It's like the Puerto Rican day parades, the Columbus Day parades, the St. Patrick's day parades, and all the like. The oddballs like to come out, put on their costumes, and goof off.
Guys who get drunk at St. Patty's Day parades don't represent the average Irishman, just as the freakshows at gay pride parades don't represent the average gay man.
No, it's not at all.
You miss the whole point of this.
These other parades
have folks goofing off,
sure, acting funny. But if
you show up and watch
a gay pride parade,
most of the participants
aren't just "goofing"
or acting "funny."
They cross some difficult line
between "fun" and nuts.
It's hard to describe,
but if you see it, you know.
These parades are nuts.