instagram is an antisemitic cesspool
surely people have posted about this and i have missed it, so if so ignore me. but instagram has become deeply unsafe for a jew. i think for a while it was primarily in the comments, but now most of my feed is antisemitic caricatures or just straight up hatred towards jews. surely this is happening outside of instagram, but i do not exist in those spaces.
i had commented on a video of a very example, which honestly was a massive mistake. i woke up to 45 comments telling me i was awful, calling me awful things. it was so awful i had to delete my comment. but one reply stood out to me so much that i reported it. the comment was “i hate the jews. fuck off k/ke”. well i woke up this morning to a notice from instagram saying that is not against their hate speech policy. you know, the slur.
i love being jewish, it is the most important thing about me, but it is becoming so unsafe to be jewish that i am starting to hide that part of me. i never want to hide that part of me, but what other choice do i have when it is putting me in danger? i feel so lost and hopeless
edit: it is really comforting to know you all relate to me on this. it is helpful to see you all on my side because now my inbox is being flooded with antisemitism </3