what's the symbolism behind weakSauce Scheer refusing to attend Pride Parades?
The same reason many choose not to attend other parades. What makes you think he or any politician has to attend ANY such parades?
I speak only for myself but I find politicians who show up for gay pride who are not gay do so to pander for votes from the gay community.
I find politicians pander to specific ethnic and interest groups through public displays. They use these groups as picture ops to piggy back on the event and make themselves more popular.
Do you ever think some politicians do not want to use people as props to get votes? You think Trudeau showing up to every gay pride parade wearing the identical pink shirt and white pants is not to pander for gay votes. You think the gay coin was not an attempt to pander gays for votes.
Symbolic tokenism which many politicians are part of can be meaningful, i.e., war ceremonies, but it can also be phony and crass.
You obviously think everyone should be like Trudeau and prance about jamming their face into photo ops. I for one find him an insincere phony pandering manipulate picture hog.
He needs to be more concerned about the ethical issues he can't understand or the out of control spending he is responsible for and less about grinning like a hyena for photo ops.