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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Lavenie@programming.dev to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

I used to believe racism in the United States was overstated. Sure, it existed. But it's not widespread. Common.

Well...I was wrong.

"Zohran Mamdani is a terrorist"

"Mamdani supports ISIS and Hamas"

"New York City faces sharia law"

"Mamdani wants to murder jews"

The amount of shit published about this guy is absolutely insane.

He recently attended the 9/11 memorial ceremony.

He exchanged a brief hug with representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and smiled for 5 seconds.

Immediatly, politicians went wild

Senator Ted Cruz:

Speaker Mike Johnson:

He smiled 5 seconds in a 5 hour ceremony and they accuse him of celebrating terrorism.

Here is the video. You can clearly see that he was stoic, he hugged her, then he immediatly went back to being stoic.

At the same 9/11 ceremony, JD Vance and Howard Lutnick laughed and joked.

No one cares.

I never thought I would say this.

The US is more racist than I ever imagined.

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[-] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com -3 points 2 days ago

I’ll bet you did. Anything you can spin to advocate for violence against those you disagree with, right?

Guess I’m 2/2 today.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nope. You are dead wrong as usual. I don't advocate for violence against "anyone I disagree with". I politely disagree with people all the time and am quite peaceful about it.

The only creatures I've ever advocated violence for are fascists and nazis. As it turns out, nearly all conservatives just happen to fit into those two flavors of conservatism.

[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Guess I’m 2/2 today.

More like two number 2s.

[-] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

3 if you count yourself.

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