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[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 2 days ago

Isn't he in the US right now?

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago
[-] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 18 points 1 day ago

Dude America already is the 3rd world

[-] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

The "first world" was defined as US and their allies, 2nd world as USSR and their allies and 3rd world as no aligned. Now, US is run by Russian assets trying to replicate the third Reich. So I guess it should be second world instead?

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Laura Loomer wrote on X that Mamdani "is from Africa. And you can tell in the way he eats. Disgusting."

If eating with your hands is disgusting, that's a you problem because you apparently don't wash them.

[-] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have nothing to say about Brandon Gill except of course: try to make it look like an accident.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

With the whole Glastonbury kerfuffle I've come to know more about this band called Bob Vylan. They have this lovely song, and it goes ike this:

I heard you want your country back
Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can't have that
The only place I know
Stolen right under my nose
By ignorant scum
Tryna lay claim to a land that ain't theirs anyway
Wait - what did you say?
I heard you want your country back
Ha! Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can't have that
I heard you want your country back
Ha! Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Well shit, me too
[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 69 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] syreus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

There is nothing wrong with living in a rural area or being a blue collar worker. The last sentence there is unnecessary.

As someone who has been in both those demographics, this guy doesn't represent me or the hardworking albeit sometimes simple people I grew up around.

Please don't use those words as a cudgel. It drives those undereducated and uninvolved people to identify more with this asshole than the progressives that have more in common with them beneath the surface.

[-] Sillyglow@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So you’re not even acknowledging the full fledged racism that is the topic in this little whataboutism speech you put together there?

Nothing about the racism. Not one word to nod to the overarching story here.

So which part of you missed that? The rural part?

US is currently burning wheat farms cuz the world has shifted off of cheap wheat for something more stable.

And the world knows which ones are the red states and are boycotting.

So You have two choices: take it personally or acknowledge a consequence of ignoring racism and self interest replacing it with apathy and revenge. Just know this: Neither will make a difference in the long run. You’re still headed to the same destination. So even now with at this point you’re begging to ignore it. Noted.

You’re just echoing the overall problem here by not even acknowledging the topic.

It drives those undereducated and uninvolved people to identify more with this asshole

Don’t even pretend you were ever an ally.

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When Trump fucks up do you call him a fatty?

When a black judge says women belong in the kitchen do you say "go back to the plantation!"

A woman supports Trump. "Shut up cumdumpster, go make me sandwich if you want to be trad"

That guy brought up something said HERE ON THIS WEBSITE. Someone HERE threw out redneck for living in the sticks. You're fucking dumb if you think people need to write an essay on what they think of a topic before they can point out issues in discourse.

See that? I don't need to prove anything to call you out. I don't need to call out racism to call out dumb posts.

Before you reply, make sure to write an essay about why it's ok to insult unrelated groups of people in order to hurt an individual. At least follow your own weird rules.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's clear this guy is an asshole. You are frothing trying to make an enemy of me but read with a little more care. I was always an ally and you are here trying to divide us. I feel like you didnt understand my comment so I'll repeat with emphasis.

It(Your use of redneck and hick as a pejorative.) drives those undereducated and uninvolved people(Single issue/peer sensative voters) to identify more with this asshole( The racist asshole that you somehow need me to clearly point out is both racist and an asshole.)

Read carefully.

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[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

This guy's wife had to declare that she doesn't eat with her hands because her husband is so racist.

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[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 179 points 2 days ago

Remember the days when an openly racist comment like this would mean the end of your political career?

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 117 points 2 days ago

For Republicans it actually boosts their poll numbers.

People want to be openly racist again. That's what MAGA really means.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago
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[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

Yeah if he doesn’t win the election after these attacks then the US has passed the point of no return. If even New Yorkers are too stupid to fall for this smear campaign then the US can’t be saved.

[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 148 points 2 days ago

Republican Representative Brandon Gill has told New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to "go back to the Third World" in response to a video of him eating with his hands.

I guess this asshole has never eaten a burger, chicken, hot dog etc. Fucking racist piece of shit.

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.snekerpimp.space 68 points 2 days ago

He eats pizza with a knife and fork… allegedly

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[-] OneSpectra@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

They are afraid of what he represents.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

He's from New York not Texas you inbred twit.

[-] 100@fedia.io 93 points 2 days ago

remember, the super rich are the enemy of the people, not your fellow citizens from different backgrounds

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 29 points 2 days ago

I have more in common with a homeless person in Somalia, India, or China than I do with the super rich.

No War Except Class War

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

A short while ago Zionists were so preoccupied with racism and discrimination. What happened?

[-] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago

But he’s already in a third world country.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

I asked my doctor if I should boost my vaccinations because I was traveling for work. He asked if I was traveling to third world countries and I told him, "Yes, the US." He boosted all of my vaccinations.

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[-] Transtronaut 5 points 2 days ago

"He's already pulled over! He can't pull over any further!"

Zohran getting under their skin. Love to see it

[-] Bieren@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

lol. Go back. The US has been a 3rd world country with iPhones for a long time.

[-] SCmSTR 25 points 2 days ago

Smells like fear

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Hey Gill, there are large swaths of MAGA territory that are beyond the 3rd World.

[-] Karrion409@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

Words cannot describe the hate I have for the entire American establishment with the exception of Bernie, Zohran, and AOC.

[-] Doom@ttrpg.network 33 points 2 days ago

Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Mark Kelly I'll even chuck Tim Waltz in there.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Don’t forget Scott Kelly, not a politician but spaceman and just as cool as his twin.

Maybe we need more astronauts in government, take a good look at the big blue ball before making life and death decisions.

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[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

Al Green and Katie Porter are another two that seem alright

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[-] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 46 points 2 days ago

Think the overt racism is bad now; it’s only going to get progressively worse.

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

It's the only way the right is progressive.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Maybe Gill can go back to the 80s when his dated geopolitical reference was relevant

[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

Oh, I'm sorry. Which country is it again that can't do UHC but can spend billions on blowing up rockets while people starve and or can't find homes/shelter in this same "first world country"?

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 days ago

What is this high school?

American government sounds more and more like the varsity sports team of America High

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 24 points 2 days ago

Pretty much.
Look up Jim Jorden on you tube to really see high school nonsense. He's been at it for a decade.

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[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 days ago

Blatant racism aside, look around at the devastation wrought by repugnantcon policies buddy. Zohran is already in a 3rd world shithole, and he has the audacity to try to make it somewhat more tolerable for those in his city.

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Who? Man nobody has heard of desperate for warmth of spotlight.

Didnt they have the same reaction when somebody ate a cheese steak with a knife and fork? The things they fixate on...

Maybe if we keep squawking about a bunch of dumb shit, nobody will notice how many rural Americans are about to be fucked 6 ways from Sunday by this big beautiful bill. Then we can spin it as this guy eating with his hands made you lose your healthcare.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I had a hotdog and fries for dinner last night. I ate watermelon and a butter tart for dessert. I ate everything with my hands. These magazi hystreonics are disgusting.

[-] ShittDickk@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Go back to the third world where you'll have healthcare, and food is cheap, and many services are provided by the government. Go back to where medicine can be bought without 4 doctors turning their medi-square tip screen around, where self made men can become something without the financial backing of a sexual terrorist. Go back to a land of opportunity, of potential, of downtrodden poor people in need of a voice. Go back and help them rise to the top.

We're trying to become the world's last 3rd world country here.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 25 points 2 days ago

His father in law is Dinesh D'Souza, the conspiracy theories guy. And like so many other hypocritical Republicans, is an immigrant who became a citizen in '91 after coming here with his parents and attending school here.

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