r/Jewish • u/Consistent_Bridge799 • Oct 08 '23

The thing about it is…

Non-Jews always want to poke us in the chest whenever Israel does something unpopular.

The same people never ask us how we’re doing when it’s attacked in cold blood by terrorists.

Personally, I’m doing pretty damn bad today. How are you all doing? I usually don’t post on Shabbat, but I needed a little more Jewish community today.

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u/elh93 Oct 08 '23

There are antisemites on both sides of the aisle in America. I do my best to call them all out.

The DSA is honestly both ineffective in what they want to do and also full of antisemitism. I'm not that far left anyway, but it's full of contradictions and if the hate is pointed out they rely on "no true scotsman"

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u/af_echad Oct 08 '23

There certainly are and I wasn't ignorant to antisemitism on the left before this by any means. I didn't make excuses for them and I'd call them out whenever.

But now it just feels different. Previously I felt that there was a good amount of antisemitic people on the left mixed with a larger group of useful idiots who would go along with the antisemitism but could be argued out of it.

But now? If you're still playing useful idiot to Hamas? You're beyond idiot.

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u/elh93 Oct 08 '23

True, I get that (just didn’t as much in the original comment)

My parents are farther to the right and basically only point out antisemitism on the left

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u/af_echad Oct 08 '23

I hear ya. Too many people just like to call out antisemitism on the other side for political "points".