Since the uprising in 2012, it is now possible to openly discuss and express support for the Houthis in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. Predictably, Houthism’s long suppression in the capital has led to its current popularity; Houthi signs of “Death to Israel, Death to America” now dot Sanaa’s Zaydi neighborhoods. Meanwhile, anti-Houthism is now a larger part of an Islah party rhetoric. Based on first-hand interviews with scholars in the Houthi controlled territories in Saa'da and in Sanaa and Islah publications which propagate anti-Houthism, this paper discusses Houthi and anti-Houthi discourse in post-Saleh Yemen. I speculate on Houthism and Houthaphobia's significance for the state's capacity to govern and form policy for its northern problem in the coming years.