What does it look like when the woke snake starts eating its own tail? This weekend in Philadelphia may have offered up a glimpse..
Pro-Palestine protestors clashed with a Pride Parade in the city’s “Gayborhood” area on Sunday. And to think, it’s only 3 days into “Pride Month”.
In a video shared online, Pride participants in leather and lace were stopped by pro-Palestinian LGBTQ+ members, some wearing keffiyehs, who disrupted the parade to confront fellow community members, as detailed by sources.
The protest, led by Queers4Palestine, highlighted the perceived parallels between Palestinian oppression and historical prejudice against LGBTQ+ people.
During the disrupted Philadelphia parade, they chanted “The more you try to silence us, the louder we will be!” along with “From the River to the Sea.”
Sources added that one protest leader, dressed in a crop top, cargo pants, and a keffiyeh, declared that Pride has become a tool of public relations, inseparable from the political and economic context.
Critics often question the support LGBTQ+ protesters show for a culture that largely opposes their lifestyle, noting that in places like Gaza, LGBTQ+ activities and relationships remain criminalized.
This has sparked debates about the rationale behind LGBTQ+ support for the Palestinian cause, especially when it seems to divide the community.
‘You should march in Gaza,’ one X user wrote in response to the protest. Conservative commentator Clay Travis added: “Pro Palestine protesters blocking the Philly pride parade from continuing is a perfect distillation of left wing politics. This is where it inevitably ends: with two left wing interest groups colliding in an oppression Olympics standoff.”
