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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
From the other side, it's absolutely ####ing fantastic that we've made progress to a point where families can bring their kids to the pride parade and leave no doubt in their minds that LGBT people are part of our community, that who they are is no better or worse than any other way of being. Gay people are everywhere in our community - in media, in classrooms, in trades, and yeah, in the police force, and they don't have to hide who they are anymore. That's worth celebrating. Whatever you want the Toronto Pride parade to be, that's what it is, and that's a good thing. BLM ####ed up a good thing.
Sorry, that won't get through the filter, but that's how I feel. I don't want to argue with you about it, it's clearly pointless and it seems really likely that you're just going to keep being a jerk.
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I don't think there is anything wrong with the family side of things and I apologise if you think I'm being a jerk. For the record, I think you're one a lot too. That's what happens when two people passionately disagree on almost everything.
The BLM protest was meant to inject current politics into an event that has essentially lost any relevant political meaning. There is a large issue that BLM looked to address regarding the community, and I feel it was educational. You might not like it, but then you wouldn't have liked the Pride parade in the beginning, would you have?
BLM didn't ruin anything. They were invited, they took their stand, they attempted change through force. That has happened many times in the gay community, and it's respectable.
The Pride parade shouldn't always just be a hunky dory family parade with a bit of flair. It should be a vessel for political change too, even if it's political change within the community it originated from.
And that's all I have to say about it.