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Source: I made it up
I've seen many that are skeptical that he'll stick to his promises but I don't think any of that crowd would disagree that he was clearly the best option and a big step forward.
The popular tankie influences have soured a bit on him and that sentiment flows down. I think Mamdani said against the protestors shouting globalize the intifada outside of a synagogue which pissed off tankies.
I've seen tankies trying to call him fascist on lemmy, and I called them out and said how wrong they are. They responded by calling me a zionist and accusing me of supporting genocide...
These are not rational people arguing in good faith...
I'd love to see the link. You've got over 1k comments in 30 days or I'd look for it on your profile.
I don't save links to every comment I ever read, don't be ridiculous.
My comment history has nothing to do with it. Admitting to stalking my profile doesn't prove any point.
Huh? I wasn't trying to stalk you, you said you had run into them so I took a peek.
Found the tankie
Thanks for the links to the posts/comments backing up your statement. Really made me think.
Seriously, compared to all the great specific references you made! Good for calling that shit out!
I mean, here's a Hexbear thread about him winning.
https://hexbear.net/post/6637842?sort=Top
They're skeptical that he'll stay principled but nobody there is saying he's the next coming of Hitler.