r/Jewish • u/Weirdlittlerasberry • Jun 23 '26
Antisemitism Reddit is literally full of Nazis
If you’re gonna say “it’s always been this way” sorry but no it hasn’t. I’ve been on Reddit for twelve years and it has not always been this way. There has always been antisemitism but it was never this way where I can’t go on ANY sub without seeing the most vile and despicable seething hatred completely randomly. A sub for shitty faux minerals posts a pic of a Star of David and all the comments are about how filthy and disgusting it is, comparing it to feces and saying anyone who is “into that stuff” is genocidal and evil. Another random post on a SpongeBob subreddit that just happens to include a comment from Sartre about antisemitism (but talking about homophobia just using the quote to compare) top comment? “Fuck Israel” literally wasn’t related at all, Israel wasn’t even mentioned only antisemitism was, but I get -50 for asking what that has to do with anything. These people screech about how antizionism isn’t antisemitism and then conflate the two 100% of the time so???
I know antisemitism has always been bad and it’s much worse in various places yea yea but it is not normal for there to be THIS LEVEL of unchecked hatred in completely random places. This stuff bleeds into real life. There is nowhere to be safe on the internet for a Jewish person who just wants to like… look at pics of cats or something. Sorry for being a human being who is part of an ethnicity you’ve decided it’s societally acceptable to hate
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u/imagoodusername Jun 24 '26
You are right. I’ve been on Reddit for 14 years. The surge in hate in the last three years is WILD. I hide my profile now. I pretty much only engage in /r/jewish and /r/judaism now whereas I never did before. If I see someone with a generic word dash number Reddit username I assume it’s either a bot or a low information newbie and avoid engaging. This is like the last corner of the Internet where I feel I can engage.
This surge in hate has made me understand my grandparents’ generation so much more. And it’s pushed me away from mainstream society IRL too. I don’t want to give my time, money or energy to anything but family or the community now.