FFS!!!
The flag of Israel was reportedly banned at today’s Pride march for LGBTQ rights in Chicago after spineless snowflakes worried it might be “triggering” to gay Palestinians in attendance:
https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/879093229425217536
Dyke March organizer explains the group's decision to expel Jews from Chicago Pride parade. https://t.co/9mgKhbXNig pic.twitter.com/8XYs109bUP
— John-Paul Pagano (@johnpaulpagano) June 25, 2017
"As a Jew, I'm not welcome here." If you get "triggered" by a Star of David you need to check your racism. https://t.co/BedsxAjlZJ
— Alex Ryvchin (@AlexRyvchin) June 25, 2017
And this might be the only time that we’re on the same page as Jill Filipovic and Debra Messing:
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/878791564406992896
I'm shocked.The Pride/Dyke March is about INCLUSIVENESS. HOW can you defend ostracizing & rejecting LGBTQ Jews who were there to celebrate? https://t.co/lr06hK0Tdp
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) June 25, 2017
Update: The American flag was banned, too?
https://twitter.com/jillfilipovic/status/879020655026597890
Here’s an idea: Maybe the flag-banners in Chicago can head on over to Turkey and check in with exactly how a pro-Palestinian government treads its gay citizens:
#BREAKING Turkey police fire rubber bullets to break up Istanbul Gay Pride march: AFP
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 25, 2017
#Turkey police force someone to take off their t-shirt because it says "pride". #Istanbul #LGBTPride pic.twitter.com/CADdUUKuUn
— Mark Lowen (@marklowen) June 25, 2017
BREAKING – Istanbul Governor has banned tomorrow's LGBT Pride March on Taksim Square due to security concerns and public order. pic.twitter.com/J8mOSPrCrk
— Turkey Untold (@TurkeyUntold) June 24, 2017
Dictator Erdoğan forbids Gay Pride celebrations in Turkey and lets loose his police to repress thempic.twitter.com/zbovXAOVfT
— Alfons López Tena #FBPE (@alfonslopeztena) June 25, 2017
Now compare Turkey to this year’s Pride parade in Tel Aviv. Spot the difference?
Credit: AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner
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