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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Democrats now openly slander Mamdani

Ffs. That’s not the case.

Slander: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation

If you think someone saying “he doesn’t have a plan” is slander, you might want to stay the hell away from politics.

This wasn’t FPTP, it’s NYC and yes there’s a Jewish component to the race, and yeah he’s young and inexperienced. All of those are valid, legitimate concerns regarding a political election.

Unfortunately for them, the primary is over and they already lost. So no, they don’t have to blindly believe Mamdani is going to win in a lanslide, but they should at least act like it. I think we’re looking at a mayoral race through a presidential-election lens.

Slander though? No.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Also it would be libel, not slander anyways.

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