There is a hunger for bold, transformative politics in the United States right now. Zohran Mamdani shows how the Left can run on a principled, disciplined message that speaks to voters’ lived concerns — and win.
He seems like a decent person, and his platform is okay for the most part. He’s definitely better than the sex pest that is Cuomo, and so I guess it’s a win in that regard.
However, y biggest issue with him is that he has openly accepted the endorsement from the DSA. That is not a good sign. The DSA is the most vile and parasitic bunch on the American left. They openly simp for dictators and tyrannical regimes, they endorse violence, and they outright support terrorist groups. They’re genuinely the worst of the worst. The fact that he hasn’t rejected their endorsement, or at the very least ignored it, but instead accepted it with open arms is a major red flag.
Edit: I like how the DSA supporting cowards have nothing of value to say, just discretely downvote and scurry away. Fuck the DSA.
Okay I guess I will say something in addition to the downvote: none of that crazy shit you’re saying about DSA is true, they (we) are a bunch of idealistic do-gooders trying to make the world a better place.
What value did you actually add though? You provided no explanations, no counter examples, no specific disagreements, no points, no arguments, no sources, nothing. You literally just asserted that I’m wrong and that the DSA is good with no additional input at all. This is just a downvote in text form.
I literally have a detailed comment with sources that prove what I’m talking about in this very comment thread.
Your comment above and the longer one are just complete nonsense. You’re hyper-focused on this October 8th rally that you claim was organized by DSA (it wasn’t) and which you claim endorsed and celebrated the October 7th attack (it didn’t). And then you’re taking various DSA statements about how they oppose war and violence as proof that they secretly celebrate violence from the side you oppose.
The terrorist attacks happened on Oct 7th. The world was in shock as it happened because that was the deadliest terrorist attack in the world has seen since the Camp Speicher massacre back in 2014 and 9/11.
Most people and governments around the world at the time condemned the terrorist attacks, they condemned Hamas for committing them, and they expressed sympathy for the victims. This was doubly so when Hamas took responsibility, proudly displayed videos of the attacks and the victims, and it became apparent that they took hundreds of hostages.
What did the NYC DSA do? They fucking organized a pro-Hamas rally on Oct 8th in SUPPORT of the terrorist attacks that literally happened the day before. They outright endorsed and celebrated the attacks on the streets. This isn’t an exaggeration, that’s literally what they did. You can literally google the rally and see this for yourself.
The rally was so disgusting, so immoral, and so evil that it caused an uproar around the world, including inside the DSA and the left in the US. So many people, including big politicians like AOC, Shri Thanedar, and Bowman, either quit or disassociated with the DSA:
The backlash was so strong, that the NYC DSA was forced to write a press release statement addressing their actions two days later on Oct 10th… and they came up with this:
They didn’t condemn the terrorist attacks, they refused to name and condemn Hamas or the PIJ, they even refused to call the attacks as such, they instead called them “escalations of violence”. It’s like holding a pro-ISIS rally a day after the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, and then victim blaming the French people for the attacks. How tone deaf is that?
Keep in mind the context here, we’re not talking about the current day. This is before Israel started it’s bombing campaign on Gaza. At the time, a very egregious and straightforward atrocity happened. The human thing to do is to condemn it because terrorism is evil. This is why people condemn both the Oct 7th terrorist attacks and what Israel has been doing since, it’s because that’s the principled thing to do.
To this day, they still have never rescinded their support for Hamas or the terrorist attacks.
The DSA actually did something similar when Russia invaded Ukraine. Most people were in shock and they condemned Russia’s invasion and atrocities, but the parasitic DSA decided to “condemn” the invasion by blaming the US, Ukraine, and NATO for Putin invading.
How are these not open endorsements of violence? How they are they not explicit support for terrorism? How are these positions not tone deaf and immoral? These parasites have no morals and they have no principles. Extremists like this need to be condemned and disavowed, not openly accepted. Mamdani’s acceptance of the DSA endorsement is a big red flag.
Not supporting a shitty a brainless, dictator simping, terrorist endorsing, violence condoning organization like the DSA doesn’t mean I support Netanyahu. Fuck him and everybody like him. At the same rate fuck anybody who’s dumb enough to think that the condemnation of one political parasite is an endorsement of another political parasite.
He seems like a decent person, and his platform is okay for the most part. He’s definitely better than the sex pest that is Cuomo, and so I guess it’s a win in that regard.
However, y biggest issue with him is that he has openly accepted the endorsement from the DSA. That is not a good sign. The DSA is the most vile and parasitic bunch on the American left. They openly simp for dictators and tyrannical regimes, they endorse violence, and they outright support terrorist groups. They’re genuinely the worst of the worst. The fact that he hasn’t rejected their endorsement, or at the very least ignored it, but instead accepted it with open arms is a major red flag.
Edit: I like how the DSA supporting cowards have nothing of value to say, just discretely downvote and scurry away. Fuck the DSA.
Okay I guess I will say something in addition to the downvote: none of that crazy shit you’re saying about DSA is true, they (we) are a bunch of idealistic do-gooders trying to make the world a better place.
What value did you actually add though? You provided no explanations, no counter examples, no specific disagreements, no points, no arguments, no sources, nothing. You literally just asserted that I’m wrong and that the DSA is good with no additional input at all. This is just a downvote in text form.
I literally have a detailed comment with sources that prove what I’m talking about in this very comment thread.
Your comment above and the longer one are just complete nonsense. You’re hyper-focused on this October 8th rally that you claim was organized by DSA (it wasn’t) and which you claim endorsed and celebrated the October 7th attack (it didn’t). And then you’re taking various DSA statements about how they oppose war and violence as proof that they secretly celebrate violence from the side you oppose.
Come back to reality!
Which terrorist organizations does the DSA support?
Hamas.
The terrorist attacks happened on Oct 7th. The world was in shock as it happened because that was the deadliest terrorist attack in the world has seen since the Camp Speicher massacre back in 2014 and 9/11.
Most people and governments around the world at the time condemned the terrorist attacks, they condemned Hamas for committing them, and they expressed sympathy for the victims. This was doubly so when Hamas took responsibility, proudly displayed videos of the attacks and the victims, and it became apparent that they took hundreds of hostages.
What did the NYC DSA do? They fucking organized a pro-Hamas rally on Oct 8th in SUPPORT of the terrorist attacks that literally happened the day before. They outright endorsed and celebrated the attacks on the streets. This isn’t an exaggeration, that’s literally what they did. You can literally google the rally and see this for yourself.
The rally was so disgusting, so immoral, and so evil that it caused an uproar around the world, including inside the DSA and the left in the US. So many people, including big politicians like AOC, Shri Thanedar, and Bowman, either quit or disassociated with the DSA:
https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-quits-democratic-socialists-party-over-pro-palestinian-rally-1834026
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/10/aoc-pro-palestine-nyc-rally-00120684
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/quit-dsa-gaza-israel/
The backlash was so strong, that the NYC DSA was forced to write a press release statement addressing their actions two days later on Oct 10th… and they came up with this:
https://socialists.nyc/press-releases/statement-peace-now-end-occupation-apartheid/
They didn’t condemn the terrorist attacks, they refused to name and condemn Hamas or the PIJ, they even refused to call the attacks as such, they instead called them “escalations of violence”. It’s like holding a pro-ISIS rally a day after the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, and then victim blaming the French people for the attacks. How tone deaf is that?
Keep in mind the context here, we’re not talking about the current day. This is before Israel started it’s bombing campaign on Gaza. At the time, a very egregious and straightforward atrocity happened. The human thing to do is to condemn it because terrorism is evil. This is why people condemn both the Oct 7th terrorist attacks and what Israel has been doing since, it’s because that’s the principled thing to do.
To this day, they still have never rescinded their support for Hamas or the terrorist attacks.
The DSA actually did something similar when Russia invaded Ukraine. Most people were in shock and they condemned Russia’s invasion and atrocities, but the parasitic DSA decided to “condemn” the invasion by blaming the US, Ukraine, and NATO for Putin invading.
https://www.dsausa.org/statements/on-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/
How are these not open endorsements of violence? How they are they not explicit support for terrorism? How are these positions not tone deaf and immoral? These parasites have no morals and they have no principles. Extremists like this need to be condemned and disavowed, not openly accepted. Mamdani’s acceptance of the DSA endorsement is a big red flag.
Who has less red flags?
Well, when you put it that way, recent events suggest the best course of action is to sit it out in protest.
/s for the triggered assholes. Only not really.
Good point, the DSA is full of red flags literally and figuratively
The DSA ran for office? What? I’m asking which CANDIDATE has less red flags you goober.
Brad Lander, Adrienne Adams, and Zellnor Myrie are better candidates.
Your only issue is that he’s to the left of netanyahu.
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve read on this site all day
Sorry, was netanyahu too far to the left for you too?
Not supporting a shitty a brainless, dictator simping, terrorist endorsing, violence condoning organization like the DSA doesn’t mean I support Netanyahu. Fuck him and everybody like him. At the same rate fuck anybody who’s dumb enough to think that the condemnation of one political parasite is an endorsement of another political parasite.
This also describes the DNC, with whom you have no evident problem.
I have a lot of problems with the DNC actually. Any more assumptions you want cleared up?
Sure. How much further to the right do you want them?
You’re so close bro, just a few more disingenuous attempts and you’ll surely catch me as a secret ultra right winger.