Yet another Pride event on Grand Parade this Saturday?

The more pride parades we have the merrier. If you have a problem then go and move to Moscow.😁

Yes really people like that would fit in well over there imo.

Tractor runs and Pride parades, I tend to try to avoid both. How tedious in 2023

"Just asking questions". Right.

OK folks a bit of cop on and common courtesy would be nice here. Leave out the personal attacks.

Pretty much a continuation of this. If you looked harder you might have noticed the other group by the monument loudly giving out about trans rights, gay marriage, and sex education.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41177887.html

I'm just thankful to live in a country where we do have the freedom to do that!

A tractor run is about people having a shared, recreational interest in something. Not unlike people following a football team or collecting stamps.

Pride events are about stamping out discrimination, ostracisation, violent abuse, hatred, derision and denial of existence against people who come under the LGBT+ banner.

If you think a tractor run is in any tiny way comparable to a pride event, well that says a lot about you.

Many, many people deny the existence of trans people.

Literally deny that trans people exist.

Do you think a tractor run is comparable to a pride event?

honestly don't understand why anyone's sexual preferences need to be publicly celebrated

Library workers and library users are being harassed, abused, attacked and blocked from the libraryu on an ongoing basis by extremist anti lgbt hate campaigners.

honestly i never looked at pride parades as a protest. They are protesting against anyone's beliefs that don't align with theirs? I understand gay and trans people encounter challenges their entire life, I just dont think these parades or protests help their cause any. They could in fact have the opposite effect the paraders are hoping for. I believe the protests will push more people away than change any minds about gay rights or anything the parade/protest is actually protesting.

Just my opinion.

Would definitely say the positives far outweigh the negatives - it's a group that still unfortunately faces enough abuse and ridicule that many really struggle with having the confidence to actually just come out and just be themselves. Pride rallies show those that are struggling that there is a broader community out there for them, and stop them feeling so utterly alone in their experience. The community having a public presence is a huge support to many.

While it may rile up a particular type of person, the mere existence of an overwhelmingly fun, playful, and positive parade is - in reality - a positive thing for people both inside and outside of that community.

i never said any group discriminated against anyone.

i would agree with your 1st statement.

At this present time in society where any and all are accepted without judgement or prejudices, then racist citizens should also be allowed to express their beliefs even if the vast majority disagree completely. It seems the most easily offended of society and generally those who are described as "woke" are the loudest opponents of ideas they disagree with are generally the group that decides or where the line is drawn on what should be tolerated or encouraged.

just my observation on how i see things today.

You, literally, said, "they are protesting against anyone's beliefs that don't align with theirs"

You also said that you accept gay and trans people face challenges their entire lives. You also appear to accept that they have a "cause".

So, this is where the discrimination comes from. You may not have said it - I did - but you've accepted the existence of it.

So having accepted the challenges lgbt person face, you then claim that, "At this present time in society where any and all are accepted without judgement or prejudices". What???

And you then actually went on to support the right to express racist views! Yet you claim to agree with my first statement regarding discrimination!

You argue in riddles and circles. You contradict yourself.

I don't image I will go to the effort of continuing to try to reason with you. Some people can't be reasoned with and will twist the narrative to suit themselves. It's neither clever or honest.

Good day to you, supporter of racists. I'm out.

... I hope to bejesus you know that support for Palestinians is not because of the rights or wrongs of their religeon, but rather out of basic human empathy for their extreme oppression as a people.

Honestly, boards dismays me more and more with each passing year...

The Jewish community can have been horribly oppressed in one situation, while an Israeli national government can be oppressive of a minority population within their borders in another situation. The two are not mutually exclusive. And given the absolute **** they're bombing out of said population - a population that exists firmly as second class citizens - it's hard to call it anything else.

I very much do not agree at all with many Muslim states policies (towards their own people as much as others), but that doesn't mean it's ok for Palestinian citizens in Gaza to be bombed into oblivion, with access to basic food, water, and medical aid denied.

Your position almost seems to be "if they're not all killed now, they may themselves oppress someone else in the future".

Few points here :

1. If you're going to accuse religions of being homophobic, you need to include Christianity and Judaism, too. I know, I grew up in Ireland.

2. You shouldn’t accuse others of antisemitism, while engaging in Islamophobia.

3. Why let extremists define your view of Islam but judge other religions by their moderate proponents?

Someone please do the honourable thing and put this thread out of its misery.