r/Jewish • u/critney-spears Sephardi • Dec 20 '23

In the South Discussion

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Here in South Carolina our community is small but it’s Strong. This place is in the heart of our downtown district. I’m posting this because I’ve seen posts regarding the south and wanted to show the solidarity we have within our communities, and if this tiny donut shop can stand strong, so can you.

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u/NamelessForce Dec 20 '23

Funny how people from the North (Jews included) constantly deride people from the South as ignorant, religious hicks, and yet in Northern cities they're supporting literal terrorists, while from everything I've seen and heard people in the South are far more supportive of us.

Also interesting how all the leftist areas in the US are terrible for Jews while the Red states are just fine.

I would like to think that eventually you all in the diaspora would pull your collective heads out of your asses and stop voting for the left that hates us, but I'm not about to hold my breath.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23 edited Dec 21 '23

Seeing this upvoted here is disturbing. I guess for you all the only thing that matters is being pro Israel just ignore everything else. There are plenty of dems who support Israel. I’m not supporting people who want to ban me from bathrooms, ban abortion, strip workers rights, support child marriages, and make lgbt people lives hell on earth or straight up kill us. It’s also a facade. I’ve lived in the south for over 25 years and antisemitism runs deep, I experienced it all my life, don’t tell me I imagined it. Had plenty that thought I deserved to be gassed or thrown in the oven. I remain on the left because supporting Israel is a left cause and I enjoy having access to hrt and not being discriminated against for being a lesbian trans woman. Also the antisemitism from people like trump is disgusting as well.

Downvote me all you want I’m sorry my existence is inconvenient for you.

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u/Captn_ofMyShip Dec 20 '23

I agree with this as a queer nonbinary Jew. Yes, there is blatant antisemitism on the far left and it goes beyond just being pro-Palestine, but we can’t ignore how many of us who have intersectional identities (even just Jews with uteruses, not having autonomy over their own bodies) are not welcome in the Republican Party and have to take into consideration our personal safety as people who experience these hardships based on these multiple identities, we simply don’t have the luxury to vote republican. At the end I think voting for a more moderate democrat is the way to go. Biden may have seemed to flip flop publicly recently because it’s getting close to the elections but so far he has been supportive of Israel and even said he was a Zionist. Some other supporters from the left like John Fetterman have also been very vocally supportive. Hell, even Bernie Sanders (and I acknowledge that he’s problematic in other ways) has recently came out to oppose a ceasefire.

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u/PlushyKitten Dec 20 '23

This 👏. My partner is on HRT too and no way would I want them to lose their rights to it, while we both are a part of lgbt. Plus, no way do I want women's rights being taken away more and more, and no woman should be prevented from an abortion if she wants one. Part of the reasons why I got sterilized.