Genocide will do that
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2025
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“Andrew Cuomo, during the primary, attacked Mamdani as being insufficiently pro-Israel.
The most expensive primaries in US history were in 2024 where zionist supremacists/AIPAC funded DNC opponents to those insufficiently submissive to zionist first rule over America. The only successful attack campaigns were those that never mentioned Israel supremacy as an issue. Only other issues.
The Green party can win with 0 money by saying all Israel first loyalty oaths by politicians invalidate their citizenship and right to office. The DNC simply doesn't want to win. Like Chuck Schumer admission, the DNC exists to gaslight the left into being pro Israel. Fundraising is always nice, but winning is not the most pro Israel result.
Everyone in NYC has an opinion about the Middle East, but Mamdani got elected because he said he will only work for the 5 boros. His focus is correctly on NYC, and that’s what he campaigned on. At the end of the day that conflict is half a world away; and we’ve got shit here we have for fix.
Don't have to fix it, just not actively support it
I doubt Israel and Palestine had that much of an effect on the New York city mayoral race. Just because this guy is Muslim they are making all these crazy assumptions. Frankly it seems a little racist at this point and super embarrassing to watch
Agreed. I think Mamdani won the primary on more of a "he is not a sex pest" vibe than his views on international politics.
At least that's the impression I got based on my wife's conversations with her friends.
I voted for him too, but more because he seems like he actually wants to try to make people's lives better. I don't think he will be able to accomplish most of what he is promising, but I do think he is going to at least /try/ to improve things.
I have nothing to do with NY and with any luck I never will. But kudos to you looking out for yourselves and not electing absolute monsters. US politics are so.obvious to people outside, you guys are as sheltered as north korea.
Asking someone running for mayor about international politics seems like a real "sir, this is a Wendy's" moment.
Yes, committing active and rapid genocide out in the open will do that
I was kind of on Iseral's side in the beginning. 1200 dead for no reason?
Then I found out Iseral started murdering peaceful prostestors before Hamas came over. Fuck Iseral and their bullshit.
Even Hamas tried peaceful protests in 2017 and Israel murdered them.
Israel has a long and fucked up history. They're like a little ADHD fucker in the playground with the huge older brother and a father as the head school administrator. No one dare punch the little fucker in the face.
Whenever someone claims they are "gods people", you're going to have a bad time.
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Me 3 years ago, somewhat ignorant: “I’m okay with sending bombs to Israel.”
Me, today: “I’m okay with ‘sending’ bombs to Israel.”
The important difference between "send them quickly" and "send them fast"
Younger democrats...18-49....the fuck. Doing some heavy lifting with that younger phrase calling 40-50 younger 😂
1/2 of the people in politics in the USA remember eating woolly mammoth burgers, so there's that.
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What's that bullshit about Mamdani facing criticism about not being outspoken enough against antisemitism?
They'll go on and on about antisemitism (which often is just criticism of a nation-state, so not actually antisemitism), but then it's deafening silence when it comes to racism against black people. Systemic discrimination against people of color is still alive and well in the U.S. But when have you heard this administration talk about it.
Same spin on all people calling for an end of war since Netanyahu decided that being against the genocide was antisemitic.
Same shit when any individual with an even remote arabian origin needs time and again to formally condemn islamist terrorist attacks, otherwise they're instantly labeled terrorist supporters or some shit.
So be prepared to read a lot about "ambiguous position" on antisemitism because no matter what he says or does, they need to slap that label on him.
I wonder how these people would feel when they find out "islamist terrotists" attack muslims more than any other group also.
It's probably the escalation of the genocide. If Israel were to stop committing genocide and move to reconcile and take actions to prevent it in thr future I'm pretty sure most of us would be open to reevaluating our position. Plenty of us like the modern Germany after all.
Plenty of us like the modern Germany after all.
I've got bad news for you about modern Germany
A non-genocidal apartheid state is still an apartheid state.
Genocide isnt necessarily a bad thing, depending on who is being genocided. Take Nazis and white supremacists, for example....
Races and cultures get genocided. You don't genocide ideas. You are talking about the extermination of people who don't think like you. This is not part of the paradox of intolerance. Re-education is the only solution barring becoming the monster you are trying to destroy.
Didnt seem to work for fascism or the confederacy; why do you think it will work now?
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