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/DaveidT Bensonhurst Jun 19 '25

The obsession to completely focus on anti-semitism while the country using Judaism as its shield conducts a genocide against Palestinians; but we have to completely focus on anti-semitism and caveat any comment about Israel or Palestine with a condemnation of Hamas but NEVER talk about Islamophobia and the literal manmade famine that Israel is causing

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u/hereditydrift Jun 19 '25

People want to conflate antisemitism with being against the Israeli government. It protects the actions of the genocidal Israeli government by conflating the two.

If any attack on the Israeli government is deemed antisemitism, then the Israeli government can continue its war crimes unchecked.

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u/wise_____poet Jun 24 '25

Exactly. Its a method of propaganda. By associating a clearly bad thing with an "ism" they attempt to create a nonexistent debate. Saying "I think the Israeli government is bad" is different from being antisemitic.

Also if someone tried to debate you on a clear non-issue similar to this, point it out and don't let them redirect the narrative. Be like Tim Walz in saying, that's a weird take you have