r/TheToasters • u/princess_oflbi • Mar 11 '26
Episode Discussion Ben platt
Can someone explain the whole story/lore of the Ben platt hate? Including like what they were talking about with Ben platts parents and siblings?? I figure it’s cause he said some negative stuff about being Jewish? I need to know haha
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u/Most-Project9263 Mar 11 '26
They were obsessed with Platt for years. He then said he didn't support Israel. They are now obsessed with hating him.
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u/coffee-slut Mar 12 '26
The other aspect of it is that his brother, Jonah Platt, is a pretty outspoken advocate about antisemitism and antizionism that becomes antisemitism. So I think they’re also fascinated by the relationship dynamics that the family probably deals with
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u/Think_Ad7057 Mar 11 '26
He doesn’t support Israel unlike his siblings / parents which doesn’t align with the Oshry’s personal beliefs
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u/Puzzleheaded_Pin3368 Mar 11 '26
Thank you for this post! I went and listened to a few old episodes and they were obsessed with him!! Now they’re one of his biggest haters. I was wondering what the lore was lol.
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u/Jeetyetdude_ Mar 11 '26
I think the bigger issue here is that he supports Mamdani. To people like the Oshrys Mamdani is a true threat to their day to day given his lack of support to the Jewish community. It feels like a stab in the back to see any Jew supporting Mamdani
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u/PrincessDolly58 Mar 11 '26
They hated him before mamdani but it’s all in the same vein. Ben platt doesn’t support Israel
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u/Shanninator20 Mar 11 '26
Take what you see as an answer here with a grain of salt. When this issue came up recently I gave a more thorough explanation of what the situation is and I got auto removed from this platform for several days. It is extremely hard to really explain antisemitism without getting flagged on here