Men’s rights group CAFE slips into WorldPride parade | Daily Xtra

DougDante · 2014-07-04T10:40:10+00:00

CENSORED BY DAILY XTRA

My comment:

When an institution only recognizes women as victims and men as perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence, LGBT victims are all ignored.

One transgendered person wrote:

"I have NEVER been threatened with violence/berated verbally by an MRA. I have been threatened with violence/berated verbally by more feminists than I can count on both hands. All because of my personal opinions.

"MRA’S acknowledge that both men and women can be victims of domestic/sexual violence. A massive number of (albeit probably mostly radical) feminists seem to believe that men, regardless of creed or color, are untouchable when it comes to many forms of violence, especially sexual violence." (See the reddit men's rights FAQ)

Section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Responsibilities reads:

"28. Notwithstanding anything in this Charter, the rights and freedoms referred to in it are guaranteed equally to male and female persons."

Instead of equality, there is a pervasive wave of discrimination by Ontario and Canadian authorities. At several Men's Rights event at the University of Toronto, radical feminists pulled fire alarms and struck and spit at men and police, with complete impunity, and police ignored online video evidence of the incidents.

Recently, the Toronto PD also openly ignored the needs of male victims of online stalking, when, in another incident, they sent tweets reading "You are about to be under criminal investigation~We suggest you delete all sexual remarks and photos of female victims now sm”

Mark Pugash, the director of corporate communications for the Toronto police, was quoted as saying “Whenever we do this we simply ask that if anyone feels that they’ve been a victim to contact us.”

So long as you're not a the wrong type of (usually male) victim. Then you don't matter. The Vancouver PD agrees, which is why they ignored threats against women and men, and similar incidents in which men were harassed and posters torn down advocating equality.

Which is why when Karen Straughan talked at Ryerson on these issues, she half-joked about not wearing a red shirt so she could more easily see laser targeting sights from pistols.

Because until the Canadian government recognizes that all people are equal, those who don't understand its current de-facto position that some are more equal than others, must accept risk of bodily harm, hope for justice, and persevere.

And that's why a men's movement is necessary in Canada, and why men and boys who are subject to discrimination may have justifiable concerns that this new program will be discriminatory in nature. For more information, please visit the reddit mens rights forum and review our FAQ.

YetAnotherCommenter · 2014-07-04T11:42:53+00:00

Good for CAFE! I'm glad they decided to march in the parade anyway, in spite of what the higher-ups said.

2014-07-04T13:55:13+00:00

I'm not entirely sure how honest this story is, being from such a fine source of "news". Anyone else got anything less bullshitty?

yummyluckycharms · 2014-07-04T17:00:59+00:00

What is even more impressive is that this happened in Toronto - which is a bastion of militant feminism and oppression. Its a shame that this parade is all about freedom of expression - yet - it routinely censors organizations without evidence.

Edgeinsthelead · 2014-07-04T18:18:02+00:00

I joined CAFE over the issue of them being denied. Nice to see they managed to get in front of a lot of public eyes, even if they end up getting blackballed by the organization that allowed them in.

cyborek · 2014-07-04T18:12:30+00:00

The coolest thing of late.

2014-07-04T18:37:11+00:00

Three cheers for CAFE!

DougDante · 2014-07-04T10:15:10+00:00

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Title	Men’s rights group CAFE slips into WorldPride parade \| Daily Xtra
Author	DougDante
Upvotes	35
Comments	10
Date	July 4, 2014 10:10 AM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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