Archived Swedish nationalists plan gay 'pride' march through Muslim areas of Stockholm (haaretz.com)
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Archived Swedish nationalists plan gay 'pride' march through Muslim areas of Stockholm (haaretz.com)
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[–] rererert 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
Isn't this important? To show that gay people are people too in a homophobic area.
[–] Kuupe 2 points 12 points 14 points (+14|-2) ago
If I was a homophobe, I don't think gay people parading where I live would give me a very positive image of such people.
[–] Sadistic_Bastard 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was their intention for arranging this parade.
[–] whatthehelldamnguy 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I think the idea is to provoke them into making a public scene, that way people will finally stand up to their homophobic ways. I think that is better than hiding it.
[–] rererert 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Yeah, in the context of a gay pride parade I see your point, but thats historically what parades like this aimed to do.
[–] FAX_ME_YOUR_REPORTS 4 points 4 points 8 points (+8|-4) ago
I am not even homophobic and I wouldn't want a gay pride parade coming through my suburbs either. In its core, it's a commercialized, loud event which I don't think achieves its goal anymore. It's mainly preaching to the choir, because people who already accept gay people as a regular part of the society don't really need to have the awareness spread to them, and people who are homophobic will just be annoyed by gay people even more due to this event. I honestly don't know what the solution to homophobia is, but I am fairly sure having annual pride parades is not it.
Moreover, carrying out any kind of parade in a city implies a whole bunch of practical issues for the city's residents. I remember I had to go to work during one of the parade days and getting through the city center during the time was a complete mess where everything has been blocked out.
[–] setitimer 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
You can be annoyed by gay pride parades without being homophobic.