Posted on 11/01/2024 7:49:47 AM PDT by Red Badger
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is facing criticism over a campaign mailer featuring a nonsensical Arabic translation of election information, including the last day voters can cast their ballot. The campaign leaflet features Arabic script in which the characters appear in reverse order and are disconnected, deviating from standard Arabic script requirements.
The mistake drew attention after Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a journalist, criticized the gaffe on X (formerly Twitter). He remarked that the disorganized script was emblematic of Ocasio-Cortez’s disconnect with Arab voters.
The incorrect Arabic also drew comments from Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian studies professor at Reichman University. He equated the flyer mishap with Ocasio-Cortez’s understanding of Middle Eastern affairs, labeling it “gibberish.”
Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign did not appear to have caught the error until Shihab-Eldin and others noted the mistake. The New York Democratic Party lawmaker had posted images of the mailer on social media but quickly deleted them after criticism began to roll in. As part of her campaign, Ocasio-Cortez has been vocal about reducing military aid to Israel, accusing the Jewish state of committing acts of genocide against Palestinians.
The social media post accompanying the campaign material pointed out efforts to mobilize New Yorkers in five languages, advancing support for Vice President Kamala Harris, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), and Ocasio-Cortez herself. According to the Democrat, her campaign has sent mailers in 800 languages, including English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, French Creole, and Bengali. It is unclear how many suffer from translation and grammatical issues which render them unintelligible.Image by Matt A.J.
Kind of like her videos when speaking in English. She’s multi-lingual in gibberish.
They should, they come from Giberdelphia.
They forgot to tell her that Arabic reads right to left. So she was writing pig latin.
IT’S THE OL’ CLINTON RUSSIAN RED RESET BUTTON STRATEGY!!!!!!!
That’s not Halal..............
It is like kosher ham, ain’t it?
Same as the pronoun gibberish
Is Turkey ‘ham’ or ‘bacon’ kosher?..................
I thought she was saying “IJ be happy, micrometer #9 or a snake will eat your happy face”
Gibberish? So it’s apparently an accurate translation of her English.
Perhaps it was created by the same helpful person who wrote the "Death to All Juice" sign.
Gibberish is a step up for AOC. Who listens or pays attention to her anyway?
No one can figure out what she means in English either. It’s probably an accurate translation.
She needs a good spanking for this.
President Trump should load aoc fliers into his garbage truck
But, she’s a Democrat and so understanding of all the various cultures.
Plus she is a total moron and most of the people who work with her are total morons. Was there not one person on her staff who had an arabic speaking friend who could check it before publishing? Or did the young genius on her staff think they had an IQ of 120 and didn’t need any check on their work?
I speak three languages fluently and I check up on my work because I got no desire to look any more foolish than I am.
You do not catch a mistake after someone else points it out. You admit the mistake.
The Mandarin flyer probably translated to “Spank the naked tadpole.”
Yeah, but it was authentic frontier gibberish?
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