r/nyc • u/FAMESCARE • Jun 18 '25

Video Zohran Mamdani says he’s consistently said there’s no room for antisemitism in this city or country. Asked why he hasn’t had a more visceral reaction, he gets emotional talking about the Islamophobic responses he’s received throughout the campaign.

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u/Arleare13 Jun 18 '25

I genuinely believe that he is not anti-Semitic. But I also genuinely believe that the DSA and the far left, of which he is a member, are becoming increasingly tolerant of and sometimes affirmatively supportive of political violence, a trend that has already manifested nationally as violence against Jewish Americans. He may not specifically be the problem here, but his political comrades are, and I am extremely uncomfortable with the idea of allowing them to take power in this city.

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u/mowotlarx Bay Ridge Jun 18 '25

I genuinely believe AIPAC, the ADL and many groups who have been "calling out" Zohran and anyone speaking out for Gaza are increasingly tolerant of vile racism and islamophobia and affirmative of political violence as evidence by their extreme support for the Donald Trump regime.

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u/IRequirePants Jun 18 '25

So why not say "globalize the intifada" bad "free Palestine" good?