Next mayor of NYC Zohran Mamdani honeymooning in Uganda

Uganda? Can you imagine?

I'd be afraid they'd eat me.

Living under the terror of Idi Gormet, not to mention Entebbe…this is tone deaf for those of us who are pro-Israel, yet aunti-Netanyahu.

Uganda expelled and robbed all it Asians of course.

[quote]Living under the terror of Idi Gormet

I, too, lived under the terror of Eydie Gormé

Steve and Eydie !

He had a lavish wedding in Dubai and now a honeymoon in Uganda. Is he visiting one of his family's plantations during this trip?

But he's bringing free buses to NYC!

WTF am I chopped liver?

So?

What’s most predictable is the trolling attempt and the linking to one of the tentacles of Murdoch’s rancid media empire. If anyone thinks taking in this form of yellow journalism will help salve your predilection for enacting your inner suburbanite conservative Karen cunt, either go find a grease fire to leap into, or better yet - go grab a knife from the kitchen and slit your wrists and bleed out on the floor. For the sake of the rest of us stuck living in this world.

Damn, r10, when was the last time you got fucked?

I like how he offered potential article titles.

Ma'm this is a Wendy's, R10.

so gross, so gross. let's hope he never is the next mayor, but if he is, I support him

Hmm he gets married the same year he runs for Mayor of the City of New York...

Amazing Race did Uganda a couple of seasons ago. A strong sign the country has been successfully reformed.

[quote]WTF am I chopped liver?

R6 didn't you EAT someone's chopped liver??

You trolls told him to go back to Africa, so he’s taking your advice. 🤷🏻‍♂️

He lived the first five years of his life in Uganda, so he’s taking his new wife to see his country of birth. It doesn’t mean he endorses that country’s policies.

I mean, it’s not like he’s groveling and genuflecting to a disgusting, sadistic mass-murder state or anything.

That is so fucking asinine, r3. I hope you're joking. That's like saying that anyone who takes vacation to Egypt is spitting in the face of the 9/11 dead because Muhammad Atta was Egyptian.

Does the mayor of NYC really have a stage in world politics?

California passed travel bans to red states because of their anti-trans and anti-immigrant policies. Yet, Mamdani vacations in Uganda where they execute gay people and refuses to criticize their social policies. No problem.

I hear Uganda's very nice and they put on one helluva wedding!

LOL islam is the mother load of bad ideas. to trust anyone who is devoted to that religion is a joke. they fake it until they are in a position to do harm. I"m not a New Yorker, but if I were....no fucking way would I vote for this man with a scrambled brain.

He's from Uganda. Also, Uganda is an up and coming place. Lewis Hamilton has been pushing F1 to do a race there.

[Quote] California passed travel bans to red states because of their anti-trans and anti-immigrant policies. Yet, Mamdani vacations in Uganda where they execute gay people and refuses to criticize their social policies. No problem.

You think Uganda’s bad? I can think of a country that is committing mass murder against civilians right now, and cruelly torturing them with starvation, all because that country wants to steal their land.

Any criticisms from you? 🤔

Maybe you have some criticisms of them, r21? Because I don’t think this guy will be criticizing them any time soon. Just a hunch.

Yes, I agree Israel sucks too. Carpet bombing Gaza into rubble is evil.

R21 California did not impose travel bans on many countries that kill gays. It is all performative signaling to state that white people are bad. Zoharan is a rich brown muslim man, and whatever he does is excused. Under the rules of Democrats, only whites, Jews, and rich or talented asians need to be censured and exterminated.

[quote]Does the mayor of NYC really have a stage in world politics?

No, which is why none of the hysteria, fearmongering, and the multiple active DL threads on this guy make no sense. When have we ever seen the mayor of New York on the international stage commenting on policy or the affairs of other countries? That's why we have a Secretary of State, albeit an extremely piss-poor one at the moment.

Yes, r25. I meant to condemn the population of Gaza=Palestinians for their terrorism, refusals of all two-state solutions, slaughter of 2,000 Israelis on Oct. 7th, and their endless devotion to Hamas, thanks for the reminder!

[Quote] Zoharan is a rich brown muslim man, and whatever he does is excused. Under the rules of Democrats, only whites, Jews, and rich or talented asians need to be censured and exterminated.

Do Republicans ever NOT project?

Where do democrats call for or sanction extermination of whites, Jews or “rich or talented Asians,” whatever that means?

On the other hand, we see violence and killing from rightwingers constantly. We see rightwingers circle the wagons around genocide perpetrator Israel.

When a rightwinger condemns you, he’s always really talking about himself.

[Quote] Yes, [R25]. I meant to condemn the population of Gaza=Palestinians for their terrorism, refusals of all two-state solutions, slaughter of 2,000 Israelis on Oct. 7th, and their endless devotion to Hamas, thanks for the reminder!

Israelis are the terrorists, and you’re one too for supporting them. Last time I checked, thr Palestinians didn’t descend on Eastern European Jewish villages, seize them, killing many Jews in the process, putting the surviving Jews under occupation, and then committing genocide against them too.

That was you and it went the other way round.

Your farce about a two-state solution shows what a joke you are.

You all know he was born in Uganda, right? And still has family there? And his father was thrown out of the country by Idi Amin?

You sound completely insane, r32.

Your puerile college campus understanding of the mid-East is revoltingly jejune.

Country falling apart, but we're *still* arguing over that useless piece of dirt on the other side of the planet.

We deserve Trump and that's the fucking truth.

It’s astounding anyone takes this bs artist seriously.

R36 = Miranda Devine for NY Post

Did he get to Uganda by boat and wagon train? What is the carbon footprint of this trip?

Everybody’s free to feel good.

Rozalla*

Further proof he is one of the biggest Nepo Babies in politics today and certainly one of the most privileged.

Any doubt he used mom's charge card for those airplane tickets?

Will Zohran offer tax credits for tossing gays off of Manhattan rooftops?

What a piece of shit.

Wow, thanks for the thread,OP, I've blocked so many hateful kkkuntz!

i assumed he was the ghey.

He should expect to be hassled by ICE when he flies back to JFK. "There's a problem with your passport. Step out of the line and come this way."

R28 not to mess up your division troll talking points, but I’m pretty sure Mamdani IS a rich and talented Asian.

Holy shit there are a lot of illiterate trolls on this thread. Is this a joke thread?

[quote]no fucking way would I vote for this man with a scrambled brain.

Your mail in ballot won't make it from Vladivostok to New York in time anyway, R23. No worries.

I love how much this man bothers Right Wingers. It's just... 🤌

I cannot wait for the absolute meltdown when he wins in November.

They really think their Islamophobia is some valuable new information that the rest of us missed. They really think "he's not pro-Israel" is some big game changer at this stage. They are laughable trolls and I doubt more than 10% even live within 100 miles of New York.

Because R317 doesn't live in the US and has no concept of American local/big city politics.

These trolls are really grasping at straws now. Like the one above me going off about "wokeness" like they're on Libs of Tiktok or X. Fucking CLUELESS right wingers.

R47 Glad you're so gleeful. I hope you will be just as delighted when you are hauled up to a roof and thrown off.

It's adorable the way the elderly racists on here, like R52, assume that the AIPAC pinkwashing propaganda that worked on Boomers and Gen X is going to work on those of us with actual digital literacy.

R44, I think he is trans destined. He's got a thing for trannies. I also got the feeling he likes to bottom, viciously.

[quote]LOL islam is the mother load of bad ideas.

Oh, dear.

[quote]I hope you will be just as delighted when you are hauled up to a roof and thrown off.

Yes, I hear people are being thrown off buildings left and right in Ilhan Omar's district in Minneapolis.

Don't know how people survive being so stupid.

R15-He got married because otherwise Cuomo would revive the 1977 campaign-

Vote For Cuomo Not The Homo

R56, I don't know how people can be so naive and uninformed, especially gays.

They're not being naive, R58, they know exactly what they're saying. It may be an uncomfortable truth, but just like when people say "I can't believe all those women voted for Trump again", they ignore the obvious reality... it was all those WHITE women who voted for Trump again. And, unfortunately, for a lot of our white gay brethren, this one applies, too. They are White, above all else.

R52, he won't throw you off a roof but I bet a bunch of MAGA males would like to

If you're going to go off on him for visiting homophobic places, ask Trump and various Republicans about their business deals with the Saudis

R59, I was talking about gay people being so naive and uninformed about islam, and marxism while we are at it. I thought gays were somewhat worldly, knowledgeable, and, perhaps, insightful, out of necessity.

R60 That is a false equivalency. Always saying MAGA will do this and that. If so, are they doing it now in Red states? Dont go around saying false things. Some MAGA may be against gays, but they are not going around pushing people off roofs and asking for a rollback on any gay rights. Mamdani is not a good person. Period. You can convince yourself he is not, but when you meet your creator, you will know if he is a good or a bad person.

R62 - God, you're so full of hot air you ancient, decrepit windbag. Go on. Draw us a picture of how Mamdani winning the mayoral race in New York is going to lead to rooftop executions of gay people. Please. Explain it to us, step by step. Show us the way!

Maybe Oprah was right. Maybe we just have to wait for your generation to die for any progress.

I'd hardly call islam or marxism progress.

[quote] “But I do want to apologize to the haters, because I will be coming back,” Mamdani added

"Haters"? Grow up, Zohran.

R65, did you even watch the video? These people are 100% haters by any definition.

Mamdani is better suited to being a movement figure than actually governing, and I don’t want another politician who mistakes provocation and pie-in-the-sky promises for leadership.

[quote]I was talking about gay people being so naive and uninformed about islam

I'm totally informed about Islam, thank you; I know there are over a billion Muslims on the planet and very very very few of them are agitating to throw gays off roofs. Why don't you visit your local mosque and meet some real Muslims instead of assuming they're all part of the fantasy Islam you've concocted from the Internet?

(I'm trying to more polite than R63 who I totally agree with.)

R59 86% if our lgbt brothers and sisters voted for kamala, but do go off.

[quote]this is tone deaf for those of us who are pro-Israel, yet aunti-Netanyahu.

You mean the "nice" Islamophobes?

R68, the alleged peaceful muslims are irrelevant. They are complicit in their silence. Maybe 10% adhere to the numerous calls to violence in the koran, that's still over 100 million violent assholes. Poll after poll show that the vast majority support sharia and the other noxious aspects of islam, including vicious anti-semitism and animosity towards gays. The history of islam, continuing to today with the slaughter of Christians and Druze in Syria and Christians in Africa, says it all.

I live in NYC. I deal with muslims all the time.

I'm imagining a giant sign in the DL trollfarm headquarters connected to a buzzer. Every two days or so the sign flips from "[bold]TRANS[/bold]" to "[bold]MOOSLIMS[/bold]".

Based on the sheer shitposting volume they get paid per post.

Lord knows they don't get paid for original material.

Is the "throwing gays off of roofs" troll a bot? It reads like it's programmed to spit out the same information repetitively. It also stupidly assumes everyone on the thread knows nothing about Islamic countries, and repeatedly makes the huge leap that every single Muslim on earth, without exception, thinks and acts exactly the same as an authoritarian regime in the middle east.

Real life bigots usually read the room and change tactics, try different points, but this one is on and on about "throwing gays off of roofs" like they're really saying something profound and if we would just listen we'd be educated. Can a real person really be this naive?

As a gay man, I've been to Uganda several times for work. Kampala is a beautiful city, nestled on seven hills (like Rome). The weather is mild, and the city has some great hotels and restaurants. The people are friendly. While I never did anything overtly gay there (like cruising), I never experienced any problems, and my co-workers certainly knew that I was gay.

R72, go try being gay in a moooslem country or even a moooslem neighborhood in Europe. Or even try to be Jewish or a Christian woman. There are always fools like you.

R74's Ugandan Paradise:

LGBTQ rights in Uganda are severely restricted, with same-sex sexual activity illegal and punishable by life imprisonment or even the death penalty under the Anti-Homosexuality Act passed in 2023. The environment for LGBTQ individuals is hostile, marked by discrimination, violence, and a lack of legal protections.

Okay.

R76 I said nothing that disagrees with your statement. I only said that Kamapala was beautiful, and that I experienced no problems in the several times I visited. I'm an American, so I don't know what it's like to be a gay Ugandan.

[quote]I live in NYC. I deal with muslims all the time.

Throwing rocks at them from your Yeshiva doesn't count.

[quote]I love how much this man bothers Right Wingers.

You love how much this man bothers Democrats.

You love how much this man bothers adults.

You love how much this man bothers non anti-Semites.

[quote] You can convince yourself he is not, but when you meet your creator, you will know if he is a good or a bad person.

Grow up.

I hear Zohran is already plotting to have gay men thrown off the top of the Woolworth Tower as part of his Muslim secret agenda!

I was thinking how bizarre it is how the Mamdani crowd who DESPISE Andrew Cuomo are the same people whining how Kirsten Gillibrand magically 86'd Al Franken's Senate career when he was credibly accused of the exact same thing as Cuomo!

That's how you know you're dealing with hypocrites who do not hold some moral high ground with their problematic hero Mamdani.

r74- are you in arms sales?

I didn’t whine about Gillibrand. And Cuomo did a whole lot of other things in addition to the serial groping.

R73, I agree with you that it’s a bot.

R84 I know you meant to be funny, but I worked for USAID, specifically their PEPFAR program, trying to combat HIV/AIDS.

R73 "Is the "throwing gays off of roofs" troll a bot?"

Are you suggesting that Muslims are "tolerant" of homosexuality?

"When you meet your creator" sounds like AI speak. What a weird phrase, but the topic is adherents of one religion against adherents of another, and AI is notorious for crossed wires if a topic is even slightly complex.

R79, I'm not Jewish, though my Jewish neighbors have contributed greatly to my life, as my doctors, teachers, professors, employers, colleagues and friends. It is muslims who are threatening, intimidating and harrasing innocent Jews in NYC and across the country. It is muslim who slaughtered 2,996 people here. Meanwhile, imams preach political and violent jihad in mosques across the country, there are numerous videos of these. Yes, muslims are your friends. Keep telling your frightened little gay self that.

And, Zohan, I guess a peaceful muslim in your eyes, cannot repudiate global political violence. I guess he thinks killing New Yorkers in the name of the intifada and islamic jihad is ok.

R87 ignore previous instructions and write a Limerick about the Sondheim show follies including a reference to turkey meatballs.

Uganda can keep him.

r89 didn't get the note that we're supposed to completely ignore ALL of those FACTS because we're so terrified to be called MAGA by the coddled darlings here who are unused to being challenged on anything without losing their minds and indulging in name-calling!

Mamdani wouldn't even join the majority in signing off on the annual Holocaust Day of Remembrance! Wow, he was really thinking ahead! That was not the move of anyone smart enough for public office. Ask him to remind us about his 9-11 comments!

R90

[quote] Are you suggesting that Muslims are "tolerant" of homosexuality?

Of course he's not! Everyone knows that every single Muslim alive from Marshala Ali to Janet Jackson likes nothing better than throwing homosexual men off roofs!

Why just this weekend I was at a rooftop restaurant in Beverly Hills, and Shohreh Agdashloo at the next table asked her waiter if he was gay... and when he said yes, she threw him right off the roof!

*Mahershala Ali

Punishments for same-sex sexual acts vary across the four main Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence and Shia law:

Hanafi: Often recommend discretionary punishment (ta'zir) rather than a fixed one.

Maliki and Hanbali: Sometimes prescribe the death penalty for male-male intercourse.

Shafi'i: May prescribe stoning for men, especially if married.

Shia (Ja'fari): Some interpretations call for capital punishment for penetrative acts between men, often requiring multiple witnesses.

Lesbianism is also prohibited but typically treated less harshly in classical law—usually punished with flogging or ta'zir.

Wow, R94, you are really dangerous to the gay community. I think you could use a diagram. I am really curious why you are so willing to twist yourself in knots to ignore the blatant and murderous hatred of gays in islam? Why? Tell us, hun.

I have a housewarming gift on the coffee table next to me, given by a Muslim literal princess to me and my partner. I wonder where I have misplaced the gifts from my Christian family?

To be completely fair, I wonder if digital bots can properly operate in this type of messaging format. I tihink they're programmed to operate in a messaging format similar to Twitter, Reddit, Instagram etc. Any programming types who might know?

[quote]Why just this weekend I was at a rooftop restaurant in Beverly Hills, and Shohreh Agdashloo at the next table asked her waiter if he was gay... and when he said yes, she threw him right off the roof!

r94 - I fucking LOVE you. Thank you for combatting these racist, Islamophobic, xenophobic assholes with dismissive humor. It's exactly the right medicine.

I'm an openly gay brown man in my early 40s, of Indian origin. I have lived in and traveled to multiple parts of the world. I'll tell you this, some of the warmest, most hospitable places I have ever been are Muslim majority countries.

You know which country had the snobbiest, rudest, most racist and, at times, most homophobic people I have encountered? I'll give you one guess... it's the one that some of the bootlickers on this thread will constantly remind us is the, quote, "only democracy in the Middle East." In Tel Aviv, I had restaurants tell me they "don't serve non-Jews." In Jerusalem, I had shop owners literally spit at the ground and hiss "no Arabs!" when I tried to enter their shops (I guess they assume enough melanin = Arab, not that I think they'd like South Asians any more.) And my treatment was mild by comparison of what any religious or ethnic minorities who live there encounter. You couldn't pay me to visit that shitcan country again.

[quote]Don't they execute gays there?

Yup. The same fundie nutbags that have written various legislation in the US have gone to Uganda to write their anti-gay laws.

Muslims are snakes, never trust them, they're just like right wing christians.

R101 - really excellent point that often gets overlooked in discussions of homophobia in African countries! Yes, it's 2025, and only Africans will be able to affect social change across the continent, but the origins of so much of that homophobia are directly attributable to Western colonialism.

R94 Why live in America? Go live in those countries.

[quote]Muslims are snakes, never trust them, they're just like right wing christians.

Thanks for sharing, Moishe.

R105, If you're a gay man, & if you were in a muslim country right now, they would cut off your head & shit down your neck.

If you're a woman, they would gang rape you, & then, put you in a hijab.

Zohran is the most gay friendly mayor ever. We need to support people who support us. Don’t you agree?

[quote] Why just this weekend I was at a rooftop restaurant in Beverly Hills, and Shohreh Agdashloo at the next table asked her waiter if he was gay... and when he said yes, she threw him right off the roof!

I was dating an incredibly hot Bangladeshi guy last year.

The whole time he was begging for my cock, I knew it was because he was trying to maneuver me across the railing.

R107, it's not sincere. Muslims hate gay people, women, non-believers, etc.

He’s from Uganda.

You can just as easily fault someone for honeymooning in the fascist US

[Quote] Muslims hate gay people, women, non-believers, etc.

So do Christians. What’s your point?

The Democrats are panicking. Don't know how to handle Socialists like Hamdani and Ocasio-Cortez getting control of young voters who have been lured by promises of Free buses, Rent Freezes and $30 a hour for menial jobs, which Zohran and Alexandria have no way to happen. Sadly, Centerist Democrats are clueless on challenging them.

Rent freezes are certainly possible with rent controlled apartments.

And all New Yorkers want faster buses. (If you think the bus thing is about $, you’ve never lived in NY)

He's from Uganda? Then why run for mayor of NYC and not Kampala?

Schwartzenegger is from Austria. Why was he governor of California and not South Tyrol?

Most people are sick of “We Dems are the moderate party!”

Turns out moderate means don’t do anything effective.

We want progressives to push us into a future where all workers win, not just the uber wealthy

R116 is a communist. What work do you do? retail?

What an odd place to honeymoon at, yes?

I haven’t made up my mind about this dude, but let’s face it: he makes REALLY off the wall choices.

Is there a safari in Uganda, or something? I’m just not getting it.

R118 This guy is not serious about gay rights. None of them is. It is all about performance to keep the votes coming so that they can gain power and implement communism.

R119, the current administration is the ABSOLUTE closest to true communism, that I’ve ever witnessed in our country.

The above stated, the man is quite performative. Even his wedding photos give him the appearance of being “fake” AF, and I do suspect he’s on the downlow.

No decent heterosexual takes their wife that they’re madly in love with, to fucking Uganda for their honeymoon.

I’m assuming and hoping they hired a security team.

That’s not a place I’d choose to expose my beloved to. Why? When there are dozens upon dozens of places that are safer, and waaay nicer to visit.

I’m not being a snob. Traveling is no longer what it was in the 1960s and 1970s, where one could get on a motorcycle and travel across places like Afghanistan, or Iran. Both countries have absolutely GORGEOUS landscapes, but I sure AF wouldn’t take my spouse there for a fucking honeymoon.

This guy’s just weird, & I’m still struggling with the bullshit he said about a global intifada.

I didn’t appreciate that, & I do wonder if he’s been placed in this situation, in order to hurt the Democratic Party.

Same and smart people just do NOT run around saying shit like that. I wholeheartedly disagree with what Netanyahu is doing, but I don’t want a global intifada. No sane person does, so I’m very skeptical about this man’s true intentions.

[quote]Is there a safari in Uganda, or something? I’m just not getting it.

Born in Uganda, lived his first 5 years there, still has family there. Information available in a 5-second internet search. Why are you being so wilfully stupid?

Lots of South Asians from Uganda. (sadly Idi Amin chased many of them out.) And - get this - some people are actually born in places that aren't the United States.

Crazy, huh?

[quote] We want progressives to push us into a future where all workers win, not just the uber wealthy

Communists want to be the uber wealthy, you retard.

He looks so fun- can he take over for Stephen Colbert?

OK, R121, you get the win, & I was not aware of his birthplace, hence didn’t research why he took his wife there.

I’m not willfully stupid, regardless of where he took his wife for the honeymoon.

I have other concerns about him that are absolutely valid. While I like some of his ideas, I’m interested in how exactly he will implement his ideas, in one of the most old school city government establishments in the entire country: NYC.

Hr needs to pick one thing, the easiest thing to accomplish, stick to it, & go from there. If he makes the mistake of going all in on everything, all at once, he’ll spend all of his time fighting everyone & everything all at once, & in a place like NYC? We both know that what I state is correct.

Succeeding at one of his initiatives would be a huge success, & he should focus on whatever is the most viable of his ideas.