I went to 711, here in Canada it's Slurpee day or something.
I couldn't help noticing all the rainbows on all the posts then I saw a sign that read "all flavors welcome" with the rainbow as well.
So... you can't even get a Slurpee OUTSIDE OF PRIDE month without being bombarded by Pride.
I went to the till with my daughter where they are offering stickers TO KIDS of course.
She says "aww your daughter is so cute, would she like a sticker"
I looked down at the selection of Rainbow and "all flavors welcome" stickers.
I said (catching myself off guard) "No, I'm not interested in all this pride crap. Would she like a sticker... OF COURSE. But not this one. I won't allow it."
The woman looked both disappointed but not surprised. Clearly this had already happened today, and the large stack of stickers on the counter indicated they were hoping to hand them out to every kid coming through the door, but were not successful in their efforts.
I will speak up more. If you don't have a non-pride coffee cup to serve me with, or bag or whatever, I'll be taking my business elsewhere.
STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE CHILDREN YOU SICK FUCKS!
DO THE SAME!!!! STAND UP TO THE "PRIDE" BULLSHIT AGENDA!
Pride used to be exactly like that. I was there. The rest of your post is a non sequitur.
I think we can come to some middle ground. You're looking at the 1% pulling the strings, I'm looking at the gays next door who want to live their lives in peace.
You're right that the 1% wants to push LGBTQXYZ ideology in order to normalize that which healthy people find appalling. I'm with you in that observation.
I'm right that the average gay who observed actual injustices such as the targeting that precipitated the Stonewall riots, the mishandling of the AIDS crisis, the murder of harmless innocents like Matthew Shepard, discrimination in the workplace and in the marketplace, unequal treatment under the law, or any number of other examples which collectively operated to drive gays underground, just wanted to be left alone. Hiding wasn't getting the job done, so the response, understandably, was to say, in effect, "Hey, listen up you cruel fucks, I'm here, I'm your neighbor, and I'm sick of being treated as subhuman." So, pride events started up as a way to peaceably say this, the first being on the one-year anniversary of Stonewall.
Granted, they've gotten well out of hand over the last decade or so, and I'd agree this phenomenon is driven by the agenda of the 1%. But the motivation of the rank and file gay population was not sinister, and still isn't. Those of us awake enough to think are appalled at what is being done in our name.