“(You’re) frightened to go out in case you’re going to get hurt, in case there’s going to be trouble.”
A consultation on the impact of parades through Glasgow has found that some residents felt intimidated by Orange order marches - but still felt they had a right to go ahead.
They found people shared examples of abusive or unsafe behaviour based on personal experience but participants also recognised views could be shaped by traditional and social media. It was acknowledged serious violence is “rare” and “may be committed by a minority” but can have “a major impact on the public’s feelings about parades”.
“All it takes is one … of the violent ones to wipe out all the goodwill that has been built into the positive ones we have had.” However, members of the public and some stakeholders had a “desire” for greater dialogue and compromise between organisations.“Even if it’s controversial, you know, if it is against one half of the community in the city or whatever, I mean that's just living in a democracy. You can be offended and there is not a law against that. But as soon as it crosses a border into the say hate speech or anything discriminatory if that's there, that's illegal.
“Maybe you should get the people from the opposite side of the fence here, and get them together, and get them to have a discussion as to how that could happen better.
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