[de Blasio] Living in a post-Bloomberg era

[Valmy]

Ah ok so Minsky was right.

[The Minsky Moment]

The first parade pre-dates the Revolution and hence the USA.  That is probably what they meant.  Obviously it doesn't predate the city itself.

Maybe the first one took place when it was called New Amsterdam thus predating New York.

Stuyvesant wouldn't let 2 Irishman stand within 5 feet of another, much less countenance a full parade.

[katmai]

After seeing Seedy, could you blame him?

[Sheilbh]

It's not a religious event, it's a cultural event. 

Marching in the parade with a gay pride sign would be just as inappropriate as marching with an anti-abortion sign, or a gun rights sign, or whatever.

But they're political gay pride's not. A good equivalent would be Irish-Americans celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a parade.

[Neil]

Gay pride isn't political?

Trying to take over somebody's parade is low.

[garbon]

Trying to take over somebody's parade is low.

Yes, a small group trying to join in on festivities = low.

[Sheilbh]

Trying to take over somebody's parade is low.

There's gay Irishmen.

[The Brain]

Trying to take over somebody's parade is low.

There's gay Irishmen.

Not in Iran.

[garbon]

de Blasio shouldn't have ceded ground on that UES complaint. Apparently today many people in Manhattan were gripping about him following that narrative. Lame.

[Neil]

Trying to take over somebody's parade is low.

There's gay Irishmen.

The parade is about Irishness, not gayness.  They have their own parade for that.

There are antisemite Irishmen as well, but it would be inappropriate to march in the St. Patrick's day parade waving anti-Israeli banners and pictures of Rachel Corrie.

[Jacob]

The parade is about Irishness, not gayness.  They have their own parade for that.

Irish people are allowed in the gay pride parade; seems only fair to reciprocate.

[Neil]

The parade is about Irishness, not gayness.  They have their own parade for that.

Irish people are allowed in the gay pride parade; seems only fair to reciprocate.

But only if they are marching in favour of gayness.  These gays don't want to march in favour of Irishness, they want to co-opt it into another gay pride parade.

[grumbler]

The parade is about Irishness, not gayness.  They have their own parade for that.

Irish people are allowed in the gay pride parade; seems only fair to reciprocate.

  Gay people can march in the Irish parade, so reciprocity seems to exist already.

[garbon]

The parade is about Irishness, not gayness.  They have their own parade for that.

Irish people are allowed in the gay pride parade; seems only fair to reciprocate.

But only if they are marching in favour of gayness.  These gays don't want to march in favour of Irishness, they want to co-opt it into another gay pride parade.

I think you might be confused about the size of this parade. Even if gay people wanted to, that wouldn't be possible.

Additionally, your anti-semite example might work if gay people were trying to march as "anti" something. They just want to be able to have gay organizations allowed to be affiliates of the parade/march in it.

[Neil]

Gay people are anti-something.  You, Martinus and Grallon are the most hateful people I've ever met.