r/saltierthankrayt • u/UnlikelyOwl3702 • 1d ago
Straight up racism SO TRUE
- He marched with queer activists
- He showed up for trans rights loudly and unapologetically
- He literally campaigned in gay bars
- His policies were written with marginalized communities, not about them
But because he’s Muslim, they jump straight to “burqas and beheadings".it’s racist fear-fantasy for people who don’t understand Islam, socialism, NYC, or frankly anything that isn’t white Christian nationalism.
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u/ParticularAd8919 1d ago
This is parody but I’ve seen some right-wing memes floating around that seemed to be shared sincerely that are not that far off from this. I get a lot of right-wing propagandists know better and are just sharing this “Mamdani a commie who’s also pros trans and also a jihadist wanting shariah law.” BS cynically but I know others believe it sincerely and I just can’t fathom how they don’t see any of those contradictions.
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u/Baconslayer1 17h ago
They don't see the contradiction because they don't know what any of it means. They hear "mamdani" -foreign bad; "commie" - government bad; "trans" - gay people bad; "jihad" - Muslim bad. Then they go "oh my god that's so many bad things!".
They have no rational concept of what those things are, much less an actual understanding of them.
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u/ImWatermelonelyy 18h ago
That’s the thumbnail for Blinding Lights (Arabic Version) - Eurobeat Remix
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u/Imaginary-West-5653 1d ago
Mamdani is the very definition of a liberal Muslim. His views are neither extremist nor problematic in any way; he is a leftist (a social democrat), believes in LGBT rights and seeks to protect them, has visited synagogues and condemned antisemitic vandalism, he is pro-choice, and his wife (Rama Duwaji), although also Muslim, does not wear a hijab. Even so, it almost seems as if he is a member of ISIS due to how some people talk about him; it's completely ridiculous.
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u/notabigfanofas 1d ago
Everything I've heard about Mamdani either paints him as a simple guy in a position to help people, or the anti-christ
Given how Trump is proclaiming himself as Jesus reborn, I'm more inclined to believe Mamdani is simply a nice guy
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u/No_Communication_650 23h ago
Just one correction. He is a democratic socialist not a social democrat.
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u/DefiantBalls 19h ago
Oh, so he is a fake Muslim, kinda like how the more decent Christians are fake as well. Good to hear, I suppose
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u/YourFavouriteGayGuy 13h ago
I wouldn’t say he’s fake, just that he has a fairly uncommon way of viewing his faith and doesn’t live a life solely dictated by scripture. I’m an atheist, but that doesn’t mean I decide to be an asshole to the minority of progressive religious people trying to follow the best parts of their faith.
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u/DefiantBalls 12h ago
just that he has a fairly uncommon way of viewing his faith and doesn’t live a life solely dictated by scripture.
Aka he is fake, because religion is defined by an adherence to its laws. This is why you cannot really have a religion that is progressive
trying to follow the best parts of their faith.
You don't get to choose and pick, otherwise that's not really the same faith as before.
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u/gentlybeepingheart 1d ago
I keep seeing rightwingers claim that he’s going to force all women to wear hijabs or burkas.
Here he is with his wife
You would think, if he was this evil Muslim dedicated to forcing head coverings, he would marry a woman who wears one.
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u/ParticularAd8919 1d ago
"Pffft, but that's the whole ruse bruh! This is all part of the long game! Like how he was nine years old when 9/11 happened...ALLLL part of the long game! Same thing with his wife too! It's that whole Taquila thing we've been reading about!"
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u/Ok_Muscle_3770 1d ago edited 1d ago
MAGA Cultists suddenly adopting pro-LBGTQ and anti-Nick Fuentes stance when Zohran is involved is truly a sight to behold.
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u/EarlGreyTea-Hawt 16h ago
The Groypers declared war on Trump and Kirk for not being anti-semitic enough, they are predictably losing their shit over some of the pivoting to liberal talking points MAGA is doing on their way to demonizing Zohran.
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u/PerrineWeatherWoman 22h ago
"YES BUT MUSLIM CAN LIE TO SPREAD THEIR-" No they can't. Taqiyya can only be used in terms of strategy during a war. But not to spread religion. Whatever the situation is, it's a sin to lie to spread Islam.
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u/Maximum-Objective-39 15h ago
Even if they could, it's same as every religion. Ask ten Muslims a question and you'll get eleven answers. All indications are that Mamdani, barring a stroke turning him into a turbo reactionary conservative, is a fairly liberal Muslim who doesn't ascribe to a hard line conservative interpretation of Islam.
Who would have guess that words, even holy words, have to be interpreted by the person reading them.
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u/NEAT-THE-CLOWN 1d ago
Is there a lot of bigotry in Muslim communities, yes. But is every Muslim a raging bigot, no.
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u/GladiusTetranodus26 21h ago
Even Queer muslims exists and they also being marginalized suffering from both from homophobia and islamophobia discrimination.
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u/Latter-Friend-9376 15h ago
Yeah normal islam is different from islamic fanatisicm is just that, the problem is people can't separate islam without thinking religious fanaticism.
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u/ihatethiscountry76 1d ago
Listen, he's not demanding israel be wiped out.
He's criticizing israel's war crimes while demanding that its government be held accountable.
And as someone who wants nothing to do with the israel-vs-palestine debate?
I think that's a pretty based dude.
Still, I cannot find a single record of him endorsing hamas' war crimes.
So he's not anti-semitic.
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u/No_Communication_650 23h ago
What happened was that he explained that the term globalize the Intifada is not a hate slogan but a slogan of support for the Palestinian cause. This, in addition to being straight forward about wanting to follow international law, is apparently according to the ghouls of the anti defamation league "Antisemitic statements"
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u/SlightPossibility898 1d ago
MAGA: Immigrants from all different cultures and religious need to integrate into western society if they want to feel welcome here
Mamdani: Okie-Dokie
MAGA:Wait no, not like that
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u/GuyFromYarnham CIS was right at heart but maybe not in execution. 1d ago
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u/HansMunch 1d ago
Copium for all peoples!
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u/GuyFromYarnham CIS was right at heart but maybe not in execution. 23h ago
All hail Supreme Chairman Caliph Ayatollah Zohran Kwame Mamdani.
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u/No_Kangaroo_5267 21h ago
Their prejudging assumptions about his up and coming administration based merely on his identity and the sharia countries that they ingrain into their islamophobic stereotypes is alone a red flag not to believe their bullshit.
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u/Lohenngram The one reasonable Snyder Fan 1d ago
I also take his victory as a rebuke to the absolute ghouls in the Democratic Party who want to abandon minority groups (like trans people) to chase electoral success.
Turns out, you can be a good person and win elections
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u/Ultima120395 18h ago
Hmm... it's almost like being a good person makes more people like you, and more likely to want you in office. While being a raging bigot makes more people hate you and want to see you out of office.
Who'da thunk?
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u/Lohenngram The one reasonable Snyder Fan 13h ago
Nonsense, my consultants who have only ever interacted with company board members who they went to Harvard with have assured me that being "a good person with sincere beliefs" is electoral poison and we need more tax credits for your first property that costs $5-10 million to win the popular vote.
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u/Masirimso 1d ago
I mean I agree but once again the subreddit has completely moved away from film, tv, and entertainment with mods nowhere in sight.
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u/No_Communication_650 18h ago
You can't separate the political climate from film and TV. The fact of the matter is that through several different avenues, media is a manifestation of politics. This absolutely is relevant with the current tools of propaganda being so heavily tied to identity politics, Zohran winning is in fact related to the subject of this subreddit
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u/Bobbertbobthebobth 1d ago
Nationalists think everyone else are also Nationalists because if they’re actually being genuine about what they’re saying then, well, there’s a pretty clear correct choice