@SallyGold I consider the purchase of a book that I know I won’t soon be able to read as an act of defiance against time - a conscious statement of optimism that I’ll have the time to do so - someday.
@DustinGouker You should have seen the discards: anti-social, social-ist, social animal, the social network, gambling but we call it social to evade taxation and regulation..
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Wasn’t long ago that Barack Obama was called a Muslim and a socialist born in Africa by those bent on stirring up fear. The message: “He’s not one of us”
Zohran Mamdani actually is a Muslim, a socialist and born in Africa.
And New Yorkers said: “You are us; we are you”
Voters rejected the ossified purveyors of division and embraced what Mario Cuomo in his own 1977 race for mayor called the “magnificent mosaic” of culture, ethnicity and religion that is New York.
“We were never meant to be a melting pot,” said Mario Cuomo. “Our beauty derives from the harmony of our coming together in our differences.''
Zohran Mamdani carried that banner in his campaign.
Congratulations to the Mayor-elect.
“The politics that made New York what it is today are musty, and if there’s one thing that you feel when you’re on the streets is that young people feel like their time has come,” Glaser said.
“You have this old guy yelling at them to get off my lawn and that they’re not ready or smart enough to take the reins. The message that seems to be emerging from the younger generation is that it’s our city too. Yeah, we’re going to make mistakes, but it’s time. It’s time to pass the torch.”
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@SalAlbaneseNYC@ElvinBen “Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling and more honesty.”
— Governor Mario M. Cuomo
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