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The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.
I sorta on OP’s side; he said a sentence that could be interpreted hundreds of ways, and everyone assumed the worse and started attacking his character. And it’s very hard to nicely restate one’s position without some mild anger after that.
Then people attack even more. It’s a feeding frenzy.
I unblocked this community just this week; I even commented here. But this entire thing is just too much. I’m blocking politics again , and hopefully world politics changes for the better when test it out in a few months
I don’t know man, I’ve been wildly misinterpreted, and I try to clarify what I meant, because it’s my fault for not being more clear. I don’t get pissed off about it and choose not to explain it replying to a bunch of people how they’ve got it wrong.
Like, consider you go into public social a situation with a minority group you support, and you’re not part of that minority group. You accidentally say something that sounds off-color and unhelpful to the group in question, the people you ostensibly support. Now everyone is giving you dirty looks and raised eyebrows and wondering if you actually support them or if they should tell you to get lost. Getting mad at them because you are being misunderstood is never, ever going to make them think you actually support them.
On the other hand, it’s valid to be upset if you’ve taken the time to clarify and people are still willfully misinterpreting what you have said. OP didn’t even try to explain what they meant more clearly in any responses.