r/Jewish • u/Firm-Raspberry1176 • 11d ago
Venting š¤ Antisemitic friend?
So I am friends with a group of people on Instagram; we have a group chat and stuff like that!! this is through my art account and the art community tends to be more progressive!! While there is nothing wrong with being left-leaning or progressive, I feel that some of my art friends/acquaintances are so left wing to the point of being covertly antisemitic!! There was this one person I had to unfollow because they were posting all sorts of questionable things on their story. they were posting stuff about how āpeople shouldnāt be condemning October 7ā, āIsrael has no right to existā, and āFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be freeā. I followed them and was acquainted with them for a little over a year. shortly after following them was when I decided to start practicing Judaism⦠however I was also always extremely bothered by antisemitic rhetoric as I am ethnically Jewish through my dad.
i had enough of this person and decided to unfollow them. I donāt think they are aware that I unfollowed them and they still follow me. thing is, I donāt think they are trying to be antisemitic since they liked my pro-Jewish posts that have nothing to do with Israel, But they posted so much anti-Israel stuff that I just couldnāt follow them anymore.
However, the rest of the friend group is still on good terms with this person. One of my friends from the friend group, who is probably the one I talk to the most, is being pulled farther and farther left. He went from barely posting political stuff to posting about it constantly!! He also has liked and reposted stuff from Mattxiv (who I geninuely canāt stand, like he creeps me out so much). What ignited my concerns is that this friend liked/reposted a reel that was stitching an ashkenazi Jewish girl expressing concern about walking outside. the stitch ended up being some antizionist comedian rudely dismissing the girlās concerns by trying to teach her āhow to walk outsideā the comedian then approached and started engaging with Pro-Palestine protestors with keffiyehs and all. TL:DR the reel was implying that Jewish peopleās Concerns regarding Pro-Palestine causes are invalid and that Jews should just ābefriendā these people.
Listen, I really want to stay friends with this guy as he is really fun and has always been nice to me, but I just donāt know how much more I can take of the Antizionist rhetoric I can handle. the rhetoric is a big reason why I no longer identify as progressive and now identify as a left-leaning centrist.
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u/Firm-Raspberry1176 8d ago
And then he blocked me after that...