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Originally Posted by blankall
Even the liberal parties didn't have a stellar record until about ten years ago. A lot of those people marching probably are gay themselves. Fiscally conservative gays is not a new thing. It's great they have more confidence expressing themselves. Is it two faced? It's much harder to stand up for gay rights as a conservative party member. These marches are also public, so it's not a case of hiding expression in one environment and giving the opposite in another.
And the whole taking the T out of the slogan really is grasping at straws.
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Yeah, I'm aware there are fiscally conservative gays. Hi.
It's two faced because it's what you do as a party that defines you, not what event you show up to. Being gay and fiscally conservative isn't some magic thing that wows the LGBTQ community, there are a significant amount of people just like that. It's not brave, or admirable. It's just life. Being gay doesn't restrict you to certain political leanings.
The point is that marching is easy. It's easy to say "Look, we support you" without actually showing support on a policy level. Actually support the community in your actions as a party, and then march all you want. It has nothing to do with some "if you were bad once why try" boneheaded nonsense, it's about not taking the easiest, most meaningless showing of support and think it's enough. This is not saying "Hey, Liberals good, Conservatives bad" because yeah, the Liberals are pretty new at being ok at it too. This isn't about certain parties marching in the parade and whether they're allowed: The point is that marching in the parade is meaningless when you do very little to support the LGBTQ community otherwise.
And no, the changing of the T isn't grasping at straws, unless you have basically zero respect for what the T stands for. It's not the biggest issue, but it's completely ignorant.