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PRIDE POLICE DEBATE
Re: 鈥�,鈥� June 29, 2017
Black Lives Matter is way out of line to tell the 麻豆传媒映画Pride Society who they should invite and how they should be allowed to dress. If they want to hold and pay for their own parade, they can do whatever they like 鈥� but they don鈥檛 get to interfere in a celebration of LGBTQ pride and attempt to twist it to fit their own narrow agenda.
When thousands see the chief of police marching proudly with a contingent of gay and gay-friendly police officers, all in uniform, they see a magnificent display of trust, acceptance and co-operation carefully developed over many years, thanks to tremendous effort and good will on both sides.
Yet, somehow BLM sees them as a threat? Their presence there is exactly the opposite. Insisting that these fine, open-minded officers should have to dress like ordinary people who just wandered in off the street is insulting to them and misses the point completely. 鈥揟om Trueman
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Re: 鈥�,鈥� July 6, 2017
I wasn鈥檛 in 麻豆传媒映画for the heyday but I remember seeing Jerry Jeff Walker there, and Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers in 1983/84. It was a spot on the hippie trail, along with The Naam. I think I first visited both while staying at Jericho Hostel in 1977 or 鈥�78. I was on my way to Long Beach, man. 鈥揝teve Cumming
Shared the bill there with Ferron for three nights, twice. Also played a number of solo gigs. Ran the open stage night for a while. Taj Mahal came in one night and asked if he could play. He had a concert in town the following night, sales were slow. Saw Townes Van Zandt there; Hot Rize, Jim Kweskin, Dexter Gordon, Terry Garthwaite, so many more. It was big and welcoming. So sad when Patti left. Look what鈥檚 there now 鈥� nothing that makes community the way the Soft Rock did. Something died when that place closed. 鈥揇uke Lang
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