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[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 65 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Zohran "Kwame" Mamdani

lmao what's with the quotation marks, that's literally his middle name!

[–] dead@hexbear.net 46 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

He's trying to do the thing like where Republicans say Barrack Hussein Obama.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 30 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I mean, I know he is, but...you don't use quotation marks for that! Put in in capital letters or something, dear god! I mean, the fact that you're including it is already emphasis enough, since it's not usually included when people talk about him. We get what you're doing!!

I don't know why I'm so fixated on this but it really irks me. I mean, Trump's appeared in WWE events and his main shtick is insult comedy! Surely he should know that the quotation marks are for nicknames, like Jesse "The Body" Ventura or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. I guess it's just the boomer thing where they use quotes for emphasis. But like...AAAAAA ralsei-angry

[–] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 37 points 6 days ago

Boomers don't know how use quotation marks

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My take is that he's quoting the name to mock how it sounds and to imply it's made up in some way

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

Okay, this one actually makes sense, and I feel kind of silly for not seeing it. I must go into the mountains and hone my racism ESP to improve my comprehension of Trump tweets trump-enlightened

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

Scare quotes are often used to literally scare people.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 32 points 6 days ago

it's his attempt to emphasize that Mamdani is black

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Middle Names are a Papist invention to oppress the Anglo-saxons

[–] regul@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I knew Zohran reeked of popery.

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Let's throw out all this newfangled religious hate sweeping Turtle Island against non Christians, and go back to our sectarian roots - hating on those damned Catholics!

[–] musicpostingonly@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago

It's foreign sounding. folks with the same generalized intelligence level will eat that shit up and that's all that fucking matters.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 6 points 5 days ago

He did the same with Obama. He knows that Americans hate foreigners and foreign sounding people.

[–] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

Damn it, I thought Trump was comparing him to Kwame Enkrumah and I was excited that trump even knew to make it. Thought for a second Trump might actually know about him