THERE WAS A GAY PRIDE MARCH THAT TOOK PLACE IN CHICAGO, AND
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LARGER, MORE INCLUSIVE GAY-RIGHTS MARCH,
THERE WAS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL MARCH KNOWN AS THE DYKE MARCH.
THAT IS WHAT THEY TITLED IT, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, EVEN
THOUGH THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT INCLUSION, TOLERANCE,
AND ACCEPTANCE, IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE OPPOSITE FOR A
CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE.
APPARENTLY THERE WERE SOME PROTESTERS WHO WERE JEWISH.
THEY IDENTIFIED AS GAY AND THEY WANTED TO NOT ONLY
REPRESENT THEIR PRIDE FOR BEING GAY, BUT THEY ALSO WANTED
TO REPRESENT THEIR PRIDE FOR BEING JEWISH SO THEY HAD
THESE RAINBOW FLAGS THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE STAR OF DAVID.
APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE WERE TRIGGERED BY THAT, AND
DECIDED TO KICK THESE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE MARCH.
THE JEWISH STAR OF DAVID FLAG WAS BANNED FROM THE CITY'S
ANNUAL DYKE MARCH CELEBRATIONS, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE CARRYING
THE FLAG WERE REMOVED FROM THE MARCH BECAUSE THEIR
PRESENCE MADE PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE.
NONSENSE.
TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.
WHAT?
LET ME CONTINUE.
THE DYKE MARCH IS DESCRIBED BY ORGANIZERS AS BEING A MORE
INCLUSIVE, MORE SOCIAL JUSTICE ORIENTED MARCH THAN THE
CITY'S MAIN PRIDE PARADE.
NO, BUT IT'S NOT THAT IT ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING UP
THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN
CONFLICT WITH THE STAR OF DAVID REPRESENTS.
THEY ARE WORRIED THAT SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE
PRO-PALESTINIAN AND THAT CONFLICT WILL BE TRADER
TRIGGERED IN A NEGATIVE WAY BY SEEING THE STAR OF DAVID.
YET, BUT THE STAR OF DAVID DOESN'T SIMPLY SYMBOLIZE
ISRAEL OR SPECIFICALLY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
IS SYMBOLIZES JEWISH RELIGION.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT POLITICAL IDEOLOGY I FALL IN, BUT
THIS IS NOT IT.
THIS IS INSANE.
BY THE WAY, AND WHAT YOU GUYS TO BE CLEAR.
WE'RE NOT USING THE WORD TRIGGERED, APPARENTLY THEY DID.
ONE OF THE MARCHERS THAT WAS KICKED OUT SAID THEY WERE
TELLING ME TO LEAVE BECAUSE MY FIGHT WAS A TRIGGER TO PEOPLE
THAT THEY FOUND OFFENSIVE.
PRIOR TO THIS MARCH I'D NEVER BEEN HARASSED OR ASKED TO
LEAVE WHEN I CARRIED IT WITH ME.
SHE HAD BEEN GOING FOR OVER A DECADE TO THE MARCH.
IS NOT A TRICK, SHE IS NOT TRYING TO INFILTRATE THE
DYKE MARCH TO PUT AN ISRAELI FLAG IN THERE AND GO GOT YOU.
SHE'S JUST A JEWISH LESBIAN WHO WANTED TO TAKE PRIDE IN HER
IDENTITY, IN BOTH WAYS.
THE WHOLE THING IS ABOUT PRIDE.
YOU CAN'T SAY OKAY, YOU ARE PROUD OF ONE PART OF THE
IDENTITY, BUT THE OTHER PART OF YOUR IDENTITY TRIGGERS US.
LOOK, LET ME BE CLEAR, I KNOW THE DIRECTION THAT THEY
WENT IN, AND LET ME TALK ABOUT THE MISDIRECTION.
THE DIRECTION IS, WE ARE REALLY AGAINST ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION
OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE KNEW WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE AND
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD IS GOOD.
ISRAEL DOES HAVE AN OCCUPATION, I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THAT
OCCUPATION.
THINK IT IS A TERRIBLE IDEA OVERALL, NOT JUST FOR THE
PALESTINIANS BUT ALSO FOR ISRAEL.
I THINK IT IS MORALLY CORRUPTING AND I THINK WE HAVE TRIED
IT FURTHER OVER 50 YEARS, IT IS NOT WORKING.
AN ORDER FOR ISRAEL TO BE WHAT IT ONCE TO BE AND MAINTAIN
DEMOCRACY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TWO STATE SOLUTION.
THAT WAS YOUR INTENT, OKAY, GREAT.
I AGREE WITH THAT GOAL OF ENDING THE OCCUPATION, BUT EVEN IF
IT WASN'T JUST, OF COURSE AND IS 1000% RIGHT AND THAT SHOULD
BE A CONVERSATION AND ARE BUT THE STAR OF DAVID IS ALSO
ABOUT BEING JEWISH AND NOT BEING ISRAELI.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ISRAELI OR
EVEN SUPPORT ISRAEL TO
EXACTLY.
THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO FLY THE FLAG AND
THEY ARE ISRAELI BUT THAT DOESN'T EVEN NECESSARILY
MEAN THAT THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT ISRAEL'S
GOVERNMENT IS DOING WITH OCCUPATION.
THERE ARE THREE LAYERS TO THIS AND THIS IS RIGHT.
THEY COULD JUST BE JEWISH AND THEY ARE AGAINST THE
OCCUPATION YOU KICK THEM OUT FOR NO REASON AT ALL.
NUMBER TWO IS THEY COULD BE FOR ISRAEL AND THERE IS NOTHING
WRONG WITH THAT.
YOU CAN BEFORE ISRAEL.
YOU SAY, WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE ISRAEL IS IN
FAVOR OF OCCUPATION.
ANOTHER PROTESTER MADE A GREAT POINT OF THAT.
RUTHIE STEINER, IS A PROTESTER, I MEAN MARCHER.
SHE WANTED TO BE A MARCHER, SHE IS ALSO IN THE SAME COMMUNITY,
AND SHE SAID, IS EVERY NATION WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAN
CIVIL RIGHTS AND HISTORY AND ALSO POSE A RIGHTS PARADE
GUILTY OF PINK WASHING.
YOU ARE GOOD WITH LGBT ISSUES BUT TERRIBLE AGAINST
PALESTINIANS THAT YOU ARE PINK WASHING YOUR CRIMES AGAINST
PALESTINE BY BEING GOOD TO GAY PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD USE
THAT ARGUMENT AGAINST ANY COUNTRY INCLUDING AMERICA.
WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES WITH CIVIL RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY
CERTAINLY, SO BE BY BEING DECENT LB GT PEOPLE ARE WE PINK
WASHING ARE CRIMES AND FERGUSON OR ELSEWHERE?
IT IS A PREPOSTEROUS ARGUMENT.
THEY ARE WRONG IN A MOST EVERY IMAGINABLE WAY.
IT IS KIND OF AMAZING, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOME
PEOPLE ON THE FAR, FAR LEFT ARE JUST IN THE BUSINESS OF
MAKING ENEMIES OUT OF ALLIES.
THEY ARE OFFENDED BY EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING TRIGGERS THEM.
THEY NEED A SAFE SPACE.
REALLY, YOU NEED A SAFE SPACE FROM THE START OF DAVID?
THAT IS THE OTHER THING THAT DROVE ME CRAZY.
I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
PLEASE GROW A SET OF BALLS AND BE INCLUSIVE.
IF YOU ARE GENUINELY CONCERNED WITH BEING INCLUSIVE, YOU
DON'T PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH BY EXCLUDING PEOPLE BECAUSE
YOU FEEL UNSAFE BY A FLAG.
BY THE FLAG THAT HAS THE STAR OF DAVID ON IT WHICH IS IN MY
OPINION ONE OF THE LEAST OFFENSIVE THINGS IMAGINABLE.
WE GET ON THE RIGHT WING ALL THE TIME FOR BEING ORWELLIAN.
THIS A FREEDOM WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE YOUR FREEDOM
AWAY.
THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO REFORM SOMETHING WHEN THEY
ARE GOING TO TRY TO KILL IN THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
IF YOU SAY YOU ARE INCLUSIVE, DON'T BE EXCLUDING PEOPLE.
IT IS ORWELLIAN.
IT IS A WEIRD WARPING OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM WHERE
PEOPLE START TO BEAT, AND YOU DON'T NEED A SAFE SPACE.
EVEN IF IT WERE A FLAG, WHICH IT WAS NOT AN ISRAELI FLAG.
I DON'T CARE, COULD'VE BEEN 1000 ISRAELI FLAGS.
YOU DON'T NEED A SAFE SPACE FROM A FLAG.
YOU JUST DON'T.
YOU CAN BE 1000% AGAINST THE OCCUPATION.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT FLAG IS GOING TO ATTACK YOU.
COME ON, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET THE IRONY OF A GAY PRIDE EVENTS
DISCRIMINATING AGAINST JEWS.
YOU HAVE GOT TO GET THAT IRONY.
BUT APPARENTLY, THESE FOLKS, AND LOOK, I ALSO DON'T WANT
PEOPLE TO GET, TO THEN PUT THIS ON EVERY PRIDE EVENTS ON
EVERY GAY COMMUNITY, ON EVERY LIBERAL, ON EVERY PROGRESSIVE.
I'D LIKE TO THINK WE ARE VERY PROGRESSIVE, AND AS I HAVE
SAID VERY CLEARLY, I COULDN'T BE MORE AGAINST OCCUPATION.
BUT THIS DOES NOT REPRESENT PROGRESSIVES AND I THINK IT
WAS A DISASTROUSLY BAD MOVE ON THEIR PART.