Original post by PTMalewskiNot the first ever. The first was in 2002. The previous one was in 2018 in Lublin.
If journalists were fired when they don't check their facts, there would probably be none.
I actually have a feeling it is much worse than it used to be.
I'll play a little as a Devil's advocate here, and say that Imho it is exactly the opposite.
As much as I despise the far right, I actually talked to a lot of Polish far-right guys on the internet, some of who were clearly limited, and they were all saying they 'don't care what you do in your bed, but stop showing it up'. I understand, that these people feel endangered by the pride parades. Currently, the popular view in Poland is that while a certain culture might have some flaws, if it lasted for a long period of time, it means it's adapted to last, and LGBT is or might be a downfall factor. In these terms Islam is a 'better' culture, than the current European culture, because it's more vivid and likely to outlive Europe.
Besides, while I had colleagues who were gays, and would have nothing against if they have chosen to be my friends, really nice guys btw., I've never heard any of them ever saying or otherwise manifesting that they were gays, same as you don't meet a heterosexual man, casually dropping into conversation "Hey, I sleep with women", or a woman saying "Hey, I sleep with men".
It would be just weird, and it's an evolutionary adaptation that people naturally feel displeased when they experience something weird. It doesn't matter how long do you fight it, because it's an istinct that is older than entire humankind.
Unless you change the entire culture, but what for? To scare more people off, because being very sexually liberal is a feature characteristic of many historical cultures in their period of decline?
Not to mention that speaking loud about your sexual life is just in a bad taste. It's like pissing in the public- people will be displeased and dislike you for doing so, then imho, if you want the far right to get even more agressive against LGBT in Poland, then organise more pride parades. That's my opinion.
Speaking of anecdotes, you know what my grandmother said in relation to being gay in Poland?
She said, and I remember this one exactly:
"In the old days, it was normal that boys who were good friends, were going back hown, holding each other's hands. Now it's impossible, they would probably be beaten".
Another thing that it brings to my mind, is that in old Polish documentaries and memories, adult men who were in friendly terms were often hugging each other, and casually refering to each other using diminutive terms. I don't hear or see that anymore.
My uncle also had a teacher of whom everybody knew he was gay, it was back in the 60ies. Nobody cared about it.