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| quote: | Originally posted by barbina
I REFUSE to read this entire thread
because I know I'll blow up
Fuck off to all the homophobes. You're the reason we have PRIDE .. to tell you all to FUCK OFF and get over your pathetic selves. Straight people get to flaunt being straight constantly. Almost everything out in public is promoted/distributed/advertised to the straight community -just look at the ads, movies, tv shows, the best clubs and bars etc. and you don't hear me bitching about that now do you? We get 1 week a year to party our asses off .. GET OVER IT
Pride was amazing this year and I had tons of fun.
Yay for homos. |
| quote: | Originally posted by kaniz
*shrug*
When I'm standing in the middle of town town Toronto, with over a million people coming out - black, white, gay, straight, bi, trans, male, female, old, young, mom, dad, grandma, grandpa and the family dog, most of them just "getting down and having a good time together" regardless of their backgrounds / color / gender and sexuality - That's pretty damn cool, and that type of unity in a celebration is something worth preserving, even if we have 'proved our point'.
It's no longer just pride over sexuality, but its pride in being yourself, its pride in being part of a city / country that has come so far in acceptance and diversity.
When there are other countries where you can get the death sentence for having gay sex, or where other pride celebrations are being protested with people throwing bombs / rocks / etc at the festivities - being in Canada, and in a City like Toronto, it's something worth being proud about and celebrating.
If you don't like it - don't participate in it. It's not all that hard to avoid if you don't want to see it. |
These are the type of posts, which make this thread some what sad. People protecting, and standing up for Pride week, which was not even needed. Please somebody get these two a copy of "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.
Way to be intolerant, when some people have expressed that they are uncomfortable with the way in which 'pride' is displayed. Its not about scrapping the event, or avoiding it because it offends, but making it MORE receptive to more people. You know, inclusion instead of exclusion? Most people have read what Vivid wrote, and replied in anger, instead of actually trying to understand what he was getting at.
Not every minority group needs to get up in arms every time somebody posts a negative, poorly worded comment. Learn to pick your battles, and hear both sides of the conversation, not just yours because you feel discriminated against.
Sometimes extreme proposals are need to stem extreme behaviour. I will say it again, waiving around a dildo and walking naked down the street does not further gay rights.
PS - gay people celebrate their rights all year, just like everybody else. You celebrate them by actually using them. You know...getting married, and walking around freely and such?
Last edited by Orko on Jul-02-2008 at 23:14
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