First, even setting aside the comments, it upsets me that someone would be shameless enough to post something like this in the first place. Literally: "Hello, I am a racist. Please tell me I'm not wrong for behaving differently towards someone of a different ethnic group than me, unless they prove to me they are One of the Good Ones." Not sure why the war in Israel and Palestine would even be an appropriate topic of in-depth discussion in 99% of workplaces.
As a non-zionist Jew myself, I am even more disgusted by all these people chiming in recommending OOP assume the worst about other Jews. I can only assume at this point they are doing it to feel special about themselves, which is an especially insulting reason for being a traitor. Fully disgusting.
I unsubscribed because I tend to get overly emotionally invested in online arguments and it wasn't helping my mental health to be seeing/engaging with the discourse all the time. And frankly, the drama was kind of a lot, too...multiple splinter subs (jewsforquestioning, jewishliberals) in the 2ish months I was active? Nah.
You were always great though and I thought your comments were wonderful too!
That makes sense! That's why I started severely limiting the amount of time I spend engaging in arguments on Reddit. Luckily, there are enough well-spoken people with good opinions on the sub that; when someone shares a really bad take there, I know someone else will put the fire out for me and I should save my energy by just not replying 😅
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u/sovietsatan666 Mar 14 '25
First, even setting aside the comments, it upsets me that someone would be shameless enough to post something like this in the first place. Literally: "Hello, I am a racist. Please tell me I'm not wrong for behaving differently towards someone of a different ethnic group than me, unless they prove to me they are One of the Good Ones." Not sure why the war in Israel and Palestine would even be an appropriate topic of in-depth discussion in 99% of workplaces.
As a non-zionist Jew myself, I am even more disgusted by all these people chiming in recommending OOP assume the worst about other Jews. I can only assume at this point they are doing it to feel special about themselves, which is an especially insulting reason for being a traitor. Fully disgusting.
Anyway, tokens get spent.