Pride (In the Name of Love): NYC’s Rainbow Flag Fight
PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
In yet another caustic display of willful cruelty and orchestrated provocation, the Trump Regime has now banned the universal symbol of LGBTQ+ rights. The Trump Regime has removed the banner of equality for gay people and indeed *all* people — represented in the joyful multi-colors of the rainbow.
To remove the flag, and then ban it AT THE ACTUAL SITE where gay people were once attacked, beaten, and could be arrested simply for being who they are, is utterly unfathomable. Actually, it’s sickening. One need not be gay to understand why this is so objectionable.
Please tell me — *WHO* gains from this unnecessary incitement? *WHO* was offended by a Rainbow Pride Flag flying in front of the Stonewall (and the Stonewall monument?)? *WHO* would walk the streets of Greenwich Village today and have any issue with a pride flag?
Answer — no one (except those who don’t like people who are “different” and often reside hundreds or even thousands of miles away looking to degrade others and pick a fight).
So, why do such a thing? It seems to me this is yet another attack on people and a community they do NOT like. There was no prior opposition anywhere in New York to having a Pride Flag at the site of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, which is acknowledged as the milestone turning point for public gay civil rights activism, first locally and eventually throughout the rest of the country. That long and often dangerous struggle ultimately made us into a more free, inclusive, and positive society where *all* Americans are guaranteed the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Or, were those words just bullshit?
We’ve become bored with the cascade of lies spewed by Trump, his gutless sycophants, and his mass-MAGA hate movement. They’re tiresome. And way too predictable. Always looking for a FIGHT someplace, somewhere, anywhere, with anyone…..usually in locations where no problems existed before until they showed up and started the shit.
I guess some people in this world just enjoy being assholes.
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Postscript: I’m proud of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani for speaking out and for his actions to stand up and fight to keep the Pride Flag flying at Stonewall.
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