Comment on Police call Pride protesters 'an ugly rabble'
xilliah@beehaw.org 9 months ago
So who’s protesting what and why and why were the cops attacked?
Comment on Police call Pride protesters 'an ugly rabble'
xilliah@beehaw.org 9 months ago
So who’s protesting what and why and why were the cops attacked?
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Cops don’t belong at pride events wearing the uniforms traditionally used to kick the shit out of the community with impunity.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
“But protesters said police shouldn’t be allowed to participate in the event given why people began protesting in the 1970s.”
Ok so cops today get paint thrown at them for events that happened 40 or 50 years ago? That doesn’t seem reasonable to me. Some police today weren’t even born when this stuff happened, but they nonetheless get punished away?
I really do think this sins of the father stuff has to stop. This is exactly how centuries long feuds between groups people keep going.
And punishing police who support lgbt is not helpful and will do nothing to stamp out those pockets of police that are still problematic.
And above all else, uniform aside these are individuals and should be treated with respect. Just seeing the uniform and nothing else really is dehumanising.
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
They are not the “sins of the fathers” Police are still doing very real harm to the community.
You’re not “supporting LGBT” if the first thing you do when something you don’t like happens is start attacking them physically and in the press.
Most people couldn’t give a shit if someone employed as a police officer went full bore ham at pride. It’s the marching in uniform that is the big fucking issue. This could have been avoided. It could have been acknowledged as a bad idea. People have not been subtle about “We do not want uniformed police officers acting like we are their PR machine”. But they went ahead anyway in defiance of all logic and sentiment, shit happened and now it’s OHH THE ABHORRENTSSSSSSSSSS
It is not. helping. matters. And they have to see that - so why do they keep persisting?
wscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Some police are. That doesn’t justify what was done. Are you going to throw paint on Palestinians for what Hamas did? It’s the same kind of thinking - collective guilt. One of your colleagues did something bad so fuck you, you’re going to cop it. Sorry that’s not justice, that’s just hate.
If your colleagues are being attacked would you really stand back and do nothing? That’s not reasonable. The police still have to restore order.
Some people as you put it do not get to decide who can or can’t march in pride. Pride is for everyone , even for police in uniform if they come in the right spirit. It’s not the decision to make of a handful who can or cannot attend. They had a childish dummy spit because they didn’t get their way.
What exactly are they aiming for? Perfect behavior from every police officer forever more? That’s not realistic. Every profession will always have dodgy cunts and always will. Police can try and have policies and procedures in place but demanding perfection before deciding they want police to march really is silly.
And again uniform or not, throwing paint on someone is a form of assault and it’s not legal. What did they was going to happen in the media? A pat on the back and hugs and kisses?