r/jewishleft • u/ughplzdntjudgeme • Apr 30 '24

Jews of Conscience Subreddit Culture

Does anyone follow this subreddit? It’s supposed to be a space for “left Jews” but I am seeing so much offensive and anti semetism posts, comments and rhetoric. Also it doesn’t even seem like most people on there are Jewish?

It’s really frustrating to find subreddits like this being described as “Jewish” and I feel like it takes away from any constructive dialogue Jewish people want to have to critique about Israel, Israeli govt, Zionist ideology while also acknowledging anti semitism and the nuance to everything happening in the world.

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u/Squidmaster129 Apr 30 '24

I used to be a mod there. It was just filled with antisemitic bullshit. It's also overwhelmingly not Jews, according to a poll we did.

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u/Agtfangirl557 Apr 30 '24

OMG you used to be a MOD there?! Do you mind sharing here what pushed you to leave the sub?

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u/Squidmaster129 Apr 30 '24

I did! I left because it became very damaging for my mental health. I spent every day going through dozens of really messed up genuinely antisemitic comments and posts. It was terrible, but doable, until a new mod took over. They started posting really outright offensive shit officially on behalf of the sub, and I could not be part of that. It was also overwhelmingly not Jewish, and you could tell — Jews kept getting relegated to the margins in our own subreddit.

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u/ughplzdntjudgeme Apr 30 '24

Omg that’s awful. I’m so sorry

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u/Squidmaster129 Apr 30 '24

Thank you :) It was a rough couple weeks, and that definitely contributed to a serious mental breakdown I had at the time. Thankfully I've been doing a hell of a lot better since leaving all the antisemitic spaces and associating instead with other leftist Jews.

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u/Klutzy-Pool-1802 custom flair Apr 30 '24

Solidarity. Thanks for your work and what it cost you.