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Zohran Mamdani wants NYC to be 'LGBTQ+ sanctuary' as he details big plans (www.thepinknews.com)

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[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 49 points 5 days ago

which means all the right wingers will come out of the woodwork to complain about how this somehow means it will be a city for only lgbtq+ and the rest of them will have to fight some made up enemy to keep their homes or other similar dumb shit. I'll almost certainly hear about it from the maple maga at work.

[-] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Maybe he should say 'a LGBTQCS+ sanctuary' to include cis and straight folk. It might make the point that everyone should feel safe and it's not a zero-sum game.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

They won't give a shit. They're bigoted sociopathic fucksticks. The types to react like that are a lost cause.

Nothing will turn them from their bullshit unless it directly affects them, like their favorite child being LGBTQ, and even then many of them choose to disown them instead of being empathetic with their own child.

Some people are just shitty human beings and should be shunned from civilized society until they're willing to deal with being a piece of shit.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Most of them get mad when someone says cis, because "normal people don't need labels" or whatever the fuck my drunk uncle will say this year while the kids open christmas presents

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[-] ImADifferentBird@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 days ago

These are the same people who complain about those "Coexist" stickers with all the religious symbols, and the inclusion of a cross on those has done nothing to dissuade them. They don't care; they honestly believe it is their right to oppress others, and anyone stopping them from doing so (or even suggesting they shouldn't) is oppressing them.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

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[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

I like the "+", it means I'm in there too, adding what I can to help =)

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

remember the rich said they were leaving, they dint. only the ones that drank the koolaid of right wingism did.

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That's what allies are for

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 37 points 5 days ago

he's like the anti gavin newsom 🥺

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Of the "left," maybe. Gavin's a douche, but at least he doesn't support any anti-LGBTQ legislation.

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 35 points 5 days ago

he does veto pro lgbtq legislation tho: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/gavin-newsom-vetoes-important-hrt

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago

True, true. Neoliberalism at its finest.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago

Arguably more important is how he votes, not what he claims to support.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Ohh have you heard his thoughts on transgender people though? Fuck Gavin Newsom, I will say it as many times as needs to be said. He will NOT fight for vulnerable people when push comes to shove, he is an empty stylized WWE character posturing to be Trump's big rival nothing more nothing less.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago

He is anti-trans in both words and voting record.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

he is the typical center right.

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[-] mosspiglet@discuss.online 19 points 5 days ago

Wait... I thought he was a jihadist? Or does this mean that jihadists now like the gays? I'm so confused.

[-] VerilyFemme 21 points 5 days ago

Okay, you're clearly not getting it. Muslims are bad and gays are bad, so obviously they support each other. /s

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago

it's like how Iraq was obviously aiding and abetting al qaeda, even though to believe that you have to ignore absolutely everything about both

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

My enemy and my enemy are friends?

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

if someone can get christians panties in a wad, when mentioning Mosques or arabic letters/numbers, its muslims.

[-] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago

A Gay Jihad is imminent

[-] mosspiglet@discuss.online 8 points 4 days ago

al-gayda?

[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

[-] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Lesbian al-Gaib

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago

Hopefully people of all stripes will be uplifted.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I do think he said he wants it to be a better city for everyone who lives in it.

My white cishet male ass* gets that making NYC better for everyone means it'd be better for me too, even if the most vulnerable among us get paid some extra attention when it comes to improving the things that make their lives harder. Some people seem to think that it's a zero-sum game and improving other peoples' lives must come at the cost of their own. It's just blatantly untrue.

* My white cishet male ass also doesn't live in NYC, but I mean in general. I want the world around me to be better for everyone, not just me specifically.

[-] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Good man

[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

While keeping the current NYPD 🤡🤡🤡

He has shown that he isn't better than succdems like AOC or Sanders

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 14 points 4 days ago

no one who ever runs for elected office will ever be perfect. it's still part of our movement to put better than the worst people into the office while we organize on the margins.

don't let perfect be the enemy of good, but don't forget to never accept good enough as good enough

[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

Oh it's the liberal again 👋👋

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago

yes. you know liberals. always encouraging others to organize on the margins in order to bring about a resilient insurgency movement to seize the means of production because electoralism will never save us, only stave off catastrophe long enough for us to get in order. how very liberal of me to do 🙄

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[-] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

If you expect the world to be exactly like you'd want it to be, every politician will disappoint you. Unless you get into politics and become a dictator.

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

zohran mamdani please run for senate challenge

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