Chat — when did blatant racist rhetoric like this become acceptable? That too, from a *checks notes* Partner at a top-tier VC firm.

This is a genuine question (I would truly appreciate counterpoints or any opinions that further meaningful dialogue). 

I’ve publicly criticized Mamdani’s policy platform (as many have) but positioning lying as a *virtue* of both his culture and Islam is disgusting. Rent freezes are a bad idea, but I don’t think Islam is to blame? Bernie Sanders also supports rent freezes and he’s Jewish?

Is backlash—and I’m talking specifically about people who have a platform/voice—contained more so because they:
- generally agree with this sentiment
- don’t agree but think cultural/religious slander is okay in a political context
- don’t agree but feel it’s not worth speaking out

Adjunct Professor at NYU. Interested in cryptography and zk tech.

> when did blatant racist rhetoric like this become acceptable

vibe-shift after Trump got elected again. personally I actually prefer for people to be open about what they really think, whether I agree or not, whether it's offensive or not

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I want to agree, but then some people put one in the oval office (twice).

but those were verboten in elite professional spaces, e.g. a Sequoia partner never would have posted birtherism publicly

I don't think the vibe shift started with Trump. Allegations of Obama being a "secret Muslim" did not lead that far ahead of Trump's elections, relatively speaking.