Antisemitic (Former) Georgetown Staffer Sues University for Wrongful Termination in Wildest Court Filing Ever
"You know why I call them Zio b**ches, because they’re dogs,” Ms. Aneesa Johnson had previously posted on social media
Remember Aneesa Johnson—the Georgetown staffer who was fired after it was discovered that she has a “deep seeded hate for Zio bitches”?
Well, she’s resurfaced… and she’s suing Georgetown. The lawsuit dropped last month, and honestly? It’s pure comedy gold. Grab your popcorn.
The filing (which you can download in full below) kicks off in the “Factual Allegations” section with Johnson casting herself as the real victim here. According to her, it’s just so hard being a Muslim woman in America. She then doubles down, lamenting the plight of being a Black and Palestinian woman in the U.S.
At one point, the complaint dramatically states: “Aneesa Johnson’s story reflects the systematic dispossession and institutionalized discrimination that Palestinians have endured under the Europe’s Zionist apartheid regime in occupied Palestine.”
If you think that’s over the top—buckle up. For reasons known only to her lawyers, the complaint starts putting scare quotes around the word “Jews.” What follows is four pages—yes, four—ranting about Jews. You’d almost forget this is supposed to be a wrongful termination case.
From there, the lawsuit takes a bizarre detour, rambling about the IDF demolishing (illegally built) Palestinian villages—though what that has to do with her tweet saying “You know why I call them Zio b**ches, because they’re dogs” remains unclear. Or the retweet of a scowling Orthodox Jewish boy with braces and glasses, captioned: “When the world hates you bc you a thief and grew up looking like a shaytan [the devil] #GrowingUpIsraeli.”
But wait, it gets better. Johnson accuses Israel of “ZIONIST WEAPONIZATION OF ‘JEWISH’ IDENTITY WHEN TERRORIZING PALESTINIANS” and—brace yourself—claims she’s experiencing “genocide” “secondarily as a displaced refugee living in exile.” Yes, you read that right. She’s a secondhand genocide survivor now.
Finally—finally—by page 10, she gets around to mentioning her firing. Naturally, she still plays the victim:
“Her expressions at the time reflected that of a teenager [she was 18-years-old; an adult], who is continuously affected by secondary trauma—as a Muslim woman in post-9/11 America, a descendant of violently dispossessed and displaced Palestinian refugees, and an African American navigating systemic White Supremacy.”
Her entire defense boils down to this: her three tweets—two originals and one retweet—weren’t hateful, they were just the result of her “lived experience” as a perpetually oppressed Palestinian teenager suffering through displacement, dispossession, and intergenerational trauma. Or something.
For this, Johnson is now suing Georgetown for Discrimination based on Race, Religion, and National Origin; Hostile Work Environment; Retaliation; Breach of Contract; Defamation; and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.
Oddly, nothing about this case is public—yet. I am happy to be rectifying this injustice.
You can download the full court filing below:
