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Dozens attend 'Hetero Awesome Fest' in Idaho
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Dozens lol
There's dozens of us!
I'm a cis white male, but I'll suck some dick to protest this bullshit.
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Boys, I da ho, sounds very straight to me
I rather enjoyed the song
Closeted Bro Convention
A party full of people that are so unsure and afraid of their sexuality that they have to gather together and make a point of it to the world that they are really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really not gay, not even a little bit bi, absolutely bit bi at all!
Okay then, hope you guys have fun, then! Don't check what's happening behind the toilets, though!
I feel like this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but... really, I don't see a problem with these people having this event, and I think the person who got up to sing the pro-LGBTQ+ song was in the wrong here. But let me explain before you crucify me.
It's pride month, and they have anti-LGBTQ+ views. Holding their own event for people with similar views is by far preferable to going and causing problems at pride events, and while I don't agree with their views, I support their freedom to hold them, given they aren't causing problems for others, which it sounds like they weren't.
An LGBTQ+ person "crashing" their event isn't really any different from an anti-LGBTQ+ person crashing a pride event, which I'd obviously have a problem with, so I think it'd be somewhat hypocritical to applaud someone for doing it to these people, however much I disagree with their viewpoint.
Edit: Yep, knew it'd be unpopular. Rather than just downvoting me, though, why not tell me why you disagree?
I mean, they are calling it a "Hetero Awesome" event. Which is fine, as straight people are awesome! But so are the gays.
If these folks are so triggered by someone singing a pro-LGBTQ+ song, though, it makes me think it was never about how awesome anyone is in the first place. It seems more to be about "Gays are not awesome like we are" than "We're awesome". See how the message is different?
I bet if a Straight Ally showed up at a Pride event singing a song about how awesome Straight People are, nobody would have a problem with that, as long as it wasn't trying to dunk on some other group in the process.
(Now, that is leading me to wonder what the most "Hetero Awesome" song might be. What song would you pick as the Straight People Anthem?)
Ram Ranch
Wonderwall. It's Wonderwall.
After all
@dhork People forget that 'Pride' is called that because it was a reaction to a culture that tried to shame us. It means, "We are NOT ashamed to be who we really are." Early Pride events were called marches, not parades, and there was little or no fun involved, just unity. And you could be legally fired, evicted, or expelled for participating, and many of us were. We don't forget that.
Some butthurt or very immature RWNJs came up with 'Straight Pride', which they think is hilariously clever.
@KoboldCoterie Looongtime queer activist here, and I agree with you completely. In fact, the action was an illegal infringement on someone's lawful permit, no matter how sincere. Freedom means -- indeed, REQUIRES -- putting up with other people's shit. Our laws necessarily defend that.
I'm saying all this as an activist and legal asst of more than 40 years. You are legally correct, and I also agree with you morally and philosophically.
Just leave other people alone.
I think they should be allowed to have this festival and also I think I should be allowed to crash it and fuck a load into the cheating closeted husbands
"Not gay, just SSA." Go to Salt Lake. You'll find plenty of them.
Yep. You're meant to incarcerate or banish people you don't like. Going to where they congregate to attack or shame them is a very unwise move. Let them have their little groups, away from normal people
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