On 25 July, Islamist Abdul Ballout drove a van into a Berlin Pride parade, killing a woman and injuring 29 others. One of the images from Berlin Pride that spread across social media afterwards showed an Antifa flag lying soaked in blood. Even the Berlin attack itself has been blamed by some on white conservatives spreading ‘hate’, instead of confronting the ideology that put the man behind the wheel. To these activists and politicians, gays aren’t people – we’re mascots, political footballs brought out for endorsement season. You cannot spend Monday waving a Pride flag only to get up on Tuesday morning making excuses for the ideology that keeps producing attacks on gays, women, children and Jews.