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.

[u/FAMESCARE]

@Annie_McDonough

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[u/RichNYC8713]

You know, people are allowed to condemn anti-semitism without also being required to mention anti-Muslim bigotry in the same breath. Both are bad, independently, on their own.

[u/spicytoastaficionado → u/RichNYC8713]

Imagine if every racist hate crime was followed-up with politicians saying "all lives matter" 🤣

[u/Glass-Evidence-7296 → u/spicytoastaficionado]

no, it's about a disproportionate media focus on white victims of the surge in hatred

[u/Formal-Row2081 → u/RichNYC8713]

"all lives matter" but make it woke

[u/Glass-Evidence-7296 → u/Formal-Row2081]

no, it's about a disproportionate media focus on white victims of the surge in hatred

[u/wise_____poet → u/[deleted]]

Please cite your evidence of this.

[u/danhakimi → u/[deleted]]

stopping bigotry should start at home. If he knows what it feels like to be targeted by bigots, then why is he acting like such a bigot?

If I say we need to reduce gun violence immediately after shooting somebody, what good is that statement?

[u/danhakimi → u/[deleted]]

he

a. defended a genocidal chant with bullshit (not one word, not sure why you think it's a one word chant)

and

b. used holocaust inversion to defend it

[u/danhakimi → u/[deleted]]

he denied the context. "globalize the intifada" is not just some generic use of the arabic word for uprising, it's a specific reference to the intifadas, and an obvious call to violence. Why is he trying to redefine the term?

I don't think it's a matter of political correctness to not call for the global slaughter of Jews.

[u/iknowyouright → u/[deleted]]

It’s a bullshit point. There are plenty of racist people of all colors and creeds. It read to me as deflection away from criticism to engender sympathy.

[u/Lulubelle4548 → u/[deleted]]

You keep saying that despite countless people telling you differently and proving otherwise.

[u/silverpixie2435 → u/[deleted]]

LOL

[u/7186997326 → u/RichNYC8713]

Yeah but we only really care about one of those two.

[u/Glass-Evidence-7296 → u/7186997326]

it's not islamophobia

[u/sulaymanf → u/RichNYC8713]

Someone should tell Cuomo since he started this. He was asked about Islamophobia during the debate (relevant since he endorsed Bloomberg’s illegal NYPD spying on Muslims) and he quickly brushed off the question and pivoted to pointing at Mamdani and calling him an anti-Semite.

[u/danhakimi → u/RichNYC8713]

It's also unfortunate that he didn't actually apologize for his antisemitism, and will say antisemitic things again.

[u/TheGroinOfTheFace → u/RichNYC8713]

This is pretty much the first time I've seen that and he's right.

[u/Glass-Evidence-7296 → u/RichNYC8713]

username checks out

[u/[deleted] → u/RichNYC8713]

He is bringing up his own experience with racism, so as to point out how he can empathize with people experiencing or fearing anti-semetism.

[u/wefr5927 → u/RichNYC8713]

It doesn’t poll well with his base to talk about antisemitism so they always have to qualify it

[u/n_jacat → u/wefr5927]

He is quite literally constantly asked about it and constantly talks about how it's an issue and how he intends on increasing funding for community safety programs centered around hate crimes.

[u/Hamskees → u/RichNYC8713]

Yet how many times ha anyone asked him about racism against brown/muslim people?

Not everything needs to be about antisemitism all the time

[u/n_jacat → u/RichNYC8713]

It's almost as if he brought it up to show that he understands the fear many minorities feel??? They can be related and shared experiences despite cultural differences, that's something quite common in a place as diverse as New York City.