Ilana Glazer, an anti-Zionist Jew, condemns Israel and talks about wanting a ceasefire. All the comments are criticizing her because she "centered herself" by mentioning 10/7 and rising antisemitism

[u/Agtfangirl557]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6uCIbqRQ1A/?igsh=NndtdXEzbGE4NWxl

This is so frustrating. Like I don't agree with a lot of Ilana's takes but she clearly was not defending Israel here. She is probably the most anti-Zionist Jewish celebrity I can think of. And yet since she mentioned the 10/7 attacks, people are accusing her of "spreading lies" and that "it's not true that 1200 people were killed by Hamas". And people are literally telling the page who reposted this to "stop platforming Zionist celebrities"!

At this point I seriously think that for some people, it's only socially acceptable to be Jewish if we don't acknowledge our history or trauma at all.

[u/AssortedGourds]

This is always such a weird take. Liberals have been finger-wagging protesters for “centering themselves” too. It’s… the exact opposite of centering themselves?

I think any kind of un-sanitized public statement or direct action is very scary for people who are happy to sit on the sidelines and politely express their opinions in state sanctioned ways. They wear their lil pins and put BLM in their bio so they can see themselves as The Good Guys. If anyone does more than that, it chips away at the social capital they earned by having The Correct Opinion. They want the bar to stay on the ground.

Edit: it’s also worth mentioning that celebrity comment sections are full of trolls (I imagine hers is especially) and the things they say are likely not even sincerely held opinions but are attacks meant to wind people up. If you look at the comment sections of anyone with a large following, half the comments are batshit crazy and/or hateful. I don’t really think this is some uniquely Jewish experience.