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Originally Posted by rubecube
Why did you quote me if you weren't going to bother answering my question? The point of the matter is that police officers as individuals are not being excluded from Pride, the police as a symbol of violence, hatred, and discrimination against the gay community are. What exactly is the problem with that? What exactly has the policing community done to show remorse for their past actions and continued actions against the gay community and PoC, other than the half-hearted PR stunt of wanting to be involved with Pride? What have they done to assure that they're taking meaningful steps to prevent future harm against these same people?
I also think there's a bit of a double-standard here. If say the Westboro Baptist Church suddenly came out and said "Nah, we're over that whole God hates fags business. Our bad. We'd like to march in your parade now," I kind of doubt there'd be an outcry over Pride excluding them.
EDIT: In before the "you're comparing WBC to the police," attempt to deflect from the question.
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I guess this apology didn't count?
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/t...gay-community/