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Arrr Bee's avatar

Great. As someone in the Jewish community, the left is over for me, for us. I am an independent now, thanks to the progressive left. I have stopped donating to any progressive cause, and will never donate or vote for a progressive politician. My senator Adam Schiff decided to rehire ex SJP leader Maher Bitar, and I will now donate to whoever runs against him, and vote for the Republican candidate for California senator as well.

The progressive Jewish left has no spine, no pride, no clue of how their political camp wants them professionally ruined, assaulted and dead. Pathetic is what they are.

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Jessica Elsener יסכה's avatar

As Transgender Masorti Jew, living in a red state, I also agree that terminally online radicals did the left no favors. 20-30 years ago I thought I was pretty lefty, my values and ideas and most of my politics have not changed. But I feel like I'm in the center of, due to how radical the extremes are.

I was leaving leftist online circles around the time they started painting Natalie Wynn as some huge sellout. She would simply talk about certain Transgender subjects that are hard discussions. As it turns out, the discussions are nuanced and don't have definitive answers. We do have science, but also, things like medical transition for youths, and sports issues have to be dealt with on a case by case basis. In my opinion this is the only way. Radical leftists refuse to compromise, and those who are bigoted refuse to cede any ground. Natalie Wynn did such a great job at honest navigation through these subjects, the "leftist" bunch shunned her. The same idiots who yell "to the river from the sea" in ignorant glee, because they are so very "righteous" in their "pure" convictions.

Anyways, I'm lucky my Jewish community is as great as it is, because there's really no super lefty places I feel comfortable in. Even alot of LGBTQ spaces make me feel unwanted, as a Jew, and as Transgender person who doesn't feel comfortable with echo chambers.

Thanks for a well written article.

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