Im sorry comrade. I can’t say I understand because I’m not experiencing it first hand, but I can empathize.
My partner is in the midst of a diagnosis for an autoimmune disease. She’s spent the last 3 years dealing with unexplainable symptoms, having doctors doubt her because of her age, friends and family minimize her situation and complain about accommodating us. It’s so mentally and emotionally exhausting having to explain ourselves at every turn, even to the people who should just provide unconditional support.
People really can’t or won’t make the connection. Even if they do, they find a way to be ignorant and try to explain it away so that they don’t need to adjust their own behavior or expectations.
Ask if he thinks Mamdani should make IDF service compulsory for all New York gentiles.