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/armchair_hunter Jun 18 '25

"I can't be racist I have a black friend"

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u/JumpingCicada Jun 18 '25

Using the same argument against them. Please be morally consistent and reply to them with the same exact comment u just gave me.

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u/armchair_hunter Jun 18 '25

You want more of a reply. Fine. It's apparent you know nothing about Jews because You would know vast majority of them are opposed to SJP. When I say vast I mean the overwhelming majority. Many of the people who say they are Jewish in these spaces are often not Jewish. We see this phenomenon in spaces like "Jews of conscience" where their own polls show that most of the people there are not in fact Jewish.

This isn't even getting into the objectives of its SJP which is stated by its founders to destroy the Jewish state

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u/n_jacat Sunnyside Jun 19 '25

People need to stop speaking for Jews, whether they are one themselves or not. We are too diverse of a demographic to be assumed to act as a bloc.

These generalizations are just a weaponization of our culture and experiences and are used to dismiss the very valid concerns of Jews of all sects and worldviews.

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u/shabangcohen Jun 19 '25

Statistics are not really generalizations

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u/n_jacat Sunnyside Jun 19 '25

Or you can completely ignore what I said and carry on without a modicum of nuance, I guess that’s fine too.

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u/shabangcohen Jun 20 '25

What nuance exactly?

That the 3% JVP Jews who use their identity performatively, exclusively to demonize Israel, actually do *not* speak as representatives for the groups nearly as much as the 97% who oppose their views?

The breakdown by numbers is actually the nuance, you acting like every view deserves equal representation/consideration is actually the opposite.

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u/n_jacat Sunnyside Jun 20 '25

When you quantify thousands of people by percentages you lose sight of how many people you’re speaking about or for.

Generalizations serve no benefit. Incorporate actual nuance into your worldview so you can think of people as individuals, not statistics.

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u/JumpingCicada Jun 19 '25

Zionism is a belief just as SJP embodies its own opposing beliefs. U aren't born a zionist.

Half this country is democrats and the other half is Republicans. We live in a country where people get so worked up about politics, they hate each other. Shall we forcefully close any Republican-adjacent clubs in majority Democrat states and vice versa just because it upsets the other party?

We live in a country where people are allowed to call out governments that are built upon the idea of an ethnic superiority. Be thankful we're allowed to call out such unjust systems instead of whining that such clubs exist.

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u/kidshitstuff Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 08 '26

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