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Absolutely a fair question, and to answer, I have a number of friends that I skate with who represent many swaths of the community. We get along great and enjoy each others company, but at the same time, most are also younger than me, mostly younger to mid 20s, so I'm aware that how engaged we are is different.

These youths are engaged heavily, being involved in the Palestine protests, and very vocal about the war since it began. I'll admit I've known about the settler issue in Palestine for the better part of a decade now, so I did find it upsetting that at the beginning it felt like there were a number of people "jumping on the bandwagon" of protesting, but after a little introspection I remembered that I was young and didn't know about these things, and it had to be taught to me too.

A few of my older friends who identify as gay though also had a similar hesitation of getting involved in the protests. I think there's a subset who have been harassed by the religions communities (and I don't just mean palestinian religions, Christian and others as well) and would prefer that the pride parade stays a reminder of what they fought for in the generations before, and have overcome to have a much more free society for them today. Liberation does mean liberation for all, just that some people don't feel like that group wants them to be liberated. I think the difference in age gap is what has interested me about this difference (is dichotomy the right word?

All of this to say, I just didn't attend. I was happy that the people attending felt seen or heard, and I went on with my day. It's a reminder that while I had an opinion and didn't agree how things were handled, it's not the end of the world and doesn't really affect me that much.