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Mamdani breaks with longstanding NYC mayoral tradition in skipping Israel Day parade
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TBF the lunatics have a point - why the fuck is there an Israel day?! Not American so first I've heard of this.
It's just an NYC thing, not American, as they have one of the densest Jewish populations in the US. I'd never heard of it either
There's events for various cultures and ethnicities, the St. Patty's day parade (for one example) has been going longer then the U.S. has existed as a country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Parades_in_New_York_City
Why not? The greatest thing about America is that it is a cultural melting pot where we all get to celebrate and share our cultures with each other. We have clearly lost sight of that these days with the fascist coup, but it’s still in our nation’s DNA.
Celebrating one's culture can be wonderful. Celebrating Jewish heritage is perfectly fine.
Celebrating Israel is not celebrating Jewish heritage. Israel is an evil nation that not only commits attrocities, but fuels violent anti-Western extremists at the same time.
I'm of mixed descent but if I had an offficial any of those countries day that politicians were expected to go to I wouldn't like that. I don't even like canada day. I don't like any country day.
[insert culture here] market and festival type events are great though I like traditional food, dance and crafts, etc. Celebrate the people not the country, and celebrate the culture only if it doesn't involve killing civilians.
The only thing in your nation's DNA is war, imperialism and racism.
That's pretty reductionist.
"Might makes right" and White Supremacy are literally the values on top of which the US was created.
Just ask Native Americans.
The first one definitelly carries on very openly to this day (though nowadays it's played a lot more with the power of money rather than outright use of force) whilst the second might seem to have gone away but judging by what's being done now by the President elected by most Americans, clearly it did not, plus even the other bunch of the power duopoly that rules America were fine with that shit, though only abroad rather than home.
I mean, really, I'm trying to come up with values others than those that are true across America and I can't think of any. Some States and even cities have certain highly celebrated values, sure, but America as a whole, not really. Maybe Jingoism?
Oh buhu