New York Mayor Eric Adams did not mince his words about his disapproval of what he called the large number of “nasty” Gen Z voters supporting Zhoran Mamdani, the democratic socialist candidate leading the race for NYC mayor.

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    “Corrupt mayor condemns political rival and his supporters over fear of being held accountable for his many crimes”

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    hell yeah I’m a nasty boy. I want all shills, pedophiles and sycophants to get the fuck out of office.

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    He’s got such low numbers that it looks like the only people left supporting him are churchgoing old ladies. This would play to that crowd.

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    Guess what buddy, all of those so-called nasty voters are going to vote for whoever the hell they want, and you can call them names, but they don’t give a f*** what you think.

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    It should be etched in law that it’s prohibited to call the voters of your rival anything bad as it only serves to cause a division in the country.

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      I like the idea, but the First Amendment exists so idiots can say dumb things like this out in the open and we can all point and laugh.

      Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

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        I’d curtail the crap out of that first amendment

        If you have a following,v you don’t get to say whatever bull crap. You spread something that is known to be a lie, go to jail

        I know the implications, but fix those them instead. Just letting people continuously get away with lying hasn’t helped anyone since forever

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        “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?” Clinton said. “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic—you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up.”

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          And then they doubled down. It gave them such a strong rallying cry ot might have been one of the biggest factors of her losing

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            ot might have been one of the biggest factors of her losing

            Besides Cambridge Analytica and foreign interference.

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            Nearly 3 million more people voted for her than Trump. Ithe hard to say any 1 thing was the reason. It’s just as easy to say there was a percentage of the population that wouldn’t vote for a woman and that flipped enough purple states at the time.

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    That country is never going back. Once the politicians doing this shit becomes the norm, it’s all over.

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        It’s something that used to be said on occasion and shock people and now it’s just expected. So… yeah, pretty much now.

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          Just reread your comment and that was already what you were saying. I was trying to be funny, thereby adding nothing and potentially confusing other readers, including myself.

          I’ll show myself out.

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    I’m pretty sure the old always say the young hate the country.

    “Get off my lawn!” “Those youths with their [insert sexual trend here] are destroying the country.” “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” “Those young people hate the country!” “It’s Patrick, he just got life insurance.”

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    “Hey, I’d really like to afford a house and a family some day while staying in the city I grew up in and live”

    “Fucking radicals”

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    Nothing like a senior citizen yelling at kids for checks notes wanting to vote for their preferred candidate.

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    He is just afraid of ending in the unemployment line. As a professional politician, he has no real moneymaking skills in the real world.

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    Brit tabloid? In my news comm???

    I’m certainly biased, but why does it feel like England is the birthplace of tabloid trash reporting?

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        In terms of its physical size when it was still in print, the newspaper did adopt a compact, tabloid format. This could be the reason people think it’s an actual tabloid. Using that format is a great way to get many people to look down on your publication.

        As Far as credibility goes, they are left center (so not as unbias as they could be) and they have been known to misreport things… but who hasn’t?

        Media Bias Fact Check gives them a rating of “Medium Credibility” https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-independent/

        That said, compared to News here in Canada; CTV, CBC, and Global all have a better rating than the Independent.