31 members of Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, charged w/ conspiracy to riot at Pride event

[T'Chenka]

No worse than what many antifa scum have done

Okay but two wrongs don't make a right. Also, correct me if I'm wrong but, Antifa hasn't had a riot of note in almost 2 years. If they have and I forgot, I would still note that the number and severity of Antifa actions pales in comparison to the number of far right marches, failed attempts at violent actions / terrorist attacks, and of course mass shootings (replacement theory or anti-jew or anti-LGBTQ). "But Antifa" is a cop-out.

[T'Chenka]

I have no idea what those other people said but a full grown gay man saying he is afraid to go to a pride parade because he thinks he is going to get beaten up is like someone saying they are afraid of flying. 

What exactly are you basing this on? I don't think that's a reasonable comparison.

[T'Chenka]

It's ok, a cis straight man told me he wasn't worried about anything bad happening at Pride this year.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers that only about 2 or 3 weeks ago one of our gay posters stated that he was personally worried and even frightened at the concept of going out to a pride parade for fear of being confronted B thuggish Violet bastards like this looking to do him harm. Also good to see that I am not the only one who remembered the several Usual Suspects being complete bastards per their modus operandi mocking that poster for being such a hysterical and unrealistic

Of course not one of them has anything approaching the scintilla of personal character necessary to acknowledge that they were wrong and s*** like this is real, let alone do so publicly.

I have no idea what those other people said but a full grown gay man saying he is afraid to go to a pride parade because he thinks he is going to get beaten up is like someone saying they are afraid of flying.  Do plane crashes happen?  Sure.  Should that stop someone from going on vacation, visiting family, or traveling for work?  No.

Your example kind of proves my point.  I wouldn't drive across Idaho with my eclectic circle of friends.  It's IDAHO.  You can go to a pride event in any major city and feel as safe as any other American... which admittedly isn't that safe, but you get the idea.

Tell your friend to grow a pair and get out there and enjoy Pride month.  With a little bit of common sense he'll be fine.

What exactly are you basing this on? I don't think that's a reasonable comparison.

I'm basing this on many Americans having an irrational fear of flying.  Then I'm comparing that to the number of actual deaths from crashes involving the US major airlines.

Sure I avoid the smaller regional carriers just like I avoid Idaho.  But beyond that live your life.  Are people regularly beaten up at the San Francisco pride parade?

The odds or dying in a plane crash are (relatively) stable. Dying from bigoted mob violence depends on the political "temperature" and circumstances of the culture at the time you're trying to calculate the odds.