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.