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Arazi

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18. Now we just need Dem leadership like Jeffries et al to see this

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:17 AM

Jun 2025

Oh wait, this isn’t new and if Jeffries (for example) had really wanted to understand Mamdani’s statements before getting on national tv and slamming him HE COULD HAVE DONE THAT.

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Mamdani's response to questions about the phrase "globalize the intifada" was quite good & not at all what his attackers [View all] Celerity Jun 2025 OP

Anybody else think he bears a strong resemblance to the actor Charlie Cox? SSJVegeta Jun 2025 #1

Anyone who says they will have to get an explanation on that can KMA. Autumn Jun 2025 #2

yw Celerity Jun 2025 #3

DU Rec yardwork Jun 2025 #4

Why aer they lying about him? Because, he's a Muslim, a Socialist, and a humanitarian. All of which are scary to Ping Tung Jun 2025 #5

How is he a humanitarian? rogue emissary Jun 2025 #6

For one thing he's in favor of stopping the brutal wars in Iran and Gaza. . Ping Tung Jun 2025 #9

Being against war is a low bar for humanitarianism. rogue emissary Jun 2025 #10

It seems to be too high a bar for the partipants in the killing. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #14

Or, because the oligarchs can't buy him. Emile Jun 2025 #8

He is an intelligent Erda Jun 2025 #7

Albuquerque has free buses womanofthehills Jun 2025 #19

Another stupid MAGA talking point seems to be associating intifada with anti-Semitism... AntiFascist Jun 2025 #11

Are you willing to post a transcript? or at least the part RandomNumbers Jun 2025 #12

from the YouTube generated transcript (the entire video is only 2 minutes long): Celerity Jun 2025 #15

Thank you RandomNumbers Jun 2025 #17

The contemporary political use of the word "Intafada" is not benign. Mossfern Jun 2025 #13

Jimmy Carter said this of the first intifada: AloeVera Jun 2025 #16

Now we just need Dem leadership like Jeffries et al to see this Arazi Jun 2025 #18

DURec leftstreet Jun 2025 #20

The agitation attempting to cast him as a source of division is weak at best. Torchlight Jun 2025 #21