I don’t think they like Muslims, but really it’s leftists that they hate. The fact that successful Muslim candidates tend to be leftist is just a not-so-coincidental coincidence.
That Muslims tend to be strongly anti-Zionist, anti-imperialist, despised by racists on the right and disliked by racists on the center. A politically literate Muslim will have a lot more in common with the left, and the left will be a lot more likely to support a Muslim that agrees with them, than the center or right. And this is before we even get into the very real cultural and religious reasons a Muslim might have left-leaning beliefs.
Democrats hate Muslims more than they hate Republicans. First Mamdani now this.
Culture wars are a distraction that the rich use. The only war is the class war.
I don’t think they like Muslims, but really it’s leftists that they hate. The fact that successful Muslim candidates tend to be leftist is just a not-so-coincidental coincidence.
What’s the common factor?
That Muslims tend to be strongly anti-Zionist, anti-imperialist, despised by racists on the right and disliked by racists on the center. A politically literate Muslim will have a lot more in common with the left, and the left will be a lot more likely to support a Muslim that agrees with them, than the center or right. And this is before we even get into the very real cultural and religious reasons a Muslim might have left-leaning beliefs.
Democrats hate people who put the people ahead of oligarchs more than they hate Republicans.
Democrats uphold racism and sexism they are facist light
That’s why we need more than two goddamn parties and therefore need Ranked Choice Voting.
Agreed. They voted to censure Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib (both Muslim Democrats) but not Randy Fine (Republican Islamophobe).