And I had a blast. It was fun being with so many cool people. Saw some people walking with a communist Trans flag with a hamsic. Everyone was really loving toward eachother. Got a few cat calls from groups of bears lol.
Anyway, felt good that I was able to do this, just wanted to share 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
But I was weirded out by companies being in the Pride. I saw a group of people from the company Chemours, who are actively poisoning the water in Belgium and The Netherlands. Proper company queerwashing.
I was at one in Berlin that had a huge amount of Israeli Zionist propaganda.
Luckily none of that over here. Quite a few Palestina flags honestly.
Did you go to tell people feeding queer people to dogs isn't an issue?
No, I told them it was an irrelevant distraction used to steer them away from contributing to any meaningful change at the root cause and instead towards a source of liberal smugness. An attempt to co-opt a something real and user it for nefarious ends.
(For people wondering, this guy is sore about people calling out culture war bullshit because a liberal podcast told him to be)
The FBI had a contingent in this year's pride where I am 🙃
Verizon was at the one I went to, lol. It felt like a big advertisement sometimes, but with hipster food trucks serving 13 dollar sandwiches.
It was ok. It was nice feeling somewhat safe, for a second. For one, Amerika has this little problem with having the most mass shootings on Earth. As soon as I stepped outside of the pride area I got called a "c@@@sucker" by a stranger.
Heheh. Heh. 😕
Just like Bayer in my country rocking the queer flag on their headquarters.
queerwashing
I think the correct term is "rainbowwashing"
huh i was gonna say i've heard queerwashing as well, but the wikipedia page only lists pinkwashing and rainbow-washing. may be a regional thing
Yeah it was sort of a mix over here. But I felt like no one really cared for those companies. The biggest cheers where for the leather gays and the drags and for basically every non corporate org participating.
I feel like this is a common problem that plagues a lot of pride parades. Smaller local ones for small to kid sized cities are usually much much more personal I’ve found. They’re also much more fun.
damn i remember downvotes
they just allow cowards to express drive-by disagreement without actually voicing an opinion that might be challenged
dope experience tho, glad you got to go!
Same! In Antwerp
Could not really follow the parade but it was good to be there
Probably! We should ask for other comrades going to events and possibly meet
Oh there where quite a few boys kissing there. And girls. And others. :)
