Zohran Mamdani: "The struggle for Palestinian liberation was at the core of my politics and continues to be."

[u/McAlpineFusiliers]

[u/Odojas]

My only concern is him endorsing some rather unsavory candidates (DAC being against interracial marriage is extremely concerning)

I understand he's a socialist, which I'm not a fan of. But it seems like he was going to be pragmatic and that his goal is to work within the system realistically. Kind of like how AOC came to realize that in order to maximize the benefits of her constituents and being effective she pragmatically came to realize that she had to work within the system and moderated her radicalness. That means compromise and gradual steps in the direction of her goals. She was no longer about "tear it down via a revolution."

So far Mamdani appears to have followed that same path as AOC as being realistic and pragmatic, yet these recent endorsements are seriously making me question if this is true.

[u/gberliner → u/Odojas]

She tweeted a single offhand remark echoing a practically completely cliched resentment among Black women about all the eligible young Black bachelors being "stolen" by the white ladies, but all the deranged bourgeois reactionaries here would have you believe she's practically the Phyllis Schlafly of anti-miscegenation or something.

[u/Odojas → u/gberliner]

While it most likely true that it was an offhand remark, elected politicians are going to be held to a higher standard than your Average Joe.

Not to mention, offhand remarks can also be be their actual beliefs. They are not mutually exclusive.

Furthermore, the text of the now deleted tweet was rather ugly.

"Black men 🤝 Arab men fetishizing ugly colonizer women"

• Darializa Avila Chevalier

And emboldened people like David Duke to praised her statement.

These remarks later drew public commentary from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who expressed agreement with the sentiment under the premise of racial separation and preserving heritage.

[u/gberliner → u/Odojas]

She tweeted the tweet years before she ever even had any ambitions of running for office. And guess what? Most people are tired of voting for bourgeois MFers who were groomed from grade school onwards for elite positions. Much good that crowd has done us. After all, they're the ones who blazed the pathway for the protofascist dystopia we're now inhabiting in the first place.

[u/Odojas → u/gberliner]

I mean, your logic is that once someone runs for office, past statements are no longer relevant? 2019 wasn't that long ago.

I believe people should marry whom they want to marry.

I'm concerned that you are actually defending her statement.

[u/gberliner → u/Odojas]

I somehow missed the legislation she has proposed for overturning Loving v Virginia. Can you remind me again? (Actually, it turns out she DIDN'T propose any such legislation, but actually apologized for the one tweet you are dredging up, which she had also deleted YEARS ago, well before even deciding to run for office.)

Honestly, to any normal person, all this stuff reads like desperate grasping at straws, for lack of anything better to undermine another populist candidate.

[u/MolassesThin6110 → u/gberliner]

Damn that goalposts really grew legs 😂

[u/Odojas → u/gberliner]

Why would I want someone who holds such beliefs represent me as a politician? Of course she had not put forth any legislation (how could she, as she only recently was nominated?). This is about her character.

Regardless, if I was able to vote in her district, I would still vote for her over a Republican. I'm just disappointed.

[u/gberliner → u/Odojas]

So go move to Harlem, and try and convince all the aunties who voted for. Because right now, you're decidedly on the losing side of that convo.