• stink@lemmygrad.ml
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    I saw that too, Sam Seder was talking about that being a possibility. And to be honest I can kinda see it, only old people watch Colbert, Mamdani going on his show and clearing up the lies about his antisemitism (and proving he’s a zionist 🤢) was “good” PR to get some votes in

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      proving he’s a zionist 🤢

      Maybe it’s cope but my feeling is that he calculated his answers to answer very loaded questions without supporting Zionism as such.

      When Colbert asks if Israel has a right to exist, Mamdani says all countries do. When asked about antisemitism, Mamdani says hate in general is bad and he plans to increase funding against hate crimes - by which he could mean protecting vulnerable minorities in general, rather than dogwhistling Zionism which wouldn’t make sense given other things he has said.

      I stopped watching after about 15 minutes though, so maybe he said something else that I missed.

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      I could see it, too. I doubt these interviews are that authentic. I was Laos against Stephen for the way he did the interview, but I’ve changed my mind and am with Sam Seder’s theory now.