The G̶u̶l̶f̶ Gay Stream, or How to Get Half a City to Hate Gays in One Day

@bennyman123abc - I get that, and that's bullshit and unfair. It's just as oppressive to be offended by that as it is for straight people to be offended by gay events. That's not what EQUALity means.

@MadMageKefka The thing is though, he wasn't offended due to the fact it's a gay event, he was merely upset that he had to do so much extra and waste so much more time than he needed to because of the event blocking the streets.

@bennyman123abc - Yes, that is also true, but the conversation between myself and Lilith progressed into something more. That's not what we're talking about here. You can see my comments above clearly say that I agree with the OP, and don't think he has anything against gay people.

@MadMageKefka
I am not saying that another group should have more rights than another, but pointing out the redundancy of a heterosexual pride events and why so few are on board with them. They are well within their right to hold an event and several have actually been held before. Despite the fact they were very clearly mocks of LGBT, they are still free to hold them if they please.
There's also really no reason for a *blank* only event (*blank* just being any group of people) as that creates division. A Black only graduation is honestly more harmful for the community and just seems like they are trying to hold one group higher than another. That's not equality, that's still keeping people separated based on their race. Regardless of who's controlling this separation, it's not the best direction to go in.
Side note, my history with Smilely make me think they don't have an issue with LGBT. I just think the tone of this blog could have thought out better.

Oh, I see. I apologize. Though, I remain on Lilith's side for this one. Let's illustrate this as sort of a "points" system. We'll say heterosexuality is at 100 points, and homosexuality is at 30 points. (This is a very stupid example so far and will probably remain so, but hear me out) We'll say that every pro-homosexuality event that is held give homosexuality 1 point. By that logic, homosexuality will be equal to heterosexuality in 70 points, but that's not the point I'm trying to make (No pun intended). Even though people holding pro-homosexuality events may seem oppressive to heterosexuals now, they won't be necessary in the future because at some point in the future, homosexuality and heterosexuality will have the same number of points.

lol the argument about how pride was in june reminds me of the "it's now july, it's illegal to be gay" meme

Inb4 blog closed like the Trans one.
TL;DR: The town's government didn't inform the public that there was going to be a parade blocking a path, OP is pissed, and with good reason.

@MadMageKefka
I missed a few of your posts and I think you might have misinterpreted what I was saying. I was basically saying that there's no reason to blame the event holders for failing to inform the town of this event. It's perfectly fine to be upset that people didn't know this was happening, I would be upset too if I was doing something and an unexpected event was blocking my way from going somewhere. At the same time that's the town government who is at fault for not doing their job of informing the people of this event. I was also explaining why it was most likely held in July instead of June, June is actually not an easy month to get an event in and I would know this personal experience. I used to help setup LGBT pride event when I was in High school and we would have to score a day months (even a year) in advance if we wanted to hold anything during the month of June. In several cases we often moved back a month to the end of May just because easier. There's often more than just LGBT related events in June, in my town for example there's music festivals and farmer festivals that happen in June. These kinds of events are something that has to be planned around and often times they happen on multiple weekends. These are the kinds of things that can cause another event to be pushed to a future date. Basically what I am saying is that an LGBT parade is unexpected in July, but can happen due to other events trying to claim that sweet June real estate.
Basically I don't think the OP has an issue with gay people, but really should target the city government for not doing their job. This blog just has a bit of tone to it that can be taken the wrong way though.

Hm... well, if you hate everyone who holds events in town equally, then I see no problem here.

@Lilith Valentine - You're being too closed minded there. The problem is that they seem redundant TO YOU. Maybe someone else doesn't feel the same way? In all honestly, I sincerely believe that in USA at least, straight people are more oppressed than anyone from the LGBT community. Piss off a straight guy online? Nothing much. Piss off a trans, gay man online? Prepare for a shitstorm of SJWs and to most likely have your account banned, so whatever website in question's legal team doesn't have to deal with the backlash. Are you a professional streamer? Crack a joke at straight people and you'll be fine. Do the same at the LGBT community, and prepare for your career to end. Take the same situation into the real world? Replace website with police or court. I've legit read stories of people being sued for "misgendering" people. For equality to be a reality, people need to stop making a big deal out of it, even when provoked.

The sad truth of the matter is that it is in human nature to like or dislike certain groups of people. Everyone has opinions. Some are better than others, and do the right thing, but oppression and hate will NEVER be completely stomped out. That's just not how people work. In all honesty, ALL (insert group here) pride events are pointless. They do the exact opposite of what they are intended for. Protesting for your rights is one thing, but that's not what this is, or what a pride event is in general. Maybe someone was perfectly okay with the LGBT community, until he/she went to a rally and saw, say, big, burly, 60 year old men dressed in a Bo Peep costume flashing their panties at people. He had his daughter with him and now he/she thinks that's what literally the entire community is about, and his/her views have been thrown askew. Welcome to how my ex girlfriend's family learned to hate and misunderstand gays, after a P-Town pride rally. I was unfortunately not able to undo the damage. They are ignorant.

Getting together a large group of strangers to draw attention and represent a community is NEVER a good idea. More likely than not, it will just end up giving off a bad image.

....and I'd just like it to go on record for anyone reading, I'm not trying to argue here, only debate. I have nothing against the LGBT community as a whole and I'm more than open to hearing other people's viewpoints on the matter in hopes maybe it will show some logic that I missed. That's more than possible.

I personally would have shrugged it off, and enjoyed the time there, if I had no plan later that day, honestly.

Sure not being informed about blocked roads is a bit annoying, but considering how much of a rarity it is, it really wouldn't be a big problem.

Everyday has at least one thing unexpected, and that was one of them

@Lilith Valentine - I do get that, and I tried to summarize your point in a previous post to confirm I was understanding you correctly. I feel now the conversation has evolved from that, and I'm intrigued a bit by the discussion and/or debate.

@VinsCool probably the only wholesome comment here

@DeslotlCL - I'm not really salty, per se, more so I can tell you're a SJW by you getting so butthurt over a simple little bit of ignorance, and that gives me an instant distaste for you. As you can see by my other comments, I'm more than willing to discuss this in a civil manner, to those who deserve the respect. Maybe the comment seemed uncalled for to you, but not everyone knows the gay agenda, okay? Relax. The dude had his day ruined by an event that just happens to be part of a community you feel strongly about. It's not an attack on you, or them, or anyone. He's just annoyed his day was ruined. It's gonna be okay.

@MadMageKefka
That's not really "oppression" though and honestly the vast majority of the LGBT community don't like being defended by "SJWs." I have been called homophobic and transphobic before and I am literally the L and the T of the LGBT. Now the idea of saying "It's ok to joke about *blank,* but not *blank*" falls more into context. It's fine to make jokes about people and even to be offensive, but sometimes people don't quite grasp what a joke is. If a guy was walking down a street dressed as a bundle sticks and someone called them a "huge faggot," that's an offensive joke that works on several levels. The joke would still be considered "offensive," but works more as social commentary and actually is a joke. If the same event happened without the bundle of sticks, then it's really not a joke.

The thing is, Straight pride events have happened and they were just a mock of LGBT pride. They proved themselves to be redundant by proving the point that they were only made to mock another event. I am not saying that they can't hold them, but that they really serve no real purpose beyond mocking the LGBT and demanding an equal attention cake. They aren't really based on history nor are they even intended to address the issues that you brought up. Even if there were social issues to be addressed, they have all failed to actually address them.

@MadMageKefka Did... Did you really just say that straight people are oppressed? You realize that for a group to be systematically oppressed, you actually have to have another group that has enough power to enforce said oppression, right?

I wish I could live in a place where is not a problem saying you are not straight, I wish I could tell to my parents and not be afraid of rejection, I have read stories of closed ones that have been killed by being a different gender or sexual orientation, the world is not fair, and even worse in some places, but not, is not your reality being called fag, or accusing you of fucking with your cousin with baseless evidence, so great you fell oppressed @MadMageKefka apparently, but you shouldn't feel apathy to others suffering, I guess when I work I won't have economical dependencies of my family, so the pride parades should be celebrated at least, to no recreate again the past, and maybe in the future after 200 years, it won't be spread hate towards a different sexual orientation or gender

@DeslotlCL I'm just passive about almost anything now. I try to not take things personally anymore.

I think all parades are stupid and useless.
But robbing something useful of its value is what grinds my gears about this.

What's the idea about a bunch of morons marching across a city or a part of it??
Am I supposed to magically become sympathetic of your cause because you did that?
Am I supposed to get interested and look for what the theme of a parade means or what for??

If someone could explain to me why I should give a rats ass, don't.
I don't want to bother myself with useless info.

@TotalInsanity4 - If said groups are powerful enough to cause real damage to a persons life, image, or career, then I'd say they already have that power. Now realistically, I don't think we are oppressed in the same sense as history has shown oppression to others, that would be a rather ridiculous claim. Compared to that this is quite tame. I'm saying more that some people in other groups are starting to use the problem as the solution, and that we are moving backwards.

@Lilith Valentine - I disagree. Maybe we don't have the history for that, but what about the present? Referring to what I was saying to totalinsanity4 above, of course. Or what about holding something like white pride in response to the Hartford segregated graduation? I don't think the public would respond very well to that, do you? So if a straight pride rally was held in response to a gay pride rally, even mockingly, how is that a problem? It's a display that the group is displeased with current events and I think that's more than enough justification. Isn't that the same thing gay pride rallies are doing? Saying they are displeased with the current state of things?