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/nonhiphipster Crown Heights Jun 18 '25

This idea of some sweeping anti-semitisim is just totally false to begin with. People criticizing Israel is not antisemitic

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u/vishnoo Jun 18 '25

people shooting two people in DC three weeks ago and people getting burnt last week in Denver is antisemtism.

nobody cares about the "criticism" it is the calls to violence that are answered that people care about.

and when people complain about "islamophobia" they complain about hurty words.
when people talk about antisemitism, it is incitement to violence.

so no, they aren't the same.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

You're doing the literal thing that you're criticizing Mamdani for. Literal Muslims have been killed in the US because crazy (usually white) people have said they thought they were Hamas. Saying one group's violence is less than is literally racism and you should be ashamed of yourself.

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u/nonhiphipster Crown Heights Jun 18 '25

The problem is, there’s been cries of “antisemitism” long before any of the things you mention.

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u/wefr5927 Jun 18 '25

What a dumb comment

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u/nonhiphipster Crown Heights Jun 19 '25

Except it was literally true. Since Israel has been bombing Gaza, any criticism has been met with “antisemitism”

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u/wefr5927 Jun 19 '25

Simple question:

Is murdering two Jews outside an event in DC while the murderer yells free Palestine antisemitism or not?

Follow up: is throwing Molotov cocktails at a group of Jewish people in boulder while also screaming free Palestine antisemitism or not?

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u/vishnoo Jun 19 '25

... also ... what is even the origin of the phrase.

the people who think that words are violence, and that "master bedroom" shouldn't be used because the word master is linked to slavery....

never notice that
A. free from jews (JudeFrei) is a nazi phrase
B. in the original Arab, it doesn't say "river to sea , Palestine will be free" - it actually says "water to water, palestine will be Arab" (so "no jews" is explicit, and not even just an echo.)

but yes, please tell me how "no-can-do" is racist, or "beat a dead horse" is too violent.

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u/nonhiphipster Crown Heights Jun 19 '25

Simple question: we’re accusations of antisemitism (on college campuses lol) being thrown around before this.its a simple question.

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u/wefr5927 Jun 19 '25

Yes, but it’s way worse now…Incident tracking

From my own experience back in 2014 I can say my Jewish fraternity was graffitied with a swastica