Does Greece need an Iron Dome?

A self-righteous, anti-Israel TikToker became a symbolic American figure on Tuesday when she filmed herself vandalizing a Greek establishment while verbally harassing the staff (article linked here). The TikToker, using the name 'Ambamelia,' rudely shows up at Efi's Gyro, a Greek restaurant in Montclair NJ.

The Story

"Free Palestine, Bitch!" is the way she introduced herself to the Efi's Gyro staff—I doubt this would be approved by Dale Carnegie. She goes on: "Yo, what you lookin' at?!" Well, my guess is that the staff is looking at you. The person ripping down all the little Greek flag decorations on the outside while yelling, and wondering to themselves, "Who is the crazy woman and will she go away?" Our Ambamelia then launches into her social justice-style "get into their faces" tactic berating the staff with familiar left-wing slogans. Cue it up: "You know damn well there's a genocide," the video then takes a cut and starts up again. So I imagine we were spared most of her rant. When the video started up again a staff worker speaking in a thick accent says, "This is Greek," to which our SJW replies "Wha?!" He continues to emphasize, "This is Greek" in almost a pleading tone. Our dear Ambamelia begins to have a light bulb go off above her head and finally replies, "Really??"

Yes, Really

That is a Greek flag and a Greek restaurant likely selling Americanized Mediterranean food. And you just disrupted the place. Really. Zero self-awareness. She then proceeds to post the video of a potential misdemeanor crime to the public internet via TikTok. Without any shame or embarrassment. This is the world today in an America heavily influenced by Progressive education and culture - loud, aggressive, vulgar, destructive, ignorant, super obnoxious, simplistically self-righteous, and painfully avoiding any self-reflection whatsoever. Not even a potential "lesson learned," or a note-to-self type thing.

The video got her millions of views. So let's not be too hard on her. And, in her defense, I'll say that the 'Cross of David' is typically a for-sure symbol of a Jew and an Israeli flag. You got the blue and white colors too. Greece also is along the same sea as Israel, close. Both countries have ancient ruins and archaeological sites. Both have had issues with neighbors. Neither Greek nor Hebrew look like English alphabetic letters. Maybe one could even cite a similar style schnozz. Geography is no longer required to pass middle or high school in many places, either. And if you missed it then, you likely won't get it in higher ed.

I sympathize too, because I once had a flag misunderstanding. One year, with the 4th of July coming up, I ordered a red, white, and blue flag to put on my front porch, just like Toby Keith. When it arrived I proudly put it up. A neighbor had a word with me. He claimed that the red, white, and blue flag I had hung was actually the French flag. He, being rather persistent about it, finally got me to say, "Really?" Evidently, according to the neighbor, the American one has 13 stripes and a blue square with stars that represent something. Anyway, I was able to get a replacement for the 4th and avoid any embarrassment. There have been multiple American flags in the past anyway, so why quibble?

TikTok Meets Anti-Israel and anti-Jewish Content

I'm too old and too male to use TikTok. So I kinda have to rely on reports about trends in the content. From what I've heard, there is a lot of anti-Israeli TikTok content trending. Lots of so-called pro-Palestine groups are churning out clips that are picked up by the algorithms to popularize. This Ambamelia could've been caught up in all this trending material and learned the language and the behavior to mimic. Though at least she wasn't too dense to listen to the pleading of a service worker saying "Greek, Greek." I'm afraid in other Jewish and Israel-related situations such a common sense plea will not get through to the heavily influenced progressive SJWs. Scaled up to the national level, we have our VP Kamala Harris. She says she's never been to Europe, so why should she know anything specific? She seems to act like a TikTok pro-Palestine group-influenced streamer woman. Maybe a gryo salesman can break through to her to better educate Kamala on certain international subjects.

From the NY Post here: [J]ournalist dubbed “conflict porn” and another called the “Tik Tok Intifada.” As with so many of the popular short clips that TikTok is known for, lots of mini packets of influential propaganda get spread. Longer form explanations don't get boosted in this space.

It's All Greek

With all the ongoing political controversy and military actions related to Israel, I'm sure the Greeks don't want to be roped into it. God forbid a young American female progressive be put in charge of identifying the country to have Hezbollah missiles shot into. But hopefully, more than just TikTok Shorts can help better educate our American population on these subjects. But until then, if you ever find yourself in Montclair, New Jersey, and have a hunger for a gyro from Efi's... remember they also take online orders for quick pickup, or better yet, delivery in case you enjoy eating in peace.