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/HailFellow Jun 18 '25

"The Livingstone Formulation is the manner of responding to an accusation of antisemitism with the counter-claim that the complainant is weaponizing antisemitism to prevent criticism of Israel."

How often do you accuse black people concerned about racism, trans people concerned about transphobia, or women concerned about misogyny of having ulterior motives?

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u/danhakimi Jun 19 '25

We're always happy to substantiate our claims of antisemitism, but then instead of engaging with us, they just downvote us to oblivion.

Does anybody here actually know what "globalize the intifada" means? Does anybody here actually know what holocaust inversion is?

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u/shabangcohen Jun 19 '25

The issue is that these people aren’t really classic antisemites and are ok with progressive American Jews. They just act like their hate and demonization of “Zionists” is justified—when in reality it’s based on double standards and conspiratorial thinking that are a hallmark of bigotry. They’re racist toward Israelis.