amazeballsorz:

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libertariancommunism:

Not only did Manchester pride think it was appropriate for them to have PRISON GUARDS at pride, but they thought that it was appropriate for them to have this float

This is like impressively tone deaf

I wanna bring this back while Manchester pride is under scrutiny.

i’m starting to think the problem is just Manchester

Nah the problem is definitely pride in general being overly commercialised. At London Pride last year I just watched dumbstruck as the endless corporation floats went by with like the occasional local interest and protest groups being drowned out by the big sponsored party floats.

Here are some examples of how companies just slapped the most inane slogan they could think of on their floats, handed out free shit with their logos made rainbow on them, and that was 90% of the parade.

Let’s not reduce it to just one pride parade being problematic, because this is a pervasive trend in pride celebrations. Our spaces are being coopted by marketing opportunists performing wokeness in the hopes of winning over what is now a commercially viable social group.

Support your local queer organisations, support your local queer events, don’t let capitalism shoehorn it’s way into everything we fought to have just so corporations can make a quick buck off of our community.

The people who organized pride in my town last year banned corporations and political parties from walking as a group. It was great, they got a lot of shit for it, like politicians tried to play it like they just want to be supportive and “you’re suppressing our rights”, but they handled it so well like “you’re still free to come to pride and support us, you just can’t promote yourselves, this year’s parade is about solidarity so we all walk together”. Surprise a lot of people who claimed they just wanted to be supportive didn’t come… Best pride ever!