AS ALWAYS, LIFE IMITATES THE EARLIER, FUNNIER* ONION:

Shot: Gay-Pride Parade Sets Mainstream Acceptance Of Gays Back 50 Years.

—Headline, the Onion, .

Chaser: Gay Pride Parade In NYC Remembering Orlando, Carries Banner: “Republican Hate Kills.”

—Headline, Weasel Zippers, yesterday.

An odd slogan considering that Orlando was caused by an ISIS-supporting terrorist who, like his Congressional lobbyist father, was a registered Democrat. But never let a crisis go to waste, to coin a phrase.

The 2016 NYC Gay Pride Parade held along Fifth Avenue in New York City NYC Pride, New York, USA - 26 Jun 2016 (Rex Features via AP Images)
(Rex Features via AP Images.)

* Before they went in the tank for Hillary, that is.