Rising Antisemitism

[u/fleshurinal]

I have witnessed so much antisemitism everytime I go online it's starting to become worrying. I see non Jewish leftists say that antisemitism isn't a real problem for Jews in America, usually being boiled down to "most Jews are white, rich, and have never experienced antisemitic violence physically". Yet antisemitism is rising and is a real problem that we should still consider in this time of jewish identity being weaponized and the jewish supremacy that is enacted in Occupied Palestine. Stating "most jews are white" seems harmful and also just false. Also Jews have always been hesitant to be apart of surveys so it's hard to find legitimate info on these things. Am I alone in this?

EDIT: I am not talking about any specific statistics or surveys. This is based on what I've personally seen scrolling on social media. I understand/agree there isn't a clear way to see that based on largely pro zionist orgs. EDIT PT 2: I am not saying that Pro Palestinian sentiment is antisemitism. I am talking about LEGITIMATE antisemitism. This is not a post talking about false accusations of antisemitism based in Zionism.

[u/loughqw]

In addition to what others have added, it’s important to look into statistics because numbers lie. For example what constitutes a hate crime might be something like u/beardeddragron1917 said where a simple phrase like free Palestine can be considered genocidal intent.

However, there are other factors we can use to analyze if antisemitism is on the rise.

There’s an analysis that can be made about late stage capitalism devolving into fascism. America being a dying empire that sees China on the horizon & in its final push sees a strategy to use Israel as a destabilizing force in the region as a means to further its imperialist objectives, which means full-throated support of further war & turmoil in the Middle East, exacerbating these issues. It can be argued capitalists run social media companies where we see a lot of antisemitism. These capitalists want Trump and republicans in office because they cut taxes for the rich and so on. Thus the ideology of the people in charge tends to be right wing (an example is Zuckerberg who assisted in the 2013 Rohingya genocide, recently, short of an endorsement supported Trump, Elon Musk who is breaking laws with his vote bribery situation and will be in Trumps cabinet, etc, etc)

An analysis that America, Canada & other “western” nations are foundationally white supremacist. Where whiteness is a construct based on an in-group that grows to include more people who previously weren’t considered white (some latinos and Arabs are considered white or Caucasian today but in the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin considered Germans to be “swarthy”) but once it attains control, it ultimately cannibalizes itself.

An analysis of governments around the world shifting right, such as in America where the right wing racists, fascists, conspiracy theorists & anti-intellectual crowds are growing & doubling down on their beliefs while the Democrats move more to the right by running with trump’s 2016/2020 foreign policy & border policies.

There’s an argument to be made that the hasbara conflation of antizionism with antisemitism leads people who otherwise know nothing about the Middle East, the diaspora, the cultures or religions, to then blame all Jews when they see Palestinian children burning or with their skulls hollowed out.

There’s also an analysis to be made regarding Chomsky’s 5 filters of mass media & the constant platforming of zionist perspectives while suppressing antizionist voices, using passive voice in the news, burying the lead, lies by omission, not reporting certain news at all or outright lying. All of these are essentially different ways fascism is festering which along with other things has historically been antisemitic.

So I would say taking all that into account with my own anecdotal evidence of social media devolving into nazi cesspools, especially Twitter & Reddit, yes, there indeed is a rise of antisemitism.

For that reason, I think it’s imperative to distinguish between antisemitism & antizionism, and zionism & Judaism and to fight like hell for a better world for everyone because no one is free until we are all free.

[u/loughqw → u/loughqw]

I should add in case it wasn’t clear, my belief/analysis that there is a rise in antisemitism comes with my belief in the rise of all forms of racism & bigotry. (Ie: the prison industrial complex & the continuous exercising of the 13th amendment, the military industrial complex & its role in destabilizing other countries which results in refugee crises, roe v wade, anti trans & other culture war issues)

Something else I didn’t mention because before rereading your post it seemed like you addressed but after rereading & reading through the comments it appears you didn’t. That is there is an ongoing genocide so within that context, whether you realize it or not, couched in your concern of rising antisemitism is a potential underlying accusation & placement of blame toward Palestinians & antizionists or a cause & effect linking between Palestine & the rise of antisemitism. I think if your intention was not to imply that link, you should have stated it or at some point communicated it & would have avoided the disagreements in the comments, thats what was missing from your replies.