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National Straight Pride Coalition refused permit to march

But only if one can pay extortion/tribute.

And where's the Q?
 
swing_voter said:
I'm not proud about being straight; I've never even thought of my orientation, really.

Why would you want to have Straight Pride march?
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Well, the argument that revolves around holding a straight pride parade, is that "it's only fair", because all of us queers get to have a pride parade. But we don't exist in a vacuum. Straight people do not have a history of being discriminated against for their sexuality, which still exists in signif8 forms to this day. Don't get me started on other countries that violenty persecute LGBT people.
 
Lisa said:
You brought the issue up and claimed that you have been harassed for being heterosexual/CIS.

When have you ever been harassed for being heterosexual? I'm also hetero and I have never once been harassed by anyone in the LGBTQ community for being hetero.I have been in many gay bars with LGBT friends and the only thing that has ever happened was being offered a drink or hit on by a lesbian. In my experience, they are very much live and let live.

If I may ask, who is not letting you alone and what were the circumstances when this action happened?
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I'm sorry. It happens by people assuming and accusing me of thoughts and actions I don't have and have never taken.

It happens very frequently, just because I am a straight white guy.
 
Jason Warfield said:
We, as white, straight males, are NOTvictims. We don't need a parade for being straight since we are not being oppressed for being straight. There's no need to show pride for it as no one is mocking us or enacting laws on us that ban us from our basic freedoms based on our skin color or heterosexual orientation.
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Is that what it's about? Going out there because of mockery?

What about the automatic assumption when something goes wrong, the straight whites are accused of bigotry, when it isn't the reason?

Jason Warfield said:
Man, you conservatives need to quit acting like snowflakes and crybabies.....
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Seems like it's you guys who are being the snowflakes. Having a meltdown because some white guy wants a strait pride parade.
 
swing_voter said:
I'm not proud about being straight; I've never even thought of my orientation, really.

Why would you want to have Straight Pride march?
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To be provocative.
 
Lord of Planar said:
To show they hypocrisy of the left.

Force it in the open, so that maybe people will realize the stupid idiots they support.
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What the hell does the left have to do with it? Is being gay a leftist thing to you?
Damn. Not everything is a partsan issue, you know. Well, not to anyone with a clue anyway.
And just FYI, 'gay pride' is about rejecting gay shame. They parade to celebrate not having to hide anymore. Anyone who says there needs to be straight pride or white prde or any of those other ersatz copy-cats is just trying to provoke controversy.
 
Jason Warfield said:
To my fellow, white, straight males who want this march to happen, I would like the say the following to you:

Stop acting like a pack of insecure, chicken-little, millenial victims.

We, as white, straight males, are NOTvictims. We don't need a parade for being straight since we are not being oppressed for being straight. There's no need to show pride for it as no one is mocking us or enacting laws on us that ban us from our basic freedoms based on our skin color or heterosexual orientation.

If you really feel the need for a parade, there are plenty to join that have nothing to do sexuality. If you are Irish, Polish, German, etc....there are plenty of parades and groups to join to feel proud about THAT. Or, you can belong to a group that works for the community like the Shriners or the OddFellows. Sure, you might have to wear silly hats, but you get to help out kids with cancer...that's a good trade off, I think.

Man, you conservatives need to quit acting like snowflakes and crybabies.....
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So having a parade about being proud of being Irish, Polish, German, etc is okay, but being proud of being heterosexual isn't? What a weird line to draw.

I don't care one tiny little bit about this. They could have their parade and I wouldn't think anything more about it than any other parade. It is funny to see all of this incensed people coming out and railing against the parade organizers as being "crybabies" when they themselves are being quite the "crybabies".

Ask yourself, if this is just a bunch of straight people marching down the street dancing and having fun celebrating their straightness, then what is the big deal? As long as it doesn't turn into a venue for hate speech against those who aren't straight, let them have their parade and just don't attend. :shrug:
 
Jason Warfield said:
To my fellow, white, straight males who want this march to happen, I would like the say the following to you:

Stop acting like a pack of insecure, chicken-little, millenial victims.

We, as white, straight males, are NOTvictims. We don't need a parade for being straight since we are not being oppressed for being straight. There's no need to show pride for it as no one is mocking us or enacting laws on us that ban us from our basic freedoms based on our skin color or heterosexual orientation.

If you really feel the need for a parade, there are plenty to join that have nothing to do sexuality. If you are Irish, Polish, German, etc....there are plenty of parades and groups to join to feel proud about THAT. Or, you can belong to a group that works for the community like the Shriners or the OddFellows. Sure, you might have to wear silly hats, but you get to help out kids with cancer...that's a good trade off, I think.

Man, you conservatives need to quit acting like snowflakes and crybabies.....
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So having a that having parade makes you a snowflake or a crybaby???
 
Khayembii Communique said:
Because we all know that it's not about that.
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Do you? Or are you just making an assumption?

If they aren't expressing hateful messages, then why not let them march?

Even if the parade is just a bunch of straight people who feel like they are being oppressed for being straight, as long as they are expressing hateful messages, then why not let them march?
 
dcsports said:
The article does point out that this was a gaffe.
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Credit where it is due, that was one helluva gaffe.
That said, he should get the insurance required and re-apply for the permit.
Who cares if they march. It will likely make them look a bit more foolish then they think.
 
Lord of Planar said:
The bigotry of the left, when they protest against them.
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The bigotry of the left, huh... So, gay pride happens, which is non-partisan, and bigots decide they've had enough of gay pride, so they plan a counter parade, aka a protest against them...but the left is engaging in bigotry.

Can you walk me through that logic?
 
Chaddelamancha said:
Do you? Or are you just making an assumption?

If they aren't expressing hateful messages, then why not let them march?

Even if the parade is just a bunch of straight people who feel like they are being oppressed for being straight, as long as they are expressing hateful messages, then why not let them march?
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First, the reason this wasn't approved was because of an insurance and safety issue.

Second, "straight pride" is inherently hateful, just like white pride.
 
OlNate said:
The bigotry of the left, huh... So, gay pride happens, which is non-partisan, and bigots decide they've had enough of gay pride, so they plan a counter parade, aka a protest against them...but the left is engaging in bigotry.

Can you walk me through that logic?
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Sure, there are plenty of people who are bigoted against the Gay Pride, and similar. I do not deny that. My problem is that it is the left, who actively endorses such things, until it is something they don't.
 
OlNate said:
You don't think the world is used to straight people?
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The problem is that straight people are now they only target the left has, and they don't temper their actions against us. They have made all other groups off limits, so straight white males are now the primary target of hatred.
 
btthegreat said:
I don't see the big deal here. Let them march, consistent with policies already established, including those with respect to insurance. If we can handle men in white robes or swastikas marching down main street, we can manage to survive these silly people who think they are making a point.
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Agree. Even if it is a round-about way to have an Alt-right parade.
I am dying to see the signs.

I screw my wife!

But only when I let him!


oh hell, good godamn times.
 
Lord of Planar said:
What about those who simply want to make a point?
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Let them.
But if the rules state they need Ins, then they need Ins.
If this is a new rule just to turn this march down, that isn't ok.
 
Lord of Planar said:
The problem is that straight people are now they only target the left has, and they don't temper their actions against us. They have made all other groups off limits, so straight white males are now the primary target of hatred.
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You're confusing "straight people" with bigots, who should be targeted. Nobody is targeting straight people. This false equivalence is a hallmark of the hateful right to attempt to claim they represent all straight people when they simply represent bigots.
 
Khayembii Communique said:
First, the reason this wasn't approved was because of an insurance and safety issue.

Second, "straight pride" is inherently hateful, just like white pride.
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I know why it wasn't approved, that wasn't my question.

Inherently hateful seem like a wide brush to paint everyone who marches in the parade. Can you not be proud to be straight without being hateful towards those who aren't?
 
Lord of Planar said:
Those of you complaining.
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Complaining? Calling out the concept of 'straight pride' as being deliberately provocative is hypocritical?
Listen. You know yourself there's no need for 'straight pride' other than to stir up trouble. If gay pride didn't exist, would there be a need for straight pride? Obviously not. Like someone else pointed out, it's exactly the same thing that led to the National Association for the Advancement of White People, David Duke's little stick for stirring up ****.
 
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