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Originally Posted by Blaster86
They didn't say this. They took you to task for trying to say who can have what identity as a person. You then took them to task for saying police were more important people than others. You're still doing it. They didn't say this though. They didn't even imply this. I think you should stop saying that this was the message they were trying to convey.
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No, I get it. And I think your interpretation is no more valid than mine, considering neither of us is the one who said it.
When you defend the right for an identity to exist and say "society should value their identification with that job" while on the other hand, spending time making it very clear that certain identities don't matter, you are making a declaration of importance. Why would society care if police identified with their job, if it didn't matter?
I think you should stop telling me that your interpretation is more-valid and that I should stop talking about mine. It's great you didn't see a problem. I do. And I'm not going to keep defending my right to vocalise that interpretation. We're coming at this from diffferent angles, I'm bringing hundreds of posts worth of conversations as context, and you're bringing your own context (which may just be the need to interject and call me ridiculous or something, you're making a habit out of it). That's all fine.
Linking it back to the Pride parade in an awkward way, it's part of the issue. People come into things with their own context, which makes understanding some of these decisions so divisive. Life experiences differ, so some people are saying "The police and gay community have a great relationship!" but it's important to remember that it's not true for all of the community, which is why it's important to stand together.