Mamdani elected New York Mayor

Direct quote from Mamdani “ There is no negotiating with an institution this wicked and corrupt. Defund it. Dismantle it.” The man is now backing away from this statement. Hypocrisy beyond belief.

IOMGran You don’t think what…..

IOMGran - I agree with you …
Sigh

Thank you J52 for the facts.

Artois and Oreo seem very edgy towards other posters when only asked to explain their views.
Artois did reference the voters in New York who supported Mamdani to ‘fools’ ( have not got the exact quote here).
So much for respecting democracy.

Socialism is great until you run out of spending someone else’s money. Who said that I wonder? So true.

I don't think so.

IOMGran Of course I’m not a troll. If you must know, my name is derived from my beloved dog, now passed, Stella.
Figure it out for yourself.

Maremia

What is tbe evidence for antisemitism as demonstrated by Mamdani?
Can you prove this assertion?

No they can't, he's just not prepared to give full support to he actions of the Israeli government with regard to their actions on Gaza, and he's right on that. Just take a look at that place using Google Earth, you can see the extent of the devastation wreaked. No fake news, AI photos, just Google Earth.

Re policing in the USA, specifically Dallas in this case, I have rarely seen such bad policing. There was a homeless black lady at a bus stop obviously having a mental issue and shouting. What did the police do? They tuned up mob handed, made no attempt to deescalate like our police would have on the UK, and then they all jumped on her and they all ended up rolling around in the gutter. It was shockingly bad as far as my husband and I were concerned. In fact apart from getting to try out firing an Uzi and a Magnum at a shooting range I did not enjoy Dallas at all. Turns out I am a good shot though. At the firing range you had a choice of paper target, Zombie or Arab, another shocking bad thing about the place.

This is why I rarely comment on here. It feels to be such a waste of time and energy. I guess at the end of the day, we have to agree to disagree.

If I called everyone a troll who I disagreed with I would never be finished troll hunting.

What is tbe evidence for antisemitism as demonstrated by Mamdani?
Can you prove this assertion?

Thanks for bringing us the facts J52.

Oreo

IOMGran

Arto1s

I know I am right about this. He is bad news for New York. More fools them for voting him in. And where is all the money going to come from DaisyAnneReturns?

Do you now? Really? What special qualifications do you have to make these pronouncements with such certainty?

What special qualifications do you have to air your opinions or any of us? Honestly the passive aggression as well as the aggression is getting worse on this site.

Oreo, I was not the person saying I know I am right about this. Vis a vis passive aggression, that's a feature of this site that I merely deploy back at those that do it. I don't elsewhere, but grans seem to like doing it. So I send it back to them. Sigh.

Arto1s

Oh, and by the way, the new mayor of New York doesn’t believe in the Police. Really? Give me a break. Good luck New York, you have made a big mistake here.

“Mamdani said he believes the current size of the NYPD is appropriate, and has not called for increasing the number of officers. However, he said he would instead change existing officers' responsibilities, freeing up more of them to do what they signed up for and are trained to do, like respond to shootings, murders and other serious crimes.

"Our vision for a Department of Community Safety, the DCS, is that we would have teams of dedicated mental health outreach workers that we deploy to the hundred [subway] stations with the highest levels of mental health crises, to respond to those incidents and get those New Yorkers out of the subway system and to the services that they actually need," Mamdani said in a September interview on CBS News New York's "The Point with Marcia Kramer." CBS News

Doesn’t sound like not ‘believing’ in Police to me. Sounds like freeing them up to tackle serious crime.

Oreo

IOMGran

Arto1s

I know I am right about this. He is bad news for New York. More fools them for voting him in. And where is all the money going to come from DaisyAnneReturns?

Do you now? Really? What special qualifications do you have to make these pronouncements with such certainty?

What special qualifications do you have to air your opinions or any of us? Honestly the passive aggression as well as the aggression is getting worse on this site.

It is, and can I warn others that, should someone not feel they have got their pound of flesh via GNHQ they may find they get even more follow-up via the message system.

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Arto1s

Socialism doesn’t work. Is it working for you now under Starmer?

We don't have socialism under Starmer. It's been a year and they are mired in the damage done by 14 years of Conservative misrule.

Just this week Labour is delivering real change across Britain Great British Railways

New skills curriculum

£1 bn for new national forests
Justice reforms

£105 m national rehab hospital

Jobs, growth, opportunity — this is Labour in action. 👏

Totally out of order GrandmaBatty just because another poster has a different opinion to you.

Oreo

Arto1s

Has anyone on here actually listened to all his speeches? He most definitely comes across as a Communist, and all his proposed ideas will take millions of dollars from the tax payers of New York. I predict they will not be pleased with this in a hurry. His worst fault as far as I’m concerned, is his very obvious anti-Semitism.

Very true, but won’t be believed by many on this site.

Are you suggesting that even though the majority don't agree (your assumption) they are wrong because you must be right?

I don't believe I actually called you a troll but you haven't yet given any facts as to your opinions.

IOMGran

Arto1s

I know I am right about this. He is bad news for New York. More fools them for voting him in. And where is all the money going to come from DaisyAnneReturns?

Do you now? Really? What special qualifications do you have to make these pronouncements with such certainty?

What special qualifications do you have to air your opinions or any of us? Honestly the passive aggression as well as the aggression is getting worse on this site.

Arto1s

I know I am right about this. He is bad news for New York. More fools them for voting him in. And where is all the money going to come from DaisyAnneReturns?

Why are you asking me this question? What does it even mean? How about doing some of your own research before you find out, liike some poor MAGA voters, that you have been led by the nose to an empty trough.

Arto1s

Has anyone on here actually listened to all his speeches? He most definitely comes across as a Communist, and all his proposed ideas will take millions of dollars from the tax payers of New York. I predict they will not be pleased with this in a hurry. His worst fault as far as I’m concerned, is his very obvious anti-Semitism.

Very true, but won’t be believed by many on this site.

Big mistake!

Arto1s

Socialism doesn’t work. Is it working for you now under Starmer?

Yes, allowing for the damage done by an increasing move to the extreme right over the last 14 years. No one in this country goes bankrupt because of inability to pay for healthcare for a start.