they just can't march _as a group_ qua cops, with a banner and whatnot.
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no one's stopping them. any LGBTQ+ people who are employed as law enforcement officers can absolutely march in the pride parade.https://twitter.com/CapehartJ/status/1396463770000629764 …
Let LGBTQ cops march in New York City’s pride parade.
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(queer people who are employed in law enforcement should, generally, quit and find better jobs, but that's a separate issue)
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imagine arguing that organizers of a march against police violence are being "divisive" by telling a police department "you, who as an institution brutalize and kill us as a matter of course, are not welcome to officially participate with a banner and place of pride"
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My god, he actually said "it's beyond troubling that people who've been rejected for who they are, are now rejecting other people for what they do".
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Can we think of any relevant distinctions between "who they are" and "what they do", both as general ways of identifying groups, and also in this specific context? Gosh, I guess not.
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