So black lives matter slid in and can potentially ruin something meant for the LGBTQ community.. Great.
So "fuck everyone else until we're satisfied", right?
I'm not here feeling sorry for the police. They're not blameless in this. But there's got to be a better way to handle this than holding a middle finger to their face and telling them to get out of the room, someone else's room that they're welcome in, no discussion allowed.
So it's a fuck you, now you know how it feels type of action? That's not the spirit of Pride
I just lost a year off my damn life reading your stupid ass posts.
I implore all of you, as I always do in Pride Toronto threads, to learn something. Everyone keeps throwing around what they read about BLM TO in The Sun like it means a damn thing, but these are people in our community. Why not talk to them? Why not reach out to them directly and ask them what their motivations are? Instead, you wanna post stupid ass shit like this. You wanna discount their beliefs because something something parade. When you theorize as to the motivations of people that are literally blocks away from you at most, all you do is show that you don't actually want to know what they think or feel or have lived. Go talk to them! Don't talk to us. Unless, of course, you don't actually live here.
norm9 in particular. When you say that, all you do is reveal your ignorance. Either because you're not a member of the community and just wanna throw your valuable 2 cents in, or because you are a member of the community and don't know or care to know a damn thing about Pride Toronto. I wanna say, "What, pray tell, is the spirit of Pride?" but I already know what you'd say because it's the same thing half the damn people attending Pride Toronto would say.
I have such respect for BLM TO attempting to fix Pride Toronto. I really do. Even interacting with it in spirit on NeoGAF is more than enough for me. These threads are damn stressful. I flirt with a ban every time I come in here.
EDIT: And I've gotta send out a ton of respect to everyone posting here who has also posted in the last few threads. These tend to be very stressful dialogues about issues that affect us and our community and typically don't affect those that we interact with here. Many, many posters from previous threads I'm sure are lurking and unwilling to deal with Round 2 of this same drama, and I don't blame them, but know that I see you guys posting and greatly appreciate your patience.