Straight Pride

UCDVet · 09-06-2015 09:58PM

K4t wrote: »

But we do have a parade. Everyday we have a parade in every village, town and city in the world. And we parade even more explicitly at night and in nightclubs, bars, teenage discos etc. Everyday life is a celebration of being straight. And no, it doesn't make us homophobes, just as having a specific parade on a specific day wouldn't make us homophobes either. Unless of course you wanted that parade to specifically suggest that being straight is right, and more natural than being gay, or that being gay is unnatural. In that case, yes, we would be homophobes. The internet is hard work today.

But being straight is more natural.

At least, depending on what definition of natural you're using.

The Backwards Man · 09-06-2015 10:02PM

P_1 wrote: »

I have an old copy of Parade Magazine, will that do you?

If it's got a Harbor Freight coupon I'm all over it.:)

Samaris · 09-06-2015 10:03PM

You might get away with it in American cities, but if you tried to have a straight parade in a city as winding as Cork or Dublin, you'd get stuck at the first corner.

Anesthetize · 09-06-2015 10:10PM

Straight white male represent.

Geniass · 09-06-2015 10:14PM

Cody montana wrote: »

So is Cahirmee Horse Fair a pride festival for Travellers?

Nobody 20 miles outside of Buttevant knows what that is.

The other fella wrote: »

There can be no doubt that in the lead up to the referendum any straight people on the no side were badly oppressed.That is a fact.

So, what you want is a bigot pride march?

catallus wrote: »

wil wrote: »

Lack of oppression makes one lazy?

Yeah, them gays have all the luck.

Rothko · 09-06-2015 10:16PM

Zillah wrote: »

Straight people aren't a minority..

What about in San Francisco?

Sheep Lover · 09-06-2015 10:16PM

Imagine if the high horse band found out about a white and straight pride parade. They'd trip over themselves to condemn it.

nullzero · 09-06-2015 10:18PM

By asking this question the OP is committing a hate crime. HATE CRIMES!!!!!

The other fella · 09-06-2015 10:19PM

Geniass wrote: »

So, what you want is a bigot pride march?

No.

nullzero · 09-06-2015 10:19PM

Suas11 wrote: »

What about in San Francisco?

Oh be nice...

Zillah · 09-06-2015 10:21PM

UCDVet wrote: »

But being straight is more natural.

At least, depending on what definition of natural you're using.

That which occurs in nature. Therefore, straight and gay are both entirely and equally natural. What on Earth is "more natural" even supposed to mean? Are gays half-natural and half-engineered by scientists?

Also: I'm loving the amount of passive-aggressive people who sound like they'd love to be making homophobic comments and are very angry the world has moved on to the point where they know they can't get away with it.

nullzero · 09-06-2015 10:22PM

Geniass wrote: »

So, what you want is a bigot pride march?

They're called Orange marches FYI

nullzero · 09-06-2015 10:23PM

Zillah wrote: »

Are gays half-natural and half-engineered by scientists?

"The six million dollar f*g "

Custardpi · 09-06-2015 10:27PM

I've given this important question some serious thought & I guess the depressing truth for us straighties is that we're just not fabulous enough.

catallus · 09-06-2015 10:28PM

Custardpi wrote: »

I've given this important question some serious thought & I guess the depressing truth for us straighties is that we're just not fabulous enough.

Speak for yourself!

I'm fantastically fabulous!

SEPT 23 1989 · 09-06-2015 10:35PM

The cheek of you OP

What have we got to be proud of ?

Cody montana · 09-06-2015 10:39PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The cheek of you OP

What have we got to be proud of ?

Dunno, beige clothes.

Smiles35 · 09-06-2015 10:40PM

Straight pride! (think it's the only banner I have left)

AndonHandon · 09-06-2015 10:47PM

I'm proud of being straight and glad I don't have teh ghey but I don't need some festival to acknowledge it.

Anesthetize · 09-06-2015 10:47PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The cheek of you OP

What have we got to be proud of ?

I came out as straight to my parents last week. And I'm proud of it.

darkpagandeath · 09-06-2015 11:25PM

What colour flag will it use ?

wil · 09-06-2015 11:28PM

Anesthetize wrote: »

I came out as straight to my parents last week. And I'm proud of it.

I'm sure your dads will accept you for who you are.

Anesthetize · 09-06-2015 11:45PM

wil wrote: »

I'm sure your dads will accept you for who you are.

They're very supportive

lizzyman · 10-06-2015 01:38AM

The other fella wrote: »

There can be no doubt that in the lead up to the referendum any straight people on the no side were badly oppressed.That is a fact.

Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner

So that's a no then, sorry.

dashcamdanny · 10-06-2015 01:58AM

lizzyman wrote: »

Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner

So that's a no then, sorry.

Sounds like a normal day at work tbh

floggg · 10-06-2015 08:23AM

Cody montana wrote: »

Why doesn't such a thing exist?

Feel free to organise, but it sounds fairly ****:

"What do we want? Em, actually we already have it. Oops."

desertcircus · 10-06-2015 08:30AM

The other fella wrote: »

There can be no doubt that in the lead up to the referendum any straight people on the no side were badly oppressed.That is a fact.

Not sure you understand the difference between oppression and disagreement, but at any rate they weren't treated that way for being straight. They were treated that way for being awful people.

Caovyn Lineah · 10-06-2015 09:37AM

I'm more curious as to why we can't have a straight only Olympics. The gay games are OK so why not straight?

hairycakes · 10-06-2015 09:46AM

desertcircus wrote: »

Not sure you understand the difference between oppression and disagreement, but at any rate they weren't treated that way for being straight. They were treated that way for being awful people.

Are they though? Not every person who voted no was/is an awful person. They just had different belief systems to you (and me for that matter). Of course, there were some awful people voting no. But don't be as bigoted as them by tarring all no voters with the one brush.

As for Straight Pride, Gay Pride, Black Pride, White Pride, etc; it's the categories that we put ourselves in that keeps us apart. Everyone is different and it's a great thing to be proud of your difference but it is also the thing that keeps people separated. I'm a straight, white woman and I'm no different to a gay, black man. We are both people and isn't it great that we both have the capacity to love another person. How about People Pride?! Hopefully not too many animals will feel left out.

10-06-2015 09:46AM

Cody montana wrote: »

Why doesn't such a thing exist?

In what sense? There are festivals all over the world celebrating human sexuality. Perhaps they do not use the name "Straight Pride" but otherwise I am not sure what you might be expecting to be different. Some of them are quite good too - I recommend you try them out. Or failing that down load some old episodes of Eurotrash which used to send reporters to go cover them on occasion.

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