tilehinge t1_j8wwl1o wrote on February 17, 2023 at 3:14 PM

Reply to comment by Simon_Jester88 in Boston’s Pride parade set to return this summer under new leadership and new name by bostonglobe

The point of the system is brutality and oppression. It will handily resist all internal efforts to change, because it controls the people within it - their paychecks, their livelihoods, and even their lives. If it decides you're a Problem, they'll toss you out in a hot second.

Simon_Jester88 t1_j8wxo1t wrote on February 17, 2023 at 3:21 PM

That sounds like a lot of blanket statements.

tilehinge t1_j8xeqls wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:11 PM

Ask Houston Tipping how "change from within" went.

Simon_Jester88 t1_j8xfbwc wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:15 PM

Wow, one individual case that doesn't address the actual issue or point I'm trying to make.

Turd_Ferguson_ t1_j8xhn4r wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:29 PM

Redditors will abandon any and all stated principles as soon as a group they dislike (in this case, cops) stands on the other side.

Simon_Jester88 t1_j8xjvp5 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:43 PM

I feel like it separates who actually lives in the real world and who lives behind a keyboard all day.

tilehinge t1_j8xzc2m wrote on February 17, 2023 at 7:22 PM

Lol what principle did I abandon? "Fuck cops" is pretty core for me.

Turd_Ferguson_ t1_j8y243l wrote on February 17, 2023 at 7:40 PM

r/boston: "Police should be a part of the community they serve"

Police: "Cool, can our LGBT officers be a part of the parade?"

r/boston: autistic screeching

tilehinge t1_j8yct03 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 8:49 PM

Cops should be accountable to the community. Until they are - and they're nowhere close yet - communities, including the queer community, have every right to exclude them, and rightfully so. But cool ableism anyway.