General Discussion

I've been to S.F. Pride functions many times over the years. I stopped going as often once I moved out to the burbs, got older, and just don't like being in public crowds anymore. (Apparently a win, because the water situation this year was real, real bad. Reports are the events were kind of a shitshow).

But for people to stand there, at an anti-hate event intended to unite people, and just let it go on the way it did. Not one soul among them intervened. They just watched one of our own, a staunch supporter of trans rights who has walked the walk for decades, get harassed like that.

I know many people just stay quiet around radical activists, because they know if they speak up, they'll be the next target of some of these clearly mentally imbalanced people.

But still - Where is the courage in my community?

From what I'm hearing and reading, I'm not alone in wondering why the community has been sitting through this constant harassment of him. These activists are beginning to over-play their position, and the resentment that they're starting to take over our events is real. A lot of people have responded by drifting out of more community centered things like this on account. Just avoid everything, because it's easier.

But eventually, something's going to give with all this. This guy who took the video wasn't even LGBT. He's a cishet activist hijacking our event and attacking one of our own.

And people stood there and watched. Unreal.