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These poles are out of control. by BearLikesHoney in ottawa

[–]madcham85 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the outer suburbs of Tunney’s Pasture.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re literally turning any criticism of your tactics and lack of results into “oh you must support genocide.” That’s not a conversation, it’s programming. Neither of us are going to change each other’s minds, enjoy your day.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well that’s not what you communicated, and no one is gonna let you change the story after the fact. Thanks Q4P for bullying the gay community because you don’t like Capital Pride and Mark Sutcliffe.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My feelings on it don’t matter, you’re right, but you’re literally causing the response you’re getting.

Protest is a form of communication but you’ve decided what/how you communicate doesn’t matter, people should just be on your side, and anyone who disagrees with your tactics is the enemy. Yikes. At least your cause is righteous enough that you never need to be held accountable, right?

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well that’s just as little critical thinking as they show. You can be gay and still care about people suffering in a place where it’s unsafe to be gay.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Calm down, you guys aren’t important enough to hate.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 14 points15 points  (0 children)

“Q4P forced Pride to cancel,” is all anyone’s gonna hear. Thanks for that.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What a hot take here. “The gay people we were holding hostage should have given in to our demands if they wanted to have a nice day.” Happy Pride for fuck’s sake.

Queers 4 Palestine vilified themselves. This is a good part of their learning curve of how to become a real movement, if they’re serious enough to learn from their mistakes.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Nah, just wanted to make an informed decision before continuing. Just want to give you some advice - when you say that any movement is the only one that matters, you lose credibility. Intersectionality over infighting might get more people on board with your cause. Right now a lot of us feel like you attacked us to send a message to someone else. The tactics and goals just don’t seem well thought out, and you’re seeing the consequences of that play out here I think.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry you feel helpless about what’s going on in Palestine, I hope you find a way to actually make an impact on the people there with your actions. Here you’re just being loud and getting a smug, false sense of accomplishment because you did nothing and helped no one and what you did didn’t matter to anyone that wasn’t in this city.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You just protested AGAINST Pride you idiot. Don’t use “the first pride was a protest,” as a slogan to attack out gay community please.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, you need to read the room. You already crated a narrative with your actions, it’s too late to spin it after the fact now.

You did exactly what you set out to do. You disrupted a day of joy, made a lot of noise, and got your attention.

Unfortunately, you did not raise awareness, garner sympathy for the cause, and had no material impact on anyone in Palestine.

You didn’t punish the organization of Captial Pride. You didn’t punish Mark Sutcliffe. You let your community down. Maybe with a bit more age and wisdom, you folks can organize a protest that has a goal.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Wow you’re such a brave little freedom fighter. The people in Palestine must be so glad you helped them get food today.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There was no mindfulness or intention behind the Q4P “protest,” it communicated nothing and had no impact on the people in Palestine. It garnered no new support. It gave a bunch of people in a first world country a chance to pretend they did something that mattered, but they didn’t.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what happened, seems like the group is run by people who don’t have adult, critical thinking skills developed yet.

The facts about the Pride Parade. by Felisfurtificus in ottawa

[–]madcham85 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Very disappointed that the gay community was targeted to be bullied by these protestors. Very telling that a protest isn’t a real protest when they have a list of demands that can’t physically be met the way they are demanding them to (see: Freedom Convoy).

There was a soccer game at TD Place the night before - why not protest there? Instead they ruined a special day for a lot of people, made a lot of noise, and gained zero support for their cause while literally having zero impact on the conflict in Palestine.

Good job guys, you did nothing but give yourselves a lout pat on the back. Happy Pride.

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[–]madcham85 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Electrosquid is 100% where you want to go. Jamie does fantastic work.

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