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Is it time for gay pride parades to take it down a notch in general?

Gathomas88 said:
Which is to say nothing of the possibility that the camera men might simply be deliberately avoiding the worst excesses of the event for "political correctness" sake alone.
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Oh please, you're the ones arguing that these are inappropriate in *public,* so go to one and film it yourself for us to see the "real" excess. I guarantee there are fundamentalist types there wanting to capture anything to use against these parades, just like some here are selectively posting 1-2 pics out of dozens.
 
sangha said:
Yes, the fact that Mardi Gras is a tradition that derives from ancient pagan celebrations from hundreds of years ago is totally irrelevant to my claim that Mardi Gras is part of a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. :lamo
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You haven't demonstrated anything even remotely resembling a connection. :roll:
 
roguenuke said:
It could be but then that would mean that many other non-gay oriented parades are wrong. There was less than 5 min total of shirtless people or crossdressers passing by. And 5 min is probably a big stretch.

I honestly cannot see a reasonable person viewing the vast majority of this 2 hour parade as raunchy in any way.
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I agree with you but then again I could care less if they're naked.
 
ChrisL said:
Well then this year was different from the others. I've seen it on my local news before too. So you can argue based on this ONE video that you have, but it is just not an honest portrayal of what actually happens. There have been arrests and other such things in the past.
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Okay, so I've been to the parades. I don't consider them offensive but then again I don't find risque behavior offensive. What is your position here, that they should tone it down? Why?
 
ChrisL said:
There are plenty of pictures and videos that show some raunch. Look it up for yourself. Rogue is concentrating on the Boston Gay Pride Parade which has always kind of been kept in line anyway, although I know some raunchy stuff still happens there too.

As a matter of fact, there have been complaints from gays about limitations being put on them during their parades.

Too edgy? Too tame? Gay pride parades spark debate - Business news - Boston.com
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Okay, I still don't see any real violation of public decency. just a bunch of talk.
 
opendebate said:
Okay, so I've been to the parades. I don't consider them offensive but then again I don't find risque behavior offensive. What is your position here, that they should tone it down? Why?
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CLAX1911 said:
Okay, I still don't see any real violation of public decency. just a bunch of talk.
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Seriously, I really don't care that much. There are important things going on in the world that I seriously worry about, and this is not one of them.
 
CLAX1911 said:
Well that is quite unusual, because the gay bars I go to are normally 50% straight women, nobody seems to care. But who knows Manchester may be odd.

It's wrong of you to cast all gay people that way because you had one experience. one I dint think really happened.
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Clax..oh Clax...why is it on this forum that if someone hasn't had the same experience as you..you must be a liar??

Manchester gay village must be odd then, because there is definitely a hostile reception for hets..I was even asked once by the barman..''what the hell was I doing in there if I wasn't gay?..

PS..I was invited to a gay friend's birthday party...so I can't be all that bad!!
 
CLAX1911 said:
He didn't make sarcastic statements.

You are creating this mental boogie man that is the "gay community."

I think you are actually clinically homophobic. You think they conspire against you. You think they created a world, apart from yours. You think they are out to get you. I have heard you even mention a gay mafia.

That is a phobia.
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Oh yeah..the same as I supposedly accused you on line of being a pedo?

When I invited you to report me for the ''said'' infraction..you couldn't..because it never happened!!

That my friend...is a liar...
 
sangha said:
How about you partake of reality...instead of pretending that there's a "gay world"?
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Oh no...my delusions are spilling out into the real world..Help!!
 
Gathomas88 said:
Because all of the world's problems can be solved through the direct application of dirty, meaningless, and unsatisfying disease and social ill spreading sex. Amirite?
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No. But more free, clean, fun, satisfying, healthy, fun, safe sex will make the world a little better.
 
I have been to a few parades and saw politicians, gay families with kids, PFLAG (parents and friends of gays), labor unions, gay cops and members of various community groups, all walking around fully clothed. I have also seen people almost naked dancing wildly. The whole spectrum of the gay community and their supporters is represented.

Since the event is very well publicized, has been happening for over 30 years, the streets are closed, and guides to the event are in all the major papers, it is very unlikely that anyone will be surprised by what they see.
 
Gipper said:
I'm still allowed to go to gay bars to pick up women, right?
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They tend to go there to have a good time without getting hit on.
 
wolfie said:
Clax..oh Clax...why is it on this forum that if someone hasn't had the same experience as you..you must be a liar??

Manchester gay village must be odd then, because there is definitely a hostile reception for hets..I was even asked once by the barman..''what the hell was I doing in there if I wasn't gay?..

PS..I was invited to a gay friend's birthday party...so I can't be all that bad!!
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You think one experience you have means the whole world is out to get you.

I Don't believe you that they were hostile. You have repeatedly said things that are incredibly hateful toward men and homosexual men. I think you see the world through your prism of your bias.

I think you imagined these things or made them up.
 
wolfie said:
Oh yeah..the same as I supposedly accused you on line of being a pedo?

When I invited you to report me for the ''said'' infraction..you couldn't..because it never happened!!

That my friend...is a liar...
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Leave your personal vendetta out of this.

You did say there is a gay mafia, and you think gay people are out to get you in Manchester.
 
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