Well if there’s money to be made on anything someone will “capitalize” on it.
Pride month is political.
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I think you missed my point. Nobody has to take part in any pride celebrations and it's pretty easy to just ignore the signage.
Thank you for the reminder that it is Pride Month. I'm happy that you were finally able to figure out that gays are individuals, much like straight people.I’m gay, but I’ll pass on Pride Month
June is nationally recognized as LGBT Pride Month, with events in major cities across the country planned to celebrate gay history and social progress, like last weekend’s Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
But even though I’m proud to be gay, you won’t find me at any rallies this June. The Pride movement has been hijacked by a left-wing agenda, and some of its advocacy is actually setting gay people back.
A quick look at the national Pride website reveals not a neutral agenda advocating for all gay people, but a blatant endorsement of progressivism — even on issues that have little to do with gay rights. Advocate.com, a news website affiliated with the Pride movement, contains a glowing profile of gun-control advocate Emma Gonzalez on its homepage, even nominating her for their “Hall of Fame.” Another article openly calls on gay people to “fight for gun reform.”
The Pride rallies last year in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles could have easily been mistaken for the gun-control-oriented March for Our Lives, pro-choice Women’s March, or any other left-wing rally. Rainbow flags reading “Make America Gay Again” openly mock President Trump’s signature slogan, and ignore the obvious reality that America has never been more gay-friendly than it is in 2018. One anti-Trump chant at last year’s D.C. rally went viral — “We’re here, we’re queer, get that Cheeto out of here.”
Apparently, so-called advocates of LGBT equality don’t think that gay people are capable of supporting gun rights or President Trump, even though he won 15 percent of the LGBT vote. The 2017 Charlotte Pride rally even went so far as to bar a pro-Trump group, “Deplorable Pride,” from entering a float in the parade, because their version of pride was deemed “anti-LGBTQ.” For all their talk about gay rights, too many in the Pride movement don’t think gay people should have the right to think for themselves.
I may not personally support Trump, but I want no part of a movement that strips gay people of our individuality. By conflating gay pride with an anti-Trump attitude and support for progressivism, advocates insinuate that gay people must be liberal, and in doing so, they succumb to the same stereotyping they claim to be #resisting. An authentic approach to LGBT equality would treat gay people as individuals with different life experiences and values that shape our political views, not just shove us into a box with Bernie Sanders.
The sinister side effects of the modern Pride movement don’t stop there. It’s understandable that after decades of oppression and discrimination, gay people might want to let loose and celebrate their sexuality — but too often, these marches devolve into the same stereotypes of sexual deviancy that they’re supposed to be dispelling.
A 2015 Pride rally got national news coverage after an ISIS flag featuring dildos and butt plugs was mistaken for the real thing. At almost any Pride event, you’ll find scantily-clad marchers, rainbow-themed sex toys, and profane posters.
The hypersexualization of the Pride movement is so extreme that it’s reinforcing the biases some Americans still have against gay people. Attitudes toward gay rights are shifting in the right direction, but a portion of the country remains deeply opposed to homosexuality, and views it as a deviant, immoral lifestyle. How will we change their mind? This isn’t an easy question, but progress certainly won’t be promoted by streaking through the streets in the nude, as some men did at last year’s Pride rally in New York.
If anything, real societal acceptance comes through assimilation — after all, that’s how we won public support for same-sex marriage. Jonah Goldberg writes about this in his book Suicide of the West: “Why did the struggle for gay marriage succeed? Because it appealed not to radicalism but to bourgeois values about family formation.” At the Republican National Convention, tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel said “I am proud to be gay … but most of all I am proud to be an American.” A nervous moment passed, and then the conservative-filled stadium exploded in applause.
This modest approach might not be sexy, but it produces results. Fox News commentator Guy Benson made a splash with a viral video he did for Prager University: “I’m Gay … Conservative … So What?” In the video, he says “My values define me, while my sexual orientation sometimes feels more like a footnote.” His reserved approach to his sexuality outraged some on the left, but when Benson recently announced his engagement to a man, he was widely congratulated by conservatives, even by members of the religious right like Ben Shapiro. If Pride advocates really want to increase LGBT acceptance, they should embrace this approach.
Don’t get me wrong: The Pride marches aren’t all bad. They do place important emphasis on AIDS awareness, and gay love is worthy of recognition. But as long as the Pride movement puppets progressivism and engages in self-defeating hypersexualization, I won’t be joining in the celebration.
Brad Polumbo (@brad_polumbo) is a writer for Young Voices.
I’m gay, but I’ll pass on Pride Month - Washington Examiner
June is nationally recognized as LGBT Pride Month, with events in major cities across the country planned to celebrate gay history and social progress, like last weekend’s Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. But even though I’m proud to be gay, you won’t find me at any rallies this June. The Pride...www.washingtonexaminer.com
Sure. But pride begs for you attention, and so people respond with what they think of it. The critique is on that level.
I don't know if you’ve noticed, but we are surrounded by stuff begging for attention all the time. It's only logical that some or most of it isn't going to be what you would choose to see.
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You ever stop to contemplate that maybe the reason that happened is because people kept the issue at the forefront? 🤔
I identify with this. In small town Iowa growing up. There weren’t many things worse than being called a queer. I cringe looking back at how homophobic I was. Can’t imagine how difficult it was for classmates that knew they were homosexuals but still tried to fit in as hetero.
Have you ever noticed we spend a lot of time critiquing and complaining about culture?
Have you noticed how much of they goes on in offerings like, say, the NYT, the Atlantic or the like?
This is right up their alley, in fact.
I'm sure you've noticed this.
Guys….its been an hour and no one has said anything?
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE!!!
The Cracker Barrel would properly respect a veteran like this.
I was making an argument for the validity of complaining about stuff we don't like or think is silly or harmful culturally. I thought this fell under that umbrella.
I was pointing out that we put a lot of energy into high brow cultural criticism in well respected publications. It's a thing we do and pride isnt immune these sort of critiques.
I was engaging in a bit of cultural criticism.
I was arguing for the reasonableness of people offering criticism like mine in the example offered.
I don't think anyone was.
I took it more as criticism of my criticism and I wanted to point out why it wasn't anything unreasonable.
Nobody is forcing you to take part in any of this. You can avoid our parades with ease, not buy any of the crap, not get hammered at brunch. It's weird this triggers you so much.
Try doing that in a small town, you’re saying?
How would Pride go over in St. Joe Missouri? Shitkicker Oklahoma? KKKvile Mississippi? Probably a lot of violence and bloodshed. That’s how you know we need to keep having these things until it’s so boring and normalized that kind of violence would be unthinkable.
That might explain the frustration he takes out on his wife?
I’m gay, but I’ll pass on Pride Month
June is nationally recognized as LGBT Pride Month, with events in major cities across the country planned to celebrate gay history and social progress, like last weekend’s Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
But even though I’m proud to be gay, you won’t find me at any rallies this June. The Pride movement has been hijacked by a left-wing agenda, and some of its advocacy is actually setting gay people back.
A quick look at the national Pride website reveals not a neutral agenda advocating for all gay people, but a blatant endorsement of progressivism — even on issues that have little to do with gay rights. Advocate.com, a news website affiliated with the Pride movement, contains a glowing profile of gun-control advocate Emma Gonzalez on its homepage, even nominating her for their “Hall of Fame.” Another article openly calls on gay people to “fight for gun reform.”
The Pride rallies last year in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles could have easily been mistaken for the gun-control-oriented March for Our Lives, pro-choice Women’s March, or any other left-wing rally. Rainbow flags reading “Make America Gay Again” openly mock President Trump’s signature slogan, and ignore the obvious reality that America has never been more gay-friendly than it is in 2018. One anti-Trump chant at last year’s D.C. rally went viral — “We’re here, we’re queer, get that Cheeto out of here.”
Apparently, so-called advocates of LGBT equality don’t think that gay people are capable of supporting gun rights or President Trump, even though he won 15 percent of the LGBT vote. The 2017 Charlotte Pride rally even went so far as to bar a pro-Trump group, “Deplorable Pride,” from entering a float in the parade, because their version of pride was deemed “anti-LGBTQ.” For all their talk about gay rights, too many in the Pride movement don’t think gay people should have the right to think for themselves.
I may not personally support Trump, but I want no part of a movement that strips gay people of our individuality. By conflating gay pride with an anti-Trump attitude and support for progressivism, advocates insinuate that gay people must be liberal, and in doing so, they succumb to the same stereotyping they claim to be #resisting. An authentic approach to LGBT equality would treat gay people as individuals with different life experiences and values that shape our political views, not just shove us into a box with Bernie Sanders.
The sinister side effects of the modern Pride movement don’t stop there. It’s understandable that after decades of oppression and discrimination, gay people might want to let loose and celebrate their sexuality — but too often, these marches devolve into the same stereotypes of sexual deviancy that they’re supposed to be dispelling.
A 2015 Pride rally got national news coverage after an ISIS flag featuring dildos and butt plugs was mistaken for the real thing. At almost any Pride event, you’ll find scantily-clad marchers, rainbow-themed sex toys, and profane posters.
The hypersexualization of the Pride movement is so extreme that it’s reinforcing the biases some Americans still have against gay people. Attitudes toward gay rights are shifting in the right direction, but a portion of the country remains deeply opposed to homosexuality, and views it as a deviant, immoral lifestyle. How will we change their mind? This isn’t an easy question, but progress certainly won’t be promoted by streaking through the streets in the nude, as some men did at last year’s Pride rally in New York.
If anything, real societal acceptance comes through assimilation — after all, that’s how we won public support for same-sex marriage. Jonah Goldberg writes about this in his book Suicide of the West: “Why did the struggle for gay marriage succeed? Because it appealed not to radicalism but to bourgeois values about family formation.” At the Republican National Convention, tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel said “I am proud to be gay … but most of all I am proud to be an American.” A nervous moment passed, and then the conservative-filled stadium exploded in applause.
This modest approach might not be sexy, but it produces results. Fox News commentator Guy Benson made a splash with a viral video he did for Prager University: “I’m Gay … Conservative … So What?” In the video, he says “My values define me, while my sexual orientation sometimes feels more like a footnote.” His reserved approach to his sexuality outraged some on the left, but when Benson recently announced his engagement to a man, he was widely congratulated by conservatives, even by members of the religious right like Ben Shapiro. If Pride advocates really want to increase LGBT acceptance, they should embrace this approach.
Don’t get me wrong: The Pride marches aren’t all bad. They do place important emphasis on AIDS awareness, and gay love is worthy of recognition. But as long as the Pride movement puppets progressivism and engages in self-defeating hypersexualization, I won’t be joining in the celebration.
Brad Polumbo (@brad_polumbo) is a writer for Young Voices.
I’m gay, but I’ll pass on Pride Month - Washington Examiner
June is nationally recognized as LGBT Pride Month, with events in major cities across the country planned to celebrate gay history and social progress, like last weekend’s Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. But even though I’m proud to be gay, you won’t find me at any rallies this June. The Pride...
Kroger just sent me a Pride Month email promo.
What am I supposed to do here?
- Boycott them now?
- Go find a gay person to f***?
- Dress up in a man's thong and go shopping there w/o pants?
Please advise...
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Get a nice summer sausage and a couple mozzarella balls and go to town my man.
Looks like a lot of like minded people to the OP here in Texas. At a San Antonio FC Match for Pride Night and it's the lowest attendance of the year. And I mean obvious.
Sad a rainbow keeps people from enjoying soccer.
Sad a rainbow keeps people from enjoying soccer.
I've noticed people are much more emboldened to speak up when they don't want pride jammed down their throat. Cancel culture had slowed that significantly.
It's good people are speaking up. Want to be all in on gay pride? Good for you! Don't like it plastered all over everywhere for your kids to see and want to speak up about it? Great!
Go for it everyone! It's like the pendulum is swinging back to center and people on both sides can speak up again. As it should be.
It's good people are speaking up. Want to be all in on gay pride? Good for you! Don't like it plastered all over everywhere for your kids to see and want to speak up about it? Great!
Go for it everyone! It's like the pendulum is swinging back to center and people on both sides can speak up again. As it should be.
Why sports teams think gay people are their target audience is beyond me...this isn't surprising.
The idea isnt's that gay people are the target audience, it's that sports are for everyone.
Oh, hadn't thought about it from that angle. That makes pride night even more ridiculous. Every baseball game is for everyone. By making some baseball games about some people, it makes it less inclusive, not more.
Everyone knows you'll save big money when you shop Menard's, yet the message never stops.
Are you saying you you find it difficult to enjoy
Gayness has become way too political. The password at my favorite glory hole now is “Twice impeached orange desecration”.
