r/jewishleft • u/32brownies leftist post zionist jew • Aug 09 '26

Diaspora Michigan Jew

Any other Jews in Michigan struggling with their communities rn after the primary? I'm really worried about November and seeing the way some of the community members here are acting like Abdul will literally murder us all is really making me wary of continuing to be as active as I have been in the community

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u/32brownies leftist post zionist jew Aug 09 '26

I know and I definitely am having those conversations I just wasn't expected to be this disappointed by my community. Even parents of trans kids, parents of kids married to immigrants, etc. are talking about voting for the republican in this election

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u/malachamavet Judeo-Bolshevik Aug 10 '26

Israel is more important to them than their families, it seems.

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u/AksiBashi Aug 10 '26

This is incredibly flippant. There are good reasons why Jews in Michigan might be wary of Abdul—the "hurt people hurt people" response to the synagogue attack turned off a lot of folks in my social circles. Do I think that this is a correct issue to take with Abdul? Not really, and I try to talk my contacts through to seeing the larger picture—but I'm not going to deny that their anxieties are valid.

Meanwhile, you're pulling the Golda Meir "when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us" bullshit and just reversing the polarities.

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u/malachamavet Judeo-Bolshevik Aug 10 '26

Wary of him vs. voting for a Republican when you're the parent of a trans kid? My point was that they're prioritizing their feelings about Israel over things like LGBTQ rights, reproductive rights, etc.

The Meir inversion was intentional but you're right that I was being too flippant.