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  1. void gaze

    August 24 Graceda Park, Modesto CA National Straight Pride Counterprotest

    They probably would have roamed the area terrorizing and beating up queer people (and people of color, homeless people etc etc) as has happened in the vicinity of other fascist rallies. They aren’t like left wing peacenik activists who literally just want to perform, as you said, for an “audience.”
  2. void gaze

    August 24 Graceda Park, Modesto CA National Straight Pride Counterprotest

    Also it’s no coincidence that ‘straight pride’ parallels ‘white pride’. Pretending that groups who already have the upper hand are actually oppressed is a gesture of projection which leads very quickly to violence against marginalized groups. ‘Free speech’, even if it were at issue here, does...
  3. void gaze

    August 24 Graceda Park, Modesto CA National Straight Pride Counterprotest

    This is literally a neo-nazi/alt-right event. Its organizers have been clear they are not just anti-lgbt+ but anti-Semitic, white nationalists. They are jumping on the bandwagon with a similar event in Boston being put on by other known fascists who have been coming up with one ‘cause’ after...