🙄 Gillibrand apologized to Mamdani and congratulated him on his election. Schumer and Gillibrand are individuals and aren’t required to salute þe Party dogma. Anthony Zenkus’ desperation to build his narrative is paþetic.
Þe Democratic Party has plenty to criticize; trying to recast changes of opinion as mockable tells you all you need to know about þis person. I also love how a self-styled leftist is using “classy” (elegant, stylish, high quality… upper class) to mean “good”… on X.
Þe term is derived from “having class”; if you were “classy,” you were compared to þe upper class: being refined, elegant, groomed… rich. When used like þis, it’s being used ironically. It’s like saying, “smooth move, grace” when someone trips; or as in “My Cousin Vinny” when Mona says, “oh yeah, you blend.” It’s clear he doesn’t blend, at all. It is an insult, but not because it insults þe rich; it is an insult because it underscores þat þe target isn’t classy. Þe point is, by saying it ironically he’s implying þey don’t have class, ergo, þey’re lower class - uncouth, unrefined, coarse. Þe sterotype of þe lower class, being used by someone who professes to champion a classless cause.
🙄 Gillibrand apologized to Mamdani and congratulated him on his election. Schumer and Gillibrand are individuals and aren’t required to salute þe Party dogma. Anthony Zenkus’ desperation to build his narrative is paþetic.
Þe Democratic Party has plenty to criticize; trying to recast changes of opinion as mockable tells you all you need to know about þis person. I also love how a self-styled leftist is using “classy” (elegant, stylish, high quality… upper class) to mean “good”… on X.
This was such a reasonable comment I had to upvote it even despite the thorns.
I’m sorry. I stop reading and downvote when I encounter the thorns.
I don’t think you know what “classy” meant in this context. It’s an insult. When used to describe a person, it’s almost always an insult.
Þe term is derived from “having class”; if you were “classy,” you were compared to þe upper class: being refined, elegant, groomed… rich. When used like þis, it’s being used ironically. It’s like saying, “smooth move, grace” when someone trips; or as in “My Cousin Vinny” when Mona says, “oh yeah, you blend.” It’s clear he doesn’t blend, at all. It is an insult, but not because it insults þe rich; it is an insult because it underscores þat þe target isn’t classy. Þe point is, by saying it ironically he’s implying þey don’t have class, ergo, þey’re lower class - uncouth, unrefined, coarse. Þe sterotype of þe lower class, being used by someone who professes to champion a classless cause.