15. Immigrant conservatism is based on idea that challenging racism communally is futile & we need to focus on individual achievement.
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16. With homophobia, there's idea that all we need to do is embrace Pride parades & not call people out on their bigotry.
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17. Use of Pride as litmus test erases how far-reaching homophobia of the Fords is, extending to concrete issues of AIDS funding.
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18. Let's put it this way: if Fords did go to Pride, how would that negate concrete harm they've done in policies & normalizing homophobia?
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19. It's true as
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20. But this LGBT critique tends to get watered down as it reaches mainstream to simple complaint about Pride attendance.
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21. To see how critique of Fordian bigotry gets blunted & deflected, consider recent Simon Wiesenthal Center debate.
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22. Here's the background: Rob Ford has used the quaint & ugly slur "kikes" as well as making repeated homophobic comments.
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23. At debate at Simon Wiesenthal Center zero discussion of Fordian bigotry, but huge attention to Queers United Against Israeli Apartheid
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24. More context: Queers United Against Israel Apartheid at last Pride parade consists of 4 people:https://twitter.com/ivortossell/status/483376678660759552 …
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25. Call me crazy, but a sitting mayor who uses slurs like "kikes" seems a bigger problem than 4 marginal protesters.
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26. Ye the folks at the Simon Wiesenthal were willing to completely ignore Fordian bigotry and focus on supposed danger of 4 protesters.
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27. To thwart danger of 4 protesters, Simon Wiesenthal Center & Tory willing to reject parade that attracts more than 1 million people.
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