Eric Adams: Gen Z backers of Mamdani are ‘radicalized, hate US’
www.independent.co.uk
Mayor Eric Adams called the current campaign this the angriest election season he’s seen

New York Mayor Eric Adams did not mince his words about his disapproval of what he called the large number of “nasty” Gen Z voters supporting Zhoran Mamdani, the democratic socialist candidate leading the race for NYC mayor.

  • Hastur@sh.itjust.works
    27·
    13 days ago

    Giving NY a muslim mayor sounds like a very interesting idea. The LGBTQ… Collective is about to discover how it is to live in interesting times.

      • Hastur@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        13 days ago

        And that tells is what exactly? That Jews shouldn’t vote for a muslim? It’s obviously not the case. That humans can’t make wrong and uninformed choices?

        So what was the purpose of your comment? Framing Mahmdani as a moderate muslim? We’re going into no true scotsman territory then, because what is and what’s isn’t a muslim is very clearly defined by rules of Islam, the Umma and the scholars. What they have said about Jews is widely known, isn’t it?

      • Hastur@sh.itjust.works
        02·
        13 days ago

        Saying that he is muslim is racist? How so? Is islam a race? No, being muslim isn’t a race, you can’t convert to another “race” but you become a muslim. Is being LGBTQ not considered fahisha and zina? Don’t the hadiths and the sharia tell how to deal with sinners? Are you calling me a liar?

        • ganryuu@lemmy.ca
          1·
          13 days ago

          So if I understand you correctly, you’re saying that him being a Muslim makes it inevitable that he will apply Sharia law (or something equivalent) to NYC?

          • Hastur@sh.itjust.works
            12·
            13 days ago

            He either is a muslim or he isn’t. I made a very clear statement about who can expect what, I didn’t say he would introduce Sharia law. Are you saying he isn’t a true muslim? Are you saying you know better? Why are you trying to twist my words, is it because you lack understanding or because of ulterior motives?

            • ganryuu@lemmy.ca
              1·
              12 days ago

              Got it, a xenophobic bigot. I won’t engage further, you’re not worth it. I encourage others to simply block you, as I’m doing right now.

    • Regdok@lemmy.world
      1·
      13 days ago

      I think the LGBTQ+ folk can probably go ahead and not do what you’re implying they should do: worry.

      Mamdani attended a Trans Community Town Hall with Ceyenne Doroshow in May, where he spoke with several activists about his plans for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers.

      “New York City must be a refuge for LGBTQIA+ people, but private institutions in our own city have already started capitulating to Trump’s assault on trans rights,” the Democratic candidate wrote in an Instagram post. “Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis confronting working class people across the city hits the LGBTQIA+ community particularly hard, with higher rates of unemployment and homelessness than the rest of the city.”

      Mamdani’s campaign promises included: The expansion and protection of gender-affirming care across New York City; the commitment to “strengthen and uphold the rights of queer and trans New Yorkers” through sanctuary protections; and the creation of an “Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs” with the intent to “expand and centralize the services, programs, and support LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers’s needs across housing, employment, and more.”

      Source.