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[–] [email protected] 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Laura Loomer wrote on X that Mamdani "is from Africa. And you can tell in the way he eats. Disgusting."

If eating with your hands is disgusting, that's a you problem because you apparently don't wash them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Ask a MAGAt to name a third world country. Instead of naming one they will name the country of the race they hate the most.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago

you know, "mexican countries"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Dude America already is the 3rd world

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago

The "first world" was defined as US and their allies, 2nd world as USSR and their allies and 3rd world as no aligned. Now, US is run by Russian assets trying to replicate the third Reich. So I guess it should be second world instead?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I have nothing to say about Brandon Gill except of course: try to make it look like an accident.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

They are afraid of what he represents.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't he in the US right now?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

A short while ago Zionists were so preoccupied with racism and discrimination. What happened?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

Hey Gill, there are large swaths of MAGA territory that are beyond the 3rd World.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago

He's from New York not Texas you inbred twit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

Maybe Gill can go back to the 80s when his dated geopolitical reference was relevant

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

With the whole Glastonbury kerfuffle I've come to know more about this band called Bob Vylan. They have this lovely song, and it goes ike this:

I heard you want your country back
Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can't have that
The only place I know
Stolen right under my nose
By ignorant scum
Tryna lay claim to a land that ain't theirs anyway
Wait - what did you say?
I heard you want your country back
Ha! Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can't have that
I heard you want your country back
Ha! Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Well shit, me too
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

Yeah if he doesn’t win the election after these attacks then the US has passed the point of no return. If even New Yorkers are too stupid to fall for this smear campaign then the US can’t be saved.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

lol. Go back. The US has been a 3rd world country with iPhones for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But he’s already in a third world country.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I asked my doctor if I should boost my vaccinations because I was traveling for work. He asked if I was traveling to third world countries and I told him, "Yes, the US." He boosted all of my vaccinations.

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

"He's already pulled over! He can't pull over any further!"

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

There is nothing wrong with living in a rural area or being a blue collar worker. The last sentence there is unnecessary.

As someone who has been in both those demographics, this guy doesn't represent me or the hardworking albeit sometimes simple people I grew up around.

Please don't use those words as a cudgel. It drives those undereducated and uninvolved people to identify more with this asshole than the progressives that have more in common with them beneath the surface.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

So you’re not even acknowledging the full fledged racism that is the topic in this little whataboutism speech you put together there?

Nothing about the racism. Not one word to nod to the overarching story here.

So which part of you missed that? The rural part?

US is currently burning wheat farms cuz the world has shifted off of cheap wheat for something more stable.

And the world knows which ones are the red states and are boycotting.

So You have two choices: take it personally or acknowledge a consequence of ignoring racism and self interest replacing it with apathy and revenge. Just know this: Neither will make a difference in the long run. You’re still headed to the same destination. So even now with at this point you’re begging to ignore it. Noted.

You’re just echoing the overall problem here by not even acknowledging the topic.

It drives those undereducated and uninvolved people to identify more with this asshole

Don’t even pretend you were ever an ally.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

It's clear this guy is an asshole. You are frothing trying to make an enemy of me but read with a little more care. I was always an ally and you are here trying to divide us. I feel like you didnt understand my comment so I'll repeat with emphasis.

It(Your use of redneck and hick as a pejorative.) drives those undereducated and uninvolved people(Single issue/peer sensative voters) to identify more with this asshole( The racist asshole that you somehow need me to clearly point out is both racist and an asshole.)

Read carefully.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

When Trump fucks up do you call him a fatty?

When a black judge says women belong in the kitchen do you say "go back to the plantation!"

A woman supports Trump. "Shut up cumdumpster, go make me sandwich if you want to be trad"

That guy brought up something said HERE ON THIS WEBSITE. Someone HERE threw out redneck for living in the sticks. You're fucking dumb if you think people need to write an essay on what they think of a topic before they can point out issues in discourse.

See that? I don't need to prove anything to call you out. I don't need to call out racism to call out dumb posts.

Before you reply, make sure to write an essay about why it's ok to insult unrelated groups of people in order to hurt an individual. At least follow your own weird rules.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

So your plan to have him removed from power is what?

Genuine question since you don't seem to want to win elections.

Obviously he's a cunt, so winning against him should be a cakewalk then.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This guy's wife had to declare that she doesn't eat with her hands because her husband is so racist.

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[–] [email protected] 275 points 1 day ago (5 children)

He's already there dipshit. Look around you

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I had a hotdog and fries for dinner last night. I ate watermelon and a butter tart for dessert. I ate everything with my hands. These magazi hystreonics are disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 176 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Remember the days when an openly racist comment like this would mean the end of your political career?

[–] [email protected] 117 points 1 day ago (22 children)

For Republicans it actually boosts their poll numbers.

People want to be openly racist again. That's what MAGA really means.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Smells like fear

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

Gill married Danielle D'Souza, the daughter of conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza, in 2017. They have two children and live in Flower Mound, Texas.

So Gill's father and wife are okay but a foreigner with differing political opinions is crossing the line?

[–] [email protected] 155 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Republican Representative Brandon Gill has told New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to "go back to the Third World" in response to a video of him eating with his hands.

I guess this asshole has never eaten a burger, chicken, hot dog etc. Fucking racist piece of shit.

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 day ago (3 children)

remember, the super rich are the enemy of the people, not your fellow citizens from different backgrounds

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (24 children)

Words cannot describe the hate I have for the entire American establishment with the exception of Bernie, Zohran, and AOC.

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 day ago

Zohran getting under their skin. Love to see it

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, I'm sorry. Which country is it again that can't do UHC but can spend billions on blowing up rockets while people starve and or can't find homes/shelter in this same "first world country"?

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