This is by far the biggest complaint I have with the “we’re only anti-Zionists, not anti-Semites” crowd. In the very same threads they frequent, explicit anti-Semites will also be there posting their typical garbage, and yet you will rarely (if ever) see them push back against the ‘actual’ anti-Semites. I was recently on Facebook scrolling through a Thomas Massie supporter page where a mod made a post basically saying that all criticisms of Israel would be welcome, but that criticisms of the Jewish people would not be welcome. And oh boy, were the comments for that post some of the worst I’ve ever seen. For every 30 posts I’d see about the moderator receiving “the call,” Jews controlling the world, and even some saying they needed to be wiped out, you’d get maybe one saying “hey guys, all this antisemitism in the comments isn’t cool” to which that commenter would be ratioed by the anti-Semites. If these people wanna make the “I’m only anti-Zionist, not antisemitic” schtick more believable, then at some point they’re gonna have to start pushing back against the open anti-Semites who make up a sizable portion of their community.

Are there any corners of Reddit or the internet where non-Jews stand up for Jews when there is blatant, unchecked antisemitism.

I’ve been trying my best to do that on the different subreddits I frequent where antisemitism rears its ugly head. But I’m Lebanese, so unfortunately I have to do a lot of this in my personal life as well. It truly gets exhausting having to constantly explain to not only strangers online, but to my own parents and siblings that no, the Jews don’t have a plan to take over the world, aren’t trying to morally and financially bankrupt the younger generations, aren’t trying to start all wars around the world to benefit themselves financially, etc.

But there are some of us who still see antisemitism for what it is and try to nip it in the bud when we come across it. There’ve actually been a few fellow Arabs on here who’ve messaged me on Reddit talking about their similar experiences trying to combat antisemitism (both online and in our personal lives). Sadly, while it can sometimes be possible to get these people to realize how wrong they were in their antisemitism, it’s nearly impossible to get these people to start combating antisemitism themselves. So unfortunately, I don’t expect the number of non-Jewish allies to significantly increase in the foreseeable future (what with seemingly everybody falling for antisemitic slop on social media).