The worst part in all of this is the lack of will to condemn or do anything about the sharp rise in antisemitism following 10/7. While every other form of bigotry is treated as a blight and will get you immediately punished socially, blatant antisemitism disguised as “antizionism” is treated as a totally normal and legitimate view. The media won’t report on it, and if it does it’s usually whitewashed as hell. Social media is rife with blatant misinformation and propaganda and calling it out gets you dogpiled. Even on this sub, posting articles about concerning antisemitism gets your post removed because it’s “a sensitive topic”, as if all racism isn’t also sensitive. The difference is that this type of bigotry is acceptable for some reason.
That’s the real issue that my eyes have been opened about this past year. The fact that antisemitism is still, even in the most progressive and self aware era in human history, where the call of the hour is finding and combatting every form of old-world prejudice, a major force in society that’s not going away. It’s not the fact that antisemitism exists, it’s the fact that the mainstream itself just doesn’t see this form of bigotry as an issue.
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The worst part in all of this is the lack of will to condemn or do anything about the sharp rise in antisemitism following 10/7. While every other form of bigotry is treated as a blight and will get you immediately punished socially, blatant antisemitism disguised as “antizionism” is treated as a totally normal and legitimate view. The media won’t report on it, and if it does it’s usually whitewashed as hell. Social media is rife with blatant misinformation and propaganda and calling it out gets you dogpiled. Even on this sub, posting articles about concerning antisemitism gets your post removed because it’s “a sensitive topic”, as if all racism isn’t also sensitive. The difference is that this type of bigotry is acceptable for some reason.
That’s the real issue that my eyes have been opened about this past year. The fact that antisemitism is still, even in the most progressive and self aware era in human history, where the call of the hour is finding and combatting every form of old-world prejudice, a major force in society that’s not going away. It’s not the fact that antisemitism exists, it’s the fact that the mainstream itself just doesn’t see this form of bigotry as an issue.