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Heterosexual Pride Day

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  • #122
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,236 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    orestes wrote: »
    This comes up every single year when Pride parade time comes about.

    Oh I know

    I only posted this 2 years ago
    mango salsa wrote: »
    Every day is a straight pride parade

    But guess what - you can have a straight pride parade

    When you get bullied because you are straight
    When heterophobic bullying makes you suicidal
    When you are physically assaulted because you are straight
    When society abolishes straight marriage and you want to get married
    When you fear coming out as straight; at home, in the workplace, in school
    When you get kicked out of home by your parents for being straight
    When you fear walking down the street in certain areas with your STRAIGHT partner

    Then - you can have a straight pride parade

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #123
    orestes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭orestes


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    That Stewart Lee clip gets posted too much on here :rolleyes:

    I'd say the same thing about that stupid rolleyes smiley.


  • #124
    BlimpGaz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 86 ✭✭BlimpGaz


    St. Patrick's day was the original gay pride parade as leprechauns are known for extensive buggery.


  • #125
    Royal Legend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,694 ✭✭✭Royal Legend


    BlimpGaz wrote: »
    St. Patrick's day was the original gay pride parade as leprechauns are known for extensive buggery.

    Thats a myth, actually Gnomes are known for that not Leprechauns ;)


  • #126
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    That Stewart Lee clip gets posted too much on here :rolleyes:

    You get posted too much on here :rolleyes:


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  • #127
    BlimpGaz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 86 ✭✭BlimpGaz


    Royal Legend wrote: »
    Thats a myth, actually Gnomes are known for that not Leprechauns ;)

    Nah, gnomes just like to smear **** all over Macdonald's bathroom walls. At least the leprechauns keep their perversity behind closed doors.


  • #128
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,309 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    orestes wrote: »
    I'd say the same thing about that stupid rolleyes smiley.

    Ahh, yes... 1 of 13 only smilies boards.ie allows is used too much on here. It must really get on your wick when people use the pac guy on here :pac:


  • #129
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    BlimpGaz wrote: »
    St. Patrick's day was the original gay pride parade as leprechauns are known for extensive buggery.

    'Cause there's no lady leprechauns though. It's like prison rules, I'm not sure it counts.


  • #130
    The Barefoot Pizza Thief
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 240 ✭✭The Barefoot Pizza Thief


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    That Stewart Lee clip gets posted too much on here :rolleyes:

    You wouldn't mind if the guy actually made sense, but all he does is talk out his arse.

    His makes comments in that clip which are akin to saying: "Political correctness stopped my grandad and teacher from calling black and Asian people abusive names" and somehow then goes on to imply that this negates the point that people sometimes make when they refer to something as: Political correctness gone mad - but it doesn't, not even for a second does it.

    His comments would obliterate anyone attempting to suggest: 'Political correctness is mad' (as his grandad and teacher could no longer be racist because of it's inception, apparently) but people suggesting something that happens is Political correctness gone Mad is criticizing a specific occurrence and not Political Correctness in it's broad, all encompassing entirety.

    Basically..

    Sensible Person: "Ah here, this is madness. They edited The Major's dialogue out of a recent broadcast of Faulty Towers. Political correctness gone fcuking mad".

    Stewart Lee: "Actually no, my grandad used to drive me around the city, shouting racist abuse at people he seen and it was the invent of political correctness that stopped him doing it. Therefore, this thing that is happening now, over 45 and a half years later, which you claim is political correctness gone mad, isn't at all. I'll not have it and I am going to speak in a low and annoying monotone voice as I say it, giving the impression that what I am saying is more intelligent and profound than it actually is.

    Sensible Person: Fuck off you prick.


  • #131
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,055 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    BlimpGaz wrote: »
    St. Patrick's day was the original gay pride parade as leprechauns are known for extensive buggery.

    I understand this post from earlier now :)

    "Anyways, nobody's totally straight. We all have a little gay inside us "


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  • #132
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Lapin wrote: »
    I got slated by a gay poster on Boards once for saying I was proud to be hetrosexual.

    He didn't seem to understand that straight people can be proud of being straight if they want to be.

    He gave me the impression the word 'pride' was the preserve of gay people.

    They have monopolised it for themselves and the rest of us can jump.
    efb wrote: »
    Can you quote it?


    Yep

    From post 128 onwards...


  • #133
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    mango salsa wrote: »
    Oh I know

    I only posted this 2 years ago


    Will we be checking credentials at Pride now? How many of those must apply to be in?


  • #134
    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    How much you willing to bet :)

    Let's get 50 male dancers wearing thongs & 50 female dancers wearing thongs and a string bikini top. We'll slap any ol' parade on top of it (1 rule, as long as its not gay) and lets see how long it lasts :) You saying it'll go down like a treat?

    But wait... this is Ireland right? This wouldnt be the same country that closed down stringfellows a few years ago would it? with all moral do-gooders protesting? ...

    I do look forward to you disproving me :)

    Erm, have you not seen the Brazilians on St. Patrick's Day in Ireland?


  • #135
    StewartGriffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭StewartGriffin


    The Barefoot Pizza Thief wrote: »
    You wouldn't mind if the guy actually made sense, but all he does is talk out his arse.

    His makes comments in that clip which are akin to saying: "Political correctness stopped my grandad and teacher from calling black and Asian people abusive names" and somehow then goes on to imply that this negates the point that people sometimes make when they refer to something as: Political correctness gone mad - but it doesn't, not even for a second does it.

    His comments would obliterate anyone attempting to suggest: 'Political correctness is mad' (as his grandad and teacher could no longer be racist because of it's inception, apparently) but people suggesting something that happens is Political correctness gone Mad is criticizing a specific occurrence and not Political Correctness in it's broad, all encompassing entirety.


    Basically..

    Sensible Person: "Ah here, this is madness. They edited The Major's dialogue out of a recent broadcast of Faulty Towers. Political correctness gone fcuking mad".

    Stewart Lee: "Actually no, my grandad used to drive me around the city, shouting racist abuse at people he seen and it was the invent of political correctness that stopped him doing it. Therefore, this thing that is happening now, over 45 and a half years later, which you claim is political correctness gone mad, isn't at all. I'll not have it and I am going to speak in a low and annoying monotone voice as I say it, giving the impression that what I am saying is more intelligent and profound than it actually is.

    Sensible Person: Fuck off you prick.


    Wibble


  • #136
    Cavehill Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Cavehill Red


    Jimoslimos wrote: »
    Speaking as a straight white Irish man, when I look in the mirror,

    I don't see a straight man
    I don't see a white man
    I don't see an Irish man
    In fact I don't even 'see' a man.

    All I see is myself.

    Because I have been fortunate enough never to have been marginalised in society my self-identity doesn't reflect these aspects.

    Fairly obvious you didn't grow up Catholic in the six counties, then. There's nothing inherently unmarginalisable about being straight, white and Irish, let me tell you. You're not immune to discrimination or oppression by virtue of a penis and pale skin.


  • #137
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    Cavehill Red wrote: »
    Fairly obvious you didn't grow up Catholic in the six counties, then. There's nothing inherently unmarginalisable about being straight, white and Irish, let me tell you. You're not immune to discrimination or oppression by virtue of a penis and pale skin.

    You make a good point for this thread there, I mean as we all know, adversity and marginalisation didn't make Northern Irish Catholics proud and protective of those elements of their identity at all.


  • #138
    Cavehill Red
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    jill_valentine wrote: »
    You make a good point for this thread there, I mean as we all know, adversity and marginalisation didn't make Northern Irish Catholics proud and protective of those elements of their identity at all.

    Not especially, no. Many were made to feel ashamed of their second-class citizenry and internalised it. Many denied their background or heritage in order to succeed in life. Many simply emigrated to live elsewhere.
    Generally, it was the dominant element of NI society that went in for triumphalist marching, which is perhaps why I've always associated that kind of activity with attention-seeking and cultural insecurity.


  • #139
    Norwesterner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Norwesterner


    My name is URL wrote: »
    But being straight is the socially accepted norm. Hence the reason for Gay Pride marches and so forth... it's an attempt for those groups to attain social acceptance and equality.

    The idea of a straight-pride event is completely stupid and only ever trotted out by those who refuse to acknowledge that gay people are treated differently by society.
    i'd have bought that years ago....but today????

    And why the need for Gay olympics and gay-only cemetaries (in Holland etc)
    The only people ostracising gays and creating a sexual apartheid are the militant gays, who have the same destructve gene as the extreme feminists. The gay pride parades are outdated and cringeworthy.
    Just get on with your lives already.


  • #140
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    southsiderosie wrote: »
    Erm, have you not seen the Brazilians on St. Patrick's Day in Ireland?

    I know we don;t have the same climate, but that's a trifle oversressed don;t ou think?

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #141
    kfk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭kfk


    Do homosexuals overplay the discrimination card now though? A few years ago, I was queuing in a shop. The shop assistant was a grumpy bit*h. No please, thank you, just being a sow. I was preparing myself in the queue to say something about her lack of manners but the person in front of me got there first. Cant remember what was said but when the manager came over, this fella in the queue flared up about her being rude to him because he was gay! Nobody would have even realized he was gay until he said it. I've also noticed that a gay friend on facebook seems to blame everything that goes wrong for him on being gay. He was let go from his job a few weeks ago and is posting shi*e about it being discrimination. This stuff happens to people, straight or gay everyday! Do homosexuals want more rights that straight people?


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  • #142
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,236 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    kfk wrote: »
    Do homosexuals overplay the discrimination card now though? A few years ago, I was queuing in a shop. The shop assistant was a grumpy bit*h. No please, thank you, just being a sow. I was preparing myself in the queue to say something about her lack of manners but the person in front of me got there first. Cant remember what was said but when the manager came over, this fella in the queue flared up about her being rude to him because he was gay! Nobody would have even realized he was gay until he said it. I've also noticed that a gay friend on facebook seems to blame everything that goes wrong for him on being gay. He was let go from his job a few weeks ago and is posting shi*e about it being discrimination. This stuff happens to people, straight or gay everyday! Do homosexuals want more rights that straight people?

    Wow. Love the logic. You were in a shop once and someone said something and your friend says things on facebook therefore all lgbt people overplay the discrimination card.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #143
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    kfk wrote: »
    Do homosexuals overplay the discrimination card now though? A few years ago, I was queuing in a shop. The shop assistant was a grumpy bit*h. No please, thank you, just being a sow. I was preparing myself in the queue to say something about her lack of manners but the person in front of me got there first. Cant remember what was said but when the manager came over, this fella in the queue flared up about her being rude to him because he was gay! Nobody would have even realized he was gay until he said it. I've also noticed that a gay friend on facebook seems to blame everything that goes wrong for him on being gay. He was let go from his job a few weeks ago and is posting shi*e about it being discrimination. This stuff happens to people, straight or gay everyday! Do homosexuals want more rights that straight people?
    Sexuality does not have any bearing on one's abilty to be a dick.


  • #144
    the_syco
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    old hippy wrote: »
    We all have a little gay inside us :D
    I think that classifies as rape.


  • #145
    kfk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭kfk


    mango salsa wrote: »
    Wow. Love the logic. You were in a shop once and someone said something and your friend says things on facebook therefore all lgbt people overplay the discrimination card.

    I never said that they overplay the discrimination card! I asked a question. The reason I asked the question was to get other peoples views. Do homosexuals not like being asked questions?


  • #146
    kfk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭kfk


    I asked a question earlier on this thread if anyone here would support a pavey pride parade and it did not get one reply! I'm guessing that nobody here would as the question was not answered by anyone! One set of standards for one group and another set for the other group. So who here would honestly support a pavey pride day? People are judged and discriminated against every day regardless of sexuality, race, gender, religious beliefs etc. A culchie in Dublin, A Dub in Kerry. A Brit in Ireland. A priest. A hippie. Everyone is prone to discrimination!


  • #147
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    kfk wrote: »
    I asked a question earlier on this thread if anyone here would support a pavey pride parade and it did not get one reply! I'm guessing that nobody here would as the question was not answered by anyone! One set of standards for one group and another set for the other group. So who here would honestly support a pavey pride day? People are judged and discriminated against every day regardless of sexuality, race, gender, religious beliefs etc. A culchie in Dublin, A Dub in Kerry. A Brit in Ireland. A priest. A hippie. Everyone is prone to discrimination!

    Not sure what a Pavey parade would actually be, but I'm guessing travellers and yes, I would have no porblems as long as they adhered to all the rules and regualtaions other parades have to.

    I may not like what they have to say, but I will defend their right to say it.

    The problem isn't that gay people (and minorities in general) are discriminated against by others (well part of it is, but you have ro respect opinon, no porblem there), but it becomes a problem when they are discrimated against by the law and the government - the same govenment they contribute towards the upkeep of. If there was a law suggesting blacks/protestants/Dubs/non-Dubs were not allowed to get married, can you imagine how long it would last?

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #148
    kfk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭kfk


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Not sure what a Pavey parade would actually be, but I'm guessing travellers and yes, I would have no porblems as long as they adhered to all the rules and regualtaions other parades have to.

    I may not like what they have to say, but I will defend their right to say it.

    The problem isn't that gay people (and minorities in general) are discriminated against by others (well part of it is, but you have ro respect opinon, no porblem there), but it becomes a problem when they are discrimated against by the law and the government - the same govenment they contribute towards the upkeep of. If there was a law suggesting blacks/protestants/Dubs/non-Dubs were not allowed to get married, can you imagine how long it would last?

    Can you tell me what the differences are between heterosexual and LGBT rights with civil partnerships and marriage?


  • #149
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,236 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    kfk wrote: »
    I never said that they overplay the discrimination card! I asked a question. The reason I asked the question was to get other peoples views. Do homosexuals not like being asked questions?

    Some do, some don't.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #150
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,236 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    kfk wrote: »
    I asked a question earlier on this thread if anyone here would support a pavey pride parade and it did not get one reply! I'm guessing that nobody here would as the question was not answered by anyone! One set of standards for one group and another set for the other group. So who here would honestly support a pavey pride day? People are judged and discriminated against every day regardless of sexuality, race, gender, religious beliefs etc. A culchie in Dublin, A Dub in Kerry. A Brit in Ireland. A priest. A hippie. Everyone is prone to discrimination!

    It happens and I wholeheartedly support it

    http://travellerprideweek.ie/

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #151
    kfk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭kfk


    mango salsa wrote: »
    It happens and I wholeheartedly support it

    http://travellerprideweek.ie/

    Thanks. Learn something new every day!


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