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  • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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    21 hours ago

    Mamdani stood in front of the sitting president and called him a fascist

    He didn’t. He made a “hmm” noise and Trump cut him off and called himself a fascist. Mamdani was clearly preparing some kind of diplomatic dodge (not making a judgment on that either way).

    That is NOT status quo. Would Bernie have done that? AOC? Any democrat?

    Sure, they all say things at times. I’m sure Bernie and AOC called Trump a fascist. Bernie also (eventually) said the US was funding the “Israeli” genocide.

    He won’t even be inaugurated for a month and even then he’ll only be a mayor!

    Agreed.

    He’s fine, he’s not going to launch us into a communist revolution, but he’s fine. He’ll probably try to lower costs in NYC, he’s been vocally anti-genocide, he’s fine.

    Mostly agreed, but he’s walked things back enough to make me expect him to be neutered in practice.

    Running a “socialist”, anti-Israel, affordabilty campaign is apparently more appealing to the public than a corrupt sex pest, let’s use it.

    True, and also the lesson actual revolutionary parties like the PSL are taking from this. However, this can backfire if people begin to associate “socialism” with walking back and broken promises. How many Bernies can there be before people assume socialists are useless? That’s the job of actual socialists, to steal this momentum from social democrats falsely claiming the label.


    What I think OP’s post is referencing, among other vapid criticisms imo

    OP is not referencing anything. OP is stirring up engagement and controversy because OP is an internet troll. Even if OP was referencing that post, I don’t care to go digging through 7 layers of irony and smugness to assume someone else’s argument. If OP had something to say, OP should have said it.

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        21 hours ago

        Well said, I don’t think we disagree on enough here to even make a point of it.

        Yes, I think we maybe just have different perceptions of how people on here are talking about Mamdani (we happened to participate in different threads, or notice different discussions probably) and it seems like we might broadly agree on Mamdani himself.

        rat-salute-2 Thanks for the discussion.

    • SamanthaTemp [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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      I’ve seen too many posts that criticize Mamdani unfairly to the point of smugness like they’re making the point of if you like him for whatever reason you’re stupid and you “fell for it again.”

      Maybe you should stop hanging around this thread like you’re at a bar half hour from closing still looking to get laid.