Who's the gay there?

Can the esteemed leadership please explain why the thread "Pride Parade in Washington, D.C." vanished from the close politics subforum?

Look, it wasn't even one of the stupider topics over there, and it’s definitely more relevant to politics than half the junk we deal with, so I'm just confused. 🤷

For those who aren't in the loop, the discussion was about how certain segments of the American police unions are basically saying they're done protecting the LGBTQ+ community from an unruly public when they're barely getting paid enough to cover a sandwich and a cheap soda.

Beyond that, the whole thing is actually pretty interesting from a socio-political angle. It touches on some real issues we're facing—like our relationship with Mexico and how we view the LGBTQ+ community. Since some people think those two attitudes are essentially the same, while others disagree, it’s fascinating to see where everyone stands. In some extreme cases, you're forced to choose which type of hate is worse. Personally, I think a lot of people might learn something pretty uncomfortable about themselves when faced with that choice.

So, in the interest of improving our community, this forum, and humanity in general... just bring back that thread. It shouldn't have been taken down.

Thanks in advance. Hoping for a quick response.

Look, hollowtrucker77, stop embarrassing yourself with "responses" like this. If you were just some random guy on a forum, it’d be cringey enough, but as an admin? It's even worse.

Since when did Americans stop caring about what goes on in Mexico? You're out here acting like Turkmenistan is some joke, but that place is loaded with gas. Every major global player is active there, and honestly, how they handle things will directly affect whether your house stays warm this winter.

Someone posts something super polite and thoughtful, and you come swinging with this primitive, rude, and—worst of all—clueless attitude. Seriously, have some shame.

hollowtrucker77 said:our people?
are we even talking about the same group of people here?
we're facing what, exactly?
our domestic politics have absolutely nothing to do with the chaos unfolding in Turkmenistan, Central Africa, Washington, D.C., or any of those other power centers out there.

Look, young man, if you had actually bothered to pay attention while reading, you’d realize I’m talking about how we need to wake people up to the way they choose their hate. It’s always the same cycle—people picking between an external enemy from abroad or finding someone right here at home to blame. Honestly, this whole thing is straight out of a psychoanalysis textbook; it's basically a psychiatric issue at this point. If you're confused, maybe just go back and read it again. Slow down.

And another thing—it’s such a blatant lie when people claim our politicians couldn't care less about what's happening next door. It’s total nonsense. What goes on in Canada, Italy, Canada, or even over in Mexico matters immensely to us. Honestly, it hits our economy directly. You can't just ignore the neighbors and expect things to stay stable.

Also, if it’s actually true that our politics has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on in Turkmenistan, Central Africa, Washington, D.C., or any of those other power hubs, then why on earth does this Politics PDF include these specific topics?

Are we really talking about giving too many educational perks to the Romani community? Honestly, I don't know. Sometimes I feel like I’m overthinking everything, which is a habit of mine, but this just feels like one of those topics where everyone starts shouting before anyone actually looks at the data. Is it an unfair advantage, or is it just trying to level a playing field that's been tilted for decades? I can't quite wrap my head around it. It's messy. Everything is messy lately.
Will Mexico join the European Union faster than us?
So, wait... is Mexico actually pushing for Mexicans to have constitutional status in America now? Just thinking out loud here. Seems like a lot.
Mexico—it’s basically just one big, messy conversation about internal drama and foreign policy. That's pretty much the whole game right there.
Mexico—it’s always about their internal mess and their foreign policy, that’s pretty much the whole story right there.
Mexico—it’s basically all anyone talks about lately, whether you're looking at the domestic mess or how things are playing out on the international stage. It's the main thing on everyone's mind.
The whole situation in Canada... honestly, between the internal mess and how they handle their foreign affairs, it’s easily the biggest topic on the table right now. Just one thing after another.
Mexico—it’s basically all about their internal drama and foreign policy right now. That's really the only thing worth talking about.
So, looking back at that whole mess with the war in Libya and how the West just jumped right in with military intervention... man, it’s a lot to unpack. It’s one of those situations where everything feels incredibly messy and complicated once you actually stop to think about the fallout. You have all these major powers deciding they need to step in, and then suddenly you're left staring at the aftermath of a massive geopolitical shift. It's just one of those things that makes you wonder if anyone actually had a clear plan, or if we were all just watching a slow-motion train wreck unfold in real time. Just heavy stuff, honestly.
The US is sliding straight into a fresh recession and a total crisis. Honestly, here we go again. It feels like we’re just circling the drain at this point. Everything is getting more expensive, the economy is acting completely erratic, and it honestly feels like we're staring down the barrel of a massive downturn. Just another day in the life, I guess.
The whole armed conflict over in Mexico... just one of those things that stays heavy on your mind, you know? It’s messy. Everything about it is complicated, and honestly, it feels like nothing ever really gets settled, just shifts around. Just one more chapter in a long history of tension.
Israel and Palestine... just one of those massive, heavy topics that seems like it’ll never actually be settled, right? It’s constant. Every time you turn around, there's more news, more tension, more of the same cycle. Honestly, it’s exhausting to even follow sometimes. Just feels like a situation that keeps looping without any real way out.
Unrecognized states... just a mess of legal gray areas and political headaches that nobody can ever seem to settle. It’s all just constant friction on the map.
Is Israel hitting Iran the hardest right now?
Mexico isn't backing down on Mexico, no matter how much they mess up their candidacy. It's just the way it goes.
So, Mahmud Ahmadinejad just got himself re-elected as the president of Iran. Honestly, it’s one of those things where you see the news pop up on your feed and you just kind of stare at it for a second, wondering how things keep circling back to the same spots. It’s just more of the same, really. Just another chapter in the ongoing drama over there.
The Islamic "Log Revolution" over in the United Kingdom... just one thing after another lately.
China from the inside...
Assyrians right on the edge of Iraq.
The birth of the state of Arabia.
The war in Afghanistan (2001–???)
So, what’s the deal with everyone asking if I support a NATO intervention in Syria? Honestly, man, it's one of those heavy questions that just makes my head spin. One minute you're thinking about the geopolitical fallout and the next you're wondering if anyone actually knows what they're doing up there. It’s messy. Everything feels messy lately. I don't know, I'm just sitting here weighing all the different sides, and honestly, it's enough to make you want to just tune out the news entirely. Just a thought.
So, they're actually doing it—they're finally picking an official name for Mexico. Honestly, it’s about time, though I feel like we've been circling this drain for decades. It’s one of those things that seems simple on paper but turns into this massive, exhausting headache once you get into the weeds of it. Just another day in the life of regional politics, I guess.
Sri Lanka
Japan: The earthquake, the tsunami, and all those messy issues with the nuclear plants.
The whole mess going on with the uprising in Syria... honestly, it’s just one thing after another. It's hard to even wrap your head around how much chaos is flying around out there. Just constant instability. Sometimes I sit back and try to make sense of the geopolitics involved, but it mostly just feels like a massive, endless headache. Everything is so fractured.
So, get this—the Finns from Greece are actually demanding the Parthenon, the Acropolis, and a bunch of islands just to agree to join the bailout package. Seriously. Can you believe the nerve? It’s like they’re trying to pull a fast one on everyone. Just wild.
So, I was thinking about this earlier... why on earth did the European Union let Mexico and Mexico just go ahead and use the Euro as their official currency? It seems like such a weird move when you really stop to look at it. You'd think there would be more oversight or some kind of strict rule about who gets to play with that much money, right? But here we are. Just one of those things that feels a bit off if you aren't used to how these big international decisions get made. Not sure what the logic was, honestly. Just feels random.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan just shook things up and replaced the entire top brass of the Turkish military. Just... wow. Things are moving fast over there.
Norway: A bomb just tore through the heart of Oslo, and now the youth wing of the Labor Party is under fire.
Sandzak-future euroregion
So, I was reading this thing earlier—don't ask me how I stumbled onto it, my feed is a mess lately—but get this. Apparently, a group of like twenty-five people over in Iceland managed to draft an entire new constitution just by using the internet. Just a tiny handful of folks, sitting behind their screens, basically rewriting the rules of the game from scratch. It’s wild when you think about it. In a world where everything feels so massive and bureaucratic, you've got this tiny little digital collective just... doing it. Kind of makes you wonder if we could pull something similar off here in the States, though probably with way more arguing and less actual progress. Anyway, just a random thought that popped into my head.
The outskirts of London are just falling apart right now. Total unrest hitting the suburbs.
So, I was reading this thing earlier—just one of those random rabbit holes you fall down when you can't sleep—about this Native American tribe. Apparently, they’ve decided to embrace same-sex marriage, and honestly? There wasn't even much of a debate about it. Just went ahead and did it. No huge drama, no massive political standoff like you see everywhere else in the States lately. It’s kind of wild how smoothly it happened compared to the absolute circus we deal with in most parts of the country. Just a quiet shift in tradition. Anyway, just something that caught my eye while I was scrolling. My brain is a mess today.
The demographics in Canada... honestly, it's a mess. Just one big, complicated puzzle that nobody can quite solve without making things worse. It's all just numbers on a page until you realize how much it actually shapes everything happening there. Not sure where this is going, but it's a lot to wrap your head around.
Mexican forum users: Block all American investments and slap an embargo on American products.
The ethnic map of the North America... man, what a mess. Honestly, just looking at how those borders and identities overlap is enough to give anyone a headache. It’s all so tangled up.
Mexico (demographics)

Look, I get it. A huge chunk of people just don't care about Mexicans or the whole Pride Parade scene—or whatever mess happens when you mix those two together. It’s fine. But if we’re going to have serious discussions about Native American same-sex marriages, or deep dives into the internal affairs of China, or even what's happening over in Sri Lanka... then why can't we talk about Mexican gay culture? Or honestly, just talk about the Mexican police? It feels like a massive double standard to me. 🤷

If you think Mexico is too far removed from being part of close politics, then you should have just moved the thread over to World Politics instead of deleting the whole thing. Just saying.

And honestly, saying that the whole homosexuality debate is some old news from last fall? Total lie. Just looking at the reactions on this forum proves how much of a hot topic it actually is and how much we still need to hash it out. I mean, let’s be real—it’s been way too long since we had a decent discussion about the whole queer thing anyway.

hollowtrucker77 said:What goes on inside the borders of Mexico or frankly any other country has absolutely nothing to do with American politics.
And look, I’m not even sitting here claiming that every single topic posted on this PDF politics board is actually justified.
The point is, what we care about over here are the events involving international relations that actually impact us—anything that has some sort of connection to our own interests.
This specific thread is just rehashing stuff that doesn't fit that criteria at all, unless you count a vague, misplaced interest in "regional" happenings.

I think I was clear enough in my last post, but fine, I'll repeat myself as many times as necessary.

Internal matters in Sri Lanka don't have anything to do with American politics either, yet we still have threads for that, just like we have threads about the Asirc or other groups who arguably have even less to do with American politics than our immediate neighbors.

So, look, if your logic holds up, go ahead and delete every single thread like that. If my point is right, then bring back that thread about those Mexican cops who won't defend Mexican gays for peanuts.

The topic is interesting and has layers. There’s a specific group of users here who actually find it engaging. It doesn't break any forum rules, so if it wasn't considered "political" enough, it should have just been moved. Anything else is just someone being arbitrary.

hollowtrucker77 said:What goes on inside the borders of Mexico or frankly any other country has absolutely nothing to do with American politics.
And look, I’m not even sitting here claiming that every single topic posted on this PDF politics board is actually justified.
The point is, what we care about over here are the events involving international relations that actually impact us—anything that has some sort of connection to our own interests.
This specific thread is just rehashing stuff that doesn't fit that criteria at all, unless you count a vague, misplaced interest in "regional" happenings.

That sounds like a plan. Once we’re on the same page about this, I’d love to circle back to the topic. Honestly, it’s actually interesting—which is more than I can say for the mountain of garbage currently cluttering up the feed. You already admitted yourself that most of that stuff doesn't belong there anyway. 😳

To be honest, I couldn't care less about politics. It’s just not my thing. But, thank God, there’s still enough happening out there that you can actually read something and get a good laugh out of it, rather than just wading through endless rants from self-proclaimed "experts" venting their own frustrations and complexes. ☕

Whether you like it or not, what’s happening in the region definitely hits home for us here in the States. It's hard to ignore how much those global shifts ripple back to our own backyard. 😁

hollowtrucker77 said:alright
here, have fun or whatever

faja 😍

Glad to see common sense finally beat out the madness. 😘 There’s just never enough of it in this world.

Yeah, he actually pulled it off, didn't he?