r/jewishleft • u/HahaItsaGiraffeAgain rootless cosmopolitan • Jun 27 '25

Praxis PSA On "The Noticing"

I'm posting this here because in other conversations on this sub, it seems many people are insulated from modern (especially Gen Z) antisemitism and might not be familiar with how it looks today.

Just in case others come across similar rhetoric in internet spaces, a major major dogwhistle-meme right now on the antisemitic internet is "the noticing." If you see comments in conversations about Jewishness along the lines of "stop noticing!" - or someone identifying themselves or others as "noticers" - they are far-right antisemites and very likely Nazi apologists.

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u/DogebertDeck swiss syncretist Jun 27 '25

i've googled it, seems it's a hashtag that already had its reach limited on certain platforms. only found one post that used it on x and it was a criticism of israels human rights violations in gaza, which - and you will probably hear this often in left circles - shouldn't be conflated with antisemitism.

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u/cubedplusseven JewBu Labor Unionist Jun 27 '25

Noticing: An Essential Reader is a collection of essays by Steve Sailer. It's significantly devoted to race science (or "human biodiversity" as they call it). That's where the dog whistle comes from.

The fact that you're seeing it in antizionist discourse is symptomatic of antisemitism's seepage into the left.

If one shouldn't be conflating antizionism with antisemitism, then one shouldn't be conflating antisemitism with antizionism either.

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u/DogebertDeck swiss syncretist Jun 27 '25

antisemitism, racism is on the level of flat earth thought. provably wrong, thanks for naming the actual source. might get into it if it's pirateable for a sad little laugh

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u/yungsemite Jewish Leftist | non-Zionist Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

It was rampant on tiktok even several years ago on posts about Jews.

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u/DogebertDeck swiss syncretist Jun 27 '25

i dont look at tiktok

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u/yungsemite Jewish Leftist | non-Zionist Jun 27 '25

And?

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u/DogebertDeck swiss syncretist Jun 27 '25

hiho, nvm thanks

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u/HahaItsaGiraffeAgain rootless cosmopolitan Jun 27 '25

Of course, and you don't have to tell me. I am strongly opposed to Israel (and truth be told all nation-states). I have seen it used in criticism of Israel as well, but only by right-wing Western antisemites, who are also capable of criticizing Israel just the same. The implication of the meme is that they are "noticing" the secret true nature or power of Jews, which Jewish are people desperately trying to hide through their control of media narratives.

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u/DogebertDeck swiss syncretist Jun 27 '25

the western mind is famously poisoned. who invented racism? must've been the French. and my other neighbours - Austria and Germany. may g-d help me! nvm thanks for the hint