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    Trump bragged about having the tallest building in NY after terrorists took out the Twin Towers on 9/11. Then, 24 years later, he complimented and shook the hand of a man who ordered inspired and cheered for the attacks, in front of the US Secretary of Commerce whose brother and staff were killed.

    But sure, tell me how the front-runner for mayor being a member of the same religion is the bigger deal.

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    I just connected it now. Is all the 911 drama actually about a mayoral candidate being a muslim? Are you fucking serious. I though i couldnt be any more dissapointed in people but apparently ive just been proved wrong again.

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      Remember that he’s got the votes though. He’s still got the general election to go through but despite all this hatred … a majority saw through it. Let’s hang onto some hope. The world is so shitty right now.

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        NYC has despised trump for decades, as have most large cities. The GOP’s grip on federal power has never depended on winning the blue cities.

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      No, it’s because he’s a progressive leftist; a socialist. They know they can call out him being a Muslim and get people to not vote for him though.

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    LMAO imagine going on a schizo rant just because the winning major candidate is of a different religion that you don‘t like. Almost as if religion is used as a tool for power and legitimization of violence against innocent people.

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    Betar, famous for anti-semetic attacks on jews critical of Israel. They forced a “pager” in to the breastpocket of Norman Finkelstein and called him a holocaust denier of all things. His entire family was exterminated ffs.

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    There is a socialist on the loose in New York City!

    Come home brother! Your true home! Your calling is to be a genocidal maniac with us! Think of the land we’ll steal! The children we’ll murder! It’s our destiny!

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      The guy who won the NYC mayoral primaries (Zohran Mamdani) does not cheer on the genocide in Gaza, so he must be a Hamas plant. This endangers jews all around the globe. Obviously.

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      Betar is a Ziofascist organisation funded by Israel. They are doing what they do: whipping up hostility and fear against people who support Palestine.

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      Betar is an Israeli terrorist organisation (literally). Currently they give Donald Trump orders on which pro-Palestinian activists to deport.

      In New York, the Democratic primary was just won by Zohran Mamdhani, who actively opposes Israel and wants to impose sanctions against Israel until it complies by international law.

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    Without knowing who they are, this reads like an anti-Semitic tweet.

    Would be really funny if someone started a thread accusing them of such.

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    Thank you for your attention to this matter

    Isn’t that a MAGA dog whistle that Trump uses?

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        Yeah my understanding of dog whistles is about as thorough as my ability to hear them, seems like it’s a code that changes every day

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          Your comment reminded me of number stations. They are radio broadcasts with seemingly random numbers getting transmitted every now and then. A well known one is “The Russian Buzzer

          They are really long range, and just about anyone can listen in to these transmissions. But only a tiny number of people (in the buzzer’s case maybe Russian spies) know the meaning and act on those signals.

          I guess my point is that ultimately nobody can really stop the signals, including dog whistles. And I think it’s silly when people try to make some of those words taboo. For example if “roommates” is a code word for a queer couple living together the legit use of the word doesn’t just disappear

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      It’s something he’s started putting at the end of his tweets. I assumed it was dementia not a hidden message.

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    So extremists are telling other extremists to leave New York?

    Don’t let the door hit ya where Yahweh split ya.

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      New York Jews are not extremists, though? They’re just normal people who happen to be Jewish

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          Bending the rules is very much a part of Orthodox Judaism for sure - it’s the only way to exist in today’s world. I’ve heard (from an Orthodox Jew I worked for) that priests talk to God and Rabbis argue. Questioning - or rather, being critical of - your faith is encourage.

          But most jews in New York aren’t Orthodox. Most don’t even go to Temple weekly.

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            Fair, I like that analogy. I realized that the way I phrased it sounded rather dismissive of the practices which, honestly, I am, but it seemed overly harsh, so I deleted it

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              I’m not Jewish myself but it’s a really cool religion. Not that you asked, but my favorite rule bend in my time working with the Orthodox fellas was “shabbat mode” on his automation system. Using electricity is fine but they can’t use any sort of switch (flipping a switch = creating a tiny spark = creating flame, which is prohibited) so there was the obvious lighting automation BUT his wife requested an automated outlet in the kitchen and I asked by boss why…it was so she could plug in a hot plate before Sabbath and it would turn it on at 6 so she could serve a warm meal.

              I really disliked that client but I loved that shit.