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by pmarreck 433 days ago
I'm confused, because the person depicted by that tweet does not AT ALL resemble the person being interviewed here a year ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grj328-hlhA

Please at least watch this and see if you see his sincerity. Maybe you will end up as confused as me?

We need to use a scalpel, and not a sword, when it comes to distinguishing actual bad-actors, from mere associations to ethnicities or origins. For one thing, why would a guy who converted to Buddhism even do what that tweet is claiming?
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firesteelrain 433 days ago
Psychopaths can be whomever they want you to believe.

Lots of people hide behind “peace” just like the poor young boy who did supposedly good in school that murdered a classmate.

This guy is not a Buddhist. He is a terrorist loving activist. Deport him.

Do you really think this guy is a saint? https://x.com/shaidavidai/status/1911978781402669113?s=46

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pmarreck 432 days ago
Based on that description (which is all hearsay btw), no. Not a saint. But also no different from someone who grew up in a country that was infused with a certain narrative.

> This guy is not a Buddhist.

Literally counter to what he claimed. Even claiming publicly as a lie that you are a Buddhist, this endangers your life in Islam... and Palestine is VERY Muslim. That's what doesn't make sense. He's not (at least not anymore) a death-cultist, even if he does use some of the same language.

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firesteelrain 431 days ago
He has been undergrad for 16 years and what a great way to stay in green card status. Mahdawi, a foreign Columbia student, said he empathizes with Hamas, honored his cousin, a commander Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, and told students “there’s nothing more honorable than dying for a noble cause.”

He's co-President of the Palestinian Student Union and organizer of pro-Hamas rallies. He appeared on 60 Minutes justifying the Oct 7th massacre.

Expressing his anger at Israel, Mohsen once stated that "stones and Molotovs weren’t enough” to satisfy his thirst for revenge.

Mohsen proudly noted on social media that his cousin is a high-ranking member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Mohsen led pro-Hamas protests under the “By Any Means Necessary” banner—standing beside @NerdeenKiswani who has openly called for Israel to be “wiped off the map.”

This guy is not a Buddhist. He is full of crap and a liar.

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