places (restaurants, malls, etc.) wearing a Kippah where you live in Thailand?

I most definitely would not (Jomtien/ Pattaya) feel safe.

Not because of reactions from Thais as I wouldn't worry about them but reactions from other nationalities ("anti-Zionist" westerners, Arabs, not sure about Russians).

This is hypothetical for me as I'm not a religious Jew so wouldn't naturally want to wear a kippah in public anyway. I can imagine wanting to wear a Star of David jewelry as I like how they look and they don't indicate being observant.

However, I think I would feel equally unsafe wearing that.

This issue reminds me a bit of how gay people always have to "read the room" for how safe they feel to express PDAs etc. in public.

But overall I think visible gay people are a lot safer where I live in Thailand than visible Jewish people.

Indonesians wear similar on a Friday on their way to prayers. The Indo ones are not generally black.

44 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

But overall I think visible gay people are a lot safer where I live in Thailand than visible Jewish people.

That may be regional dependent, the local folks in the north are pretty tolerant and mind their own business. Though a halfbaked tourist or expat could pop up unexpectedly anywhere.

Edited June 4Jun 4 by novacova

19 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Indonesians wear similar on a Friday on their way to prayers. The Indo ones are not generally black.

What they wear is obviously not Jewish.

2 hours ago, novacova said:

That may be regional dependent, the local folks in the north are pretty tolerant and mind their own business. Though a halfbaked tourist or expat could pop up unexpectedly anywhere.

Yeah, but it seems a lot of the eurotrash dribbling moronic jew haters live in rural areas, probably because thats all they can afford. After all, there is a distinct correlation between personal failure and anti semitic envy.

Pattaya probably wouldnt be a good place, its sort of a sewer and sewers are where anti semites fester. Especially with the alternative sexual scenes there, like the way Meat Packing District in NYC used to be a place where the leather storm troopers ran wild.

What would be fun is to wear an IDF shirt somewhere as bait, and get someone locked up....Far easier than having to pay lawyer bills after you wore it near a US college campus and had to double tap some shicklgruberite.

Can you imagine the fun when some Israeli gets assaulted by a tourist and the Israeli government complains to the Thai goverment. Bet those Thai jails are comfy LOL.

Edited June 4Jun 4 by Yagoda

My impression which may or may not be correct is that there is an increase in interrogrations about "are you a Zionist" going on from Euro "anti-Zionists" these days. That's very problematic as about 90 percent of Jews in the world are Zionist in the basic sense (supporting the right of Israel to exist and have political self determination), So odds are on their side if they want to bother "Zionists" that most all visible Jews are that. Of course, simple-minded people conflate Zionism with support for all Israeli government policies and actions but that's too much thinking to ask of the type of hostile bozos that would confront random Jews on the street.

Yeah Jews are feeling pressured to go into the Jew closet as much as possible to avoid dealing with such idiotic and sometimes dangerous people. So you'll see fewer visible Jews in the world. Which oddly would make this more of an issue for the smaller numbers that are still visible.

Edited June 4Jun 4 by Jingthing

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

My impression which may or may not be correct is that there is a lot of interrogrations about "are you a Zionist" going on from Euro "anti-Zionists." That's very problematic as about 90 percent of Jews in the world are Zionist in the basic sense (supporting the right of Israel to exist and have political self determination), So odds are on their side if they want to bother "Zionists" that most all visible Jews are that. Of course ignorant people conflate Zionism with support for all Israeli government policies and actions but that's too much thinking to ask of the type of hostile bozo that would confront random Jews on the street.

Maybe you should consider coming over to the side of those who are fighting the jew haters, who are also America and Trump haters. All three hates are the same.

Edited June 4Jun 4 by Yagoda

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Maybe you should consider coming over to the side of those who are fighting the jew haters, who are also America and Trump haters. All three hates are the same.

Agree to disagree. Racist Jew hatred comes from multiple directions -- right, left, Islamist, old fashioned Christian based, etc.

I will acknowledge that there is an obvious spike from younger people who are in the trendy Jew hating online algorithm.

The only wrong in the world is Gaza. Nothing else matters! Only Israel is the only "bad' country.

Edited June 4Jun 4 by Jingthing

11 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Racist Jew hatred comes from multiple directions -- right, left, Islamist, old fashioned Christian based

Yeah except MAGA either spurns or prosecutes them, unlike the Trump/America haters, who welcome them and elevate them.

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Yeah except MAGA either spurns or prosecutes them, unlike the Trump/America haters, who welcome them and elevate them.

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Yeah except MAGA either spurns or prosecutes them, unlike the Trump/America haters, who welcome them and elevate them.

Who do you think you're fooling?

Maga is a white nationalist American fascist movement that is happy to include neo-Nazis in their cult. One even dined with Trump. They openly help far right wing sometimes neo Nazi adjacent white nationalist parties in Europe. Don't bother wasting your time trying to convert me to maga fascism because they're "good for the Jews." Never going to happen.

Edited June 4Jun 4 by Jingthing

8 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Who do you think you're fooling?

Maga is a white supremacist Amerocan fascist movement that is happy to include neo-Nazis in their cult. They openly help far right wing sometimes neo Nazi adjacent parties in Europe. Don't bother wasting your time trying to convert me to maga fascism because they're "good for the Jews."

Got it. Bet you cant show any of that.

Hey, which party wants to disarm you?

7 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Got it. Bet you cant show any of that.

Hey, which party wants to disarm you?

7 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Got it. Bet you cant show any of that.

Hey, which party wants to disarm you?

7 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Got it. Bet you cant show any of that.

Hey, which party wants to disarm you?

Bait ignored. I know you sick games all too well.