Post by admin on Aug 12, 2015 11:40:34 GMT -5
No one is more surprised than me that we are celebrating The 10th anniversary of Blue Pride. We have definitely slowed down in the past year or so but we are still here. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this site lasting this long. But here we are. This year I'm not getting all happy happy joy joy over the anniversary because so much has happened in the last year. From the virulent anti-cop attitudes in the United States and other countries, to the complete mess of the GLBT community(in my opinion), the loss of some members either by death, abandonment, lack of interest, or other reasons, I find it hard to keep up the pace that I used to here. We are not going away by any means. As I have said in the past, we have our ebbs and flows. I am thankful for those who are here and those who have gone, well I'm sorry. Frank's death (burner) took a lot out of me I have to admit. And the complete disintegration of any integrity of one of our long-time members has infuriated me.
Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety. Not to beat a dead horse but that one member who has taken off his mask and shown his true colors by being blatantly racist and blatantly anti-cop is not only a stab in the back but the stab in the heart. And the abandonment by another member who was very close to him bothers me also. But I guess in reality, good riddance to both of them. We will "wallow in our whiteness" and in being "jackbooted thugs" (these are quotes by the way) without them. Allow me to vent just a little longer before getting back on topic. I call on the membership of GOAL New York, GOAL New England, Florida LEGAL, LEGAL International and any other gay law-enforcement groups to remove this person as a member. I did disable his account here for a while earlier this year and then I re-enabled it but he has not come back. He will be officially removed from the site. I don't know where he gets his nerve. If it wasn't for the aforementioned groups and for the site, he would be nowhere. He has undone any good that he has ever done.
Anyway back on topic.... I am glad for all of our membership or most of it anyway whether they are here or not. It's clear that my postings have not been as frequent as in the past. A lot of postings come from websites that are GLBT oriented and law enforcement oriented. It is also clear to me that the quality of the LGBT sites has markedly diminished. In my opinion our community is a mess, sorry to say. Be that as it may we are still here and we are not going away. Maybe the postings aren't coming as fast and furious as they used to but that's okay. We are still available to qualified members to join and to participate.
A couple of times I thought about bringing this thing to a close but that wouldn't be fair to me, to you or to any future members. This site was started with a purpose and we have achieved it with the help of great members through the years. 10 years is a long time and I never thought we would last this long. Before I go off on another rant,
let me just say thank you to the membership, thank you for sticking around, thank you for being there, please continue to be here and thank you very much.
Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety. Not to beat a dead horse but that one member who has taken off his mask and shown his true colors by being blatantly racist and blatantly anti-cop is not only a stab in the back but the stab in the heart. And the abandonment by another member who was very close to him bothers me also. But I guess in reality, good riddance to both of them. We will "wallow in our whiteness" and in being "jackbooted thugs" (these are quotes by the way) without them. Allow me to vent just a little longer before getting back on topic. I call on the membership of GOAL New York, GOAL New England, Florida LEGAL, LEGAL International and any other gay law-enforcement groups to remove this person as a member. I did disable his account here for a while earlier this year and then I re-enabled it but he has not come back. He will be officially removed from the site. I don't know where he gets his nerve. If it wasn't for the aforementioned groups and for the site, he would be nowhere. He has undone any good that he has ever done.
Anyway back on topic.... I am glad for all of our membership or most of it anyway whether they are here or not. It's clear that my postings have not been as frequent as in the past. A lot of postings come from websites that are GLBT oriented and law enforcement oriented. It is also clear to me that the quality of the LGBT sites has markedly diminished. In my opinion our community is a mess, sorry to say. Be that as it may we are still here and we are not going away. Maybe the postings aren't coming as fast and furious as they used to but that's okay. We are still available to qualified members to join and to participate.
A couple of times I thought about bringing this thing to a close but that wouldn't be fair to me, to you or to any future members. This site was started with a purpose and we have achieved it with the help of great members through the years. 10 years is a long time and I never thought we would last this long. Before I go off on another rant,
let me just say thank you to the membership, thank you for sticking around, thank you for being there, please continue to be here and thank you very much.
