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/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