Antisemitic gaslighting is playing on infinite repeat

It is important to remember that many #Jews have dealt with #antisemitic gaslighting for years. It is isolating, traumatizing, and has pushed many of us out of friendships and activism circles. What is happening now has been going on for years, but now it has intensified and feels worse than ever.

And if a Jew tells you something is antisemitic, and your impulse is to search for some fringe Jewish source to “prove” they are wrong, don’t do it. Also don’t cite your “Jewish friends” as if that gives you authority to talk over us. Just don’t. #Antisemitism

@littlemiao source “Also don’t cite your “Jewish friends” as if that gives you authority to talk over us. Just don’t. #Antisemitism”

This has happened to me at least a half a dozen times since late last night.

The Fediverse has an antisemitism problem.

@TonyStark @littlemiao we’re seeing more and more how much so called progressives support antisemitism. I’ve seen so many voices I thought were rational but now see they are uninformed conspiracy theorists as long as the conspiracy involves the Jews. That people think they can justify murder based on seeing a few images in memes just doesn’t give me much hope.

@littlemiao @rob Can’t argue with anything you’ve said there. Misinformation/disinformation, a refusal to acknowledge wrongness once it’s been established that a person in question had information wrong, unsourced memes being presented incorrectly as fact- remember COVID, where lots of people spoke out about that?

Well, now it’s perfectly okay, as long as it’s something about driving all the Jews from Israel.

It’s certainly not what I expected my fall to be like.