Black Lives Matter protest scores victory after putting Pride parade on pause

The Toronto Star ^ | July 3, 2016 | Sarah-Joyce Battersby

[2ndDivisionVet]

Pride agreed to the group’s demands, including the removal of police floats and more funding for black performers, after Sunday’s shutdown by activists.

Black Lives Matter brought Sunday’s Pride parade to a standstill on Sunday to force the annual celebration of LGBT equality to answer for its “anti-blackness,” the protesters said.

The group, an honoured guest at this year’s parade, stopped its float and marchers at Yonge and College Sts. for more than 30 minutes, refusing to move until Pride officials met their demands.

“We are under attack,” Alexandria Williams, one of the group’s co-founders cried into the megaphone. “Pride Toronto, we are calling you out! For your anti-blackness, your anti-indigeneity,” she said....

[Salamander]

Or what happens if they find a “gay gene” test for babies and then women get abortions.

Conundrum.

[EinNYC]

Those were great :)

Just sitting here, listening to the BOOM BOOM BOOM of the local fireworks show. Great opportunity to do a little wordsmithing. Glad you liked it.

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

HAHAHAH We have a word for that

[kearnyirish2]

Many blacks in the US want white women removed from the “preferred minorities” list (since they, like all white people, are born fabulously wealthy); they also hate Hispanics because they feel they are taking freebies from blacks (often without speaking English)...

[dp0622]

Much appreciated.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Next policeless parade, the BLM then enthug the LGBTs?

We have a real tension here, because the LGBTs would like the fuzz to be both there and fabulous (as in Village People) whereas the BLM just wants them outta there.

How long will it be before the LGBTs start calling out the BLM for being homophobes?

Popcorn, popcorn.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The thuggery one was closest, but alas it is an eye rhyme in standard American English.

[butlerweave]

well bend over you’ve been scammed by The Hood

[Dawgreg]

ROTFL! I think you nailed it.......

[sockmonkey]

A Year ago Milo Yiannopoulos @ Breitbart warned gays this sort of thing would happen if they allied with #BlackLivesMatter.
They didn’t listen. He was right.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It is a weird scene, and does not operate on the basis of most other social movements.

They might get a thrill out of these thugs and that is why they yield so readily.

[PGR88]

The Revolution always eats its own.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sometimes with mustard and ketchup and finger lickin’.

[T-Bone Texan]

Im more anti-indolence than anything else.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ah, you are one of those pro-dolence people.

Well as long as you take the proper pains to do it (duck’n & runn’n)

[PTBAA]

Apparently negro trumps homosexual in Canada.

[Talisker]

The Revolution always eats its own.

Uhhhh... ROFL!

[HiTech RedNeck]

They just switched out a character in their Village People. Out goes the cop, in comes the cool black dude. No biggie, eh.

[RightGeek]

Progressive status: Muslim > Black > Gay

[a fool in paradise]

I see both groups have Bacon in their names. Unity in bacon, it’s a start.