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Originally Posted by rubecube
I can't speak for Toronto but I can say it's been pretty universally lauded by my LGBTQ friends on the West Coast, especially the older ones who still remember how the police treated the community in the past. I believe Vancouver Pride has adopted a similar stance.
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Here's why I think its stupid.
You break down walls by helping both sides gain an understanding of each other. To open the lines of communication. To get both sides to realize that both sides are made up of human beings.
You create suspicion, anger, resentment by exclusion on both sides.
By excluding the cops, its pretty clear that BLM and the LGBTO don't want to create an atmosphere of acceptance and understanding and communication.
Both sides are now basically going to continue to dehuminize each other.
MLK probably would have been the exact opposite of BLM, he would have opposed the concepts of BLM which is to create anger and suspicion. He probably would have invited the cops in so that they could understand that they're dealing with people and not stereotypes.