Posted on 01/02/2016 8:07:46 PM PST by Olog-hai
Philadelphia's incoming mayor and organizers of the city's annual New Year's Day parade condemned expressions of hate, a day after some Mummers Parade participants mocked Caitlyn Jenner, were accused of harassing gays and painted their faces brown to portray Mexicans.
Officials with the 116-year-old Mummers Parade pledged Saturday to cooperate with authorities looking into any complaints. They said in a statement that they will continue discussions on sensitivity, on what is considered satire and what is "over the line."
They also said a member of one of the Friday parade's performance groups, the Finnegan NYB, has been banned from the group and won't be allowed to march with the Mummers. He was seen shouting expletives about gays in a video shot by New York Daily News editor Nick Kurczewski, Philly.com reported.
The parade - often characterized as Philadelphia's version of Mardi Gras - has faced annual criticism for its lack of diversity and racial insensitivity. ...
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The snowflakes are offended.
Bruce Jenner’s a pussy for not following thru with his surgery.
Im not sure he ever intended to. Ive suspected that hes just a shallow narcissist that had gotten tired of Kim and the girls getting all the attention and paychecks for doing nothing. He may just be pulling a Klinger on liberals, the difference is that he gets big paychecks instead of a section 8.
I predict this will have been the last Mummers Parade.
The difference here is that they have offended a group of humorless mentally ill fetishists who have a track-record of attempting to destroy those who don’t affirm them.
They made fun of muslims this year?
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