United States Politics: ∆τ_i*ε*φ*m_i<0 where ε=4 and φ=0.25

[DavidCroquet]

It's fitting that Zohran Mamdani torpedoed his own campaign in the last week by caping for the slogan “globalize the intifada.”  Why are leftists so bad at politics?

I hadn't read up on this, and it's was funny (and unsurprising) to see that the Mamdani campaign first tried to deflect in the most ass way possible.

"It's not a hate term, because the word "intifada" is used in an arabic translation of a phrase in the US Holocaust Museum"

...what the fuck are you talking about?

That's like saying "Go back to Africa" isn't a hateful phrase because all of those words can be found in the dictionary. Everyone knows that candidates for high office are not retarded*, so why go for these obvious and easily knocked over deflections? 

"Durr, I just thought it was like a word you could use in any sentence." Get outta here, c'mon. 

Then he pivots to his best Rudy Guiliani impression with noun, verb, 9/11, islamophobia edition. Real deft political instincts there, buddy.

*more of a benefit of the doubt rather than actual, solid knowledge