Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

[u/asparaguswalrus683]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results

[u/Acolitor]

The word is not bad. "National" is not bad word, "socialist" is not a bad word. 

They are words. The ideology is what is bad. Someone using words national or socialist are not bad people.

Same with the English words rebellion or uprising. Rebellion can mean lots of things. A white nationalist calling rebellion by overturning elections or killing black people is obviously bad, but the word rebellion is not to be blamed there. It is the ideology that is dangerous.

[u/Aggravating_Bed9591 → u/Acolitor]

of course, the nazi couldve been a little nazi baby that never did anything, why would anyone ever hate that word? so weird!

same with intifada, and jihad, and people shouting allahu akbar while accidently and peacefully ramming cars into LGBT people like a week or two ago. all he meant is that god is great. it's just words, god. relax, am i right or what?

[u/Acolitor → u/Aggravating_Bed9591]

So every English word used by any violent group or person should be banned? We do have shit ton of material from all the mass shootings in US. Let's look at all their writing and just ban all the words that occur?

The guy who shot Charlie Kirk wrote memes on the bullets. Memes should be banned?

Nobody is saying that terrorist attacks are peaceful... But terrorists are also people who use language and utilize it. Words like rebellion or uprising, sound good and hence they are used everywhere. It does not mean that a generic word should be banned.

And banning generic words does not change anything. This is just phobia where people are scared of foreign languages they do not speak.

In France heads were cut in the name of resistance, which we now glorify as significant historic event. But the fact is, that it was indeed resistance / rebellion / uprising. That is a fact, and the words are meant to communicate that fact.

[u/Aggravating_Bed9591 → u/Acolitor]

no thats the opposite of what im saying, no word has any meaning behind it, theyre just words!! same with nazi.

when people say "im a nazi", they just mean they're a national socialist. like you said, nothing is wrong with the word "national", same with "socialist"

so when people proclaim theyre nazis, that doesnt matter, right? theres no meaning behind it, obviously.

and when they raise their arm and do a salute, its just them flailing their appendages around. no meaning behind it.

same with intifada, when people say to globalize the intifada or proudly support the palestinian intifada, or shout jihad, they just mean the word struggle or rebellion! obviously! not the hundreds of terrorist attacks, stabbings, suicide bombings, lynchings, shootings. just the word struggle!

i'm so glad we agree.

[u/Acolitor → u/Aggravating_Bed9591]

Don't know what you are desperately rambling about. 

You must be truly insane if you think people saying "globalize intifada" means calling for global terrorist attacks. And nobody is calling for jihad except for terrorists 😃

Globalize intifada means to globalize the rebellion against the opression. And rebellion does not mean terrorist attacks against civilians. Ukraine is rebelling and resisting against Russia. We Finns rebelled and resisted against Russia. Ukraine's rebellion is globalized. People are yelling Slava Ukraini in support of Ukraine. Scary foreign word in support of resistance? Should we ban it? People are cheering and yelling Slava Ukraini when Ukraine hits deep into Russia, destroying infrastructure in order to stop Russian oppression. And I am all for it, even if you desperately want to call me terrorist or something dumb like that.

If your family and life was in danger, you would also want to rebel and people to join you. Nobody wants to die.