Comment on NSW Police face fresh calls to be banned from Mardi Gras
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week agonah. I don’t see them sooking for a float at moomba or the grand final parade.
Comment on NSW Police face fresh calls to be banned from Mardi Gras
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week agonah. I don’t see them sooking for a float at moomba or the grand final parade.
Nath@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Why would NSW police have anything do to with these Melbourne parades? 😃
I have never seen an AFL parade, I just assumed it was all about footballers. Are there floats and stuff about non AFL stuff?
In WA, there’s a game each year connected somehow with WA Police. I’ve seen all the police recruiting banners and police community stalls around Optus stadium when I’ve attended games.
As to Moomba, have you forgotten Gentle Gendarme? The Victorian Police have a long history of being a part of the parade.
As I said: I have zero connection to the Sydney pride festival. So I have no strong opinion on what the organisers do/decide. But your response has highlighted the point I was making: I frequently see comments online that view police everywhere as one massive edifice all being the same thing. The replies that comment received follow that pattern. Police officers aren’t all one thing any more than all [religion members / political party members / sports team members / coworkers / pick your analogy] are all one thing. By excluding the cops who are queer/allies because of the actions of some other cops, you essentially tell them they’ll be tainted with that brush no matter what they do and they shouldn’t bother trying to improve things from the inside because it’ll never matter. I just think that’s sad.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week ago
buddy, wait until you hear what Pride is about…
Nath@aussie.zone 1 week ago
To be fair, I’ve never seen a pride parade, either. The photo highlights look like a blast, though.
But they are saying they can’t march as police officers. How is that different to saying something like ‘gay people can be in the military, but they can’t be out’?
Being a cop isn’t like being an IT worker. I go home, I’m off the clock. A cop is a cop everywhere they go. ‘You can march, but you have to hide who you are’ looks like a different sort of oppression to me.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Ok…
Pride isn’t a big party. It literally atarted as a political protest against a socierty ans system - including cops - that wanted us gone and wanted us dead.
Pride is a big fat fuck you. We are still here. We are still alive. Despite you.
Cops aren’t being oppressed. And it’s nothing like DADT - that comparisons is ridiculous to the point of actual offense. You can stop being a cop. You can’t stop your sexuality.
Again: the objections are to the police force being represented at pride. Especially in NSW where they actively dropped, denied, buried and actively participated in hate crime murders.