Just participated in my first Pride Parade - eviltoast

And I had a blast. It was fun being with so many cool people. Saw some people walking with a communist Trans flag with a hamsic. Everyone was really loving toward eachother. Got a few cat calls from groups of bears lol.

Anyway, felt good that I was able to do this, just wanted to share 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

  • DankZedong @lemmygrad.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    But I was weirded out by companies being in the Pride. I saw a group of people from the company Chemours, who are actively poisoning the water in Belgium and The Netherlands. Proper company queerwashing.

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          1 year ago

          No, I told them it was an irrelevant distraction used to steer them away from contributing to any meaningful change at the root cause and instead towards a source of liberal smugness. An attempt to co-opt a something real and user it for nefarious ends.

          (For people wondering, this guy is sore about people calling out culture war bullshit because a liberal podcast told him to be)

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      1 year ago

      Verizon was at the one I went to, lol. It felt like a big advertisement sometimes, but with hipster food trucks serving 13 dollar sandwiches.

      It was ok. It was nice feeling somewhat safe, for a second. For one, Amerika has this little problem with having the most mass shootings on Earth. As soon as I stepped outside of the pride area I got called a “c@@@sucker” by a stranger.

      Heheh. Heh. 😕

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        1 year ago

        huh i was gonna say i’ve heard queerwashing as well, but the wikipedia page only lists pinkwashing and rainbow-washing. may be a regional thing