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Police call Pride protesters 'an ugly rabble' (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Nevo said some people forgot the darker history of how pride marching began in the 1970s in Australia.

This is shit reporting. You don't drop that and provide no context — the context is that cops were historically extremely corrupt and homophobic; barely investigating most "gay bashings", murders, and rapes among the community; with the police often being the perpetrators themselves.

Australian cops are far less racist, homophobic, and discriminatory today, but still have a long way to go.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"gay bashings"

We had a different adjective in the 80s. Can't say it now, offends people. But the word packs more punch, more hate, more meaning. But we dast not say it. Might offend people, can't have that. Even in service of history that might make folks feel the truth of those times.

Ban incoming for uncomfortable words... (that my gay friends called themselves in the day...)

We called it "fag bashing". For you kids that weren't around, it meant dudes cruising gay bars and beating the living shit out of men who dared step outside.

Sorry y'all, but "gay bashing" is too wimpy for me. Kinda like calling lynchings "black fights". Those times were fucking awful, let's not water down the words used.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Whole buncha motherfuckers in this thread need to watch deep water: the real story and get a taste of what it was like.