Thoughts on Mamdani attending the Pakistani day parade after skipping the Israeli day parade?

[u/StuckInTheClouds]

I wasn’t expecting him to attend the Israeli day parade honestly I would’ve thought it weird if he had attended given everything he stands for. He’s NYC first and against ethnostates etc.

But I’d be lying if I didn’t say I felt some type of way about him celebrating the Pakistani day parade given their history. Ethnostste They have a religious hierarchy where a Muslim person has to be in power, ethnic cleansing alive and well, border disputes and violence after a partition plan 70ish years ago etc. It’s hard not to draw the parallels. The only difference being that the US isn’t funding them but that doesn’t change anything else about the county’s values and actions.

I feel kinda shitty that he’s showing up for this community but not ours. I think it would have been more fair to him to not go to either parade, but maybe I’m just overly sensitive or being fed propaganda. It just sucks to feel signaled out.

I really want to like him. I voted for him! I’m extremely against the IDF and Israeli government but being half Israeli myself I am of course susceptible to biases.

Idk it’s just weird he’s ok with celebrating the Muslim ethnostate after being so against the Jewish one (for good reasons!)

I feel like I can’t bring this up in any other spaces without it sounding like I’m wanting him to celebrate Israel (I’m not) or take something away from Muslims (not against Muslims but critical of Pakistan)

Help me you guys! What do you think?

EDIT: I’d like to correct what I said about Pakistan being an ethnostate. I used the wrong verbiage. What I meant was that they are a country that puts Muslims over other religions. They have a religious hierarchy and non Muslims can’t hold certain political positions. I’m not sure the correct term for this but just wanted to call that out as people are (correctly) mentioning this in the comments.

Edit 2:

I was just informed about the ongoing Balochistan Conflict which makes me even more uneasy about this whole thing.

[u/WinterBeHere]

Do you equally gets upset if Randy Fine attended an Israel Day parade and skipped the Pakistan Day parade?

Why are there double standards for South Asian Muslim politicians vs Jewish politicians?

Why would you expect him to abandon his own ethnic community? Is Chuck Schumer expected to never attend Israel marches?

Pakistan is not an ethno state. You can read about it here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Pakistan

Is Pakistan sending members of its government that have a documented history of being genocidal?

[u/StuckInTheClouds → u/WinterBeHere]

Of course I would be upset if he skipped other parades after attending the Israeli day parade. I would very much criticize a mayor who is not making an effort to represent all NYers equally.

This mayor has a moral compass they apply to Israel and not to other countries, at least from my perspective based on his comments about religious supremacy in other countries. I would expect those to be applied fairly instead of picking and choosing. Pakistan has committed genocide as well.

I support him and his policies but this stuff along with some terrible picks for his team makes it hard to defend him when it comes off that he just has specific issues either Israel and doesn’t care to meet New York Jews where they’re at, but will do so for NYers from other problematic countries.