Does anybody else dislike Pride?

😂better than you do probably.

As an aside, I wonder why people use the ‘most people agree with me’ argument as a way of proving they are ‘right’. I sometimes have a minority view on a topic but that does not make me think of my opinion as the ‘wrong’ one. Often quite the opposite! Sometimes the majority political view makes me despair, but I don’t feel that my view is therefore incorrect. Just musing.

Yes here you are, a ‘normal mum’ engaging on a thread about one of the days current issues.

I’m sure some organisations do use bots and all sorts of means to manipulate things but how does that negate the large number of very real people discussing their very real concerns from things they have experienced in real life?

Billionaires avoiding tax with SBLOCs are not causing small children to be exposed to men in fetish gear, or women to be raped by recent immigrants or locals to be pushed down the housing list by recent arrivals with a higher priority rating. People talk about what directly affects them.

It’s no good trying to dismiss all that with your conspiracy theories.

And then they identify as ‘the most marginalised’ when actual, female lesbians won’t let them insert their ‘lady dick’, don’t they, @1dayatatime.

Well firstly they identify as a woman and secondly they then declare that they are attracted to women = lesbian.

Of course they can also go for bonus points and identify as a person of colour.

flashing is illegal, being gay isn’t. i hope that helps you see how those things are different.

Please tell me how a male can identify as a lesbian?

For me it's the fetish stuff. I like to have clear boundaries about what is an adult event or what is adult content and what is suitable for children so I can make an informed choice. It's not homophobia, I wouldn't want heterosexual fetish content at an unsuitable time or place either.

There’s something going on with Pride officers though, right? What do you think that is?

The number of Pride officers arrested for child sex offences seems to far outstrip the rate in the general population.

My guess is that it’s about an environment where transgression is a virtue and criticism is taboo.

Like with the church before it. Insulate a group from criticism and you attract bad actors.

It's under your topic headline.

I think most agree with you because they understand that perhaps it's not Pride you dislike.
If it's now a parade of half dressed, furries and bondage it's more what the event has become rather than Pride itself.

i think you need to tap on the poll once you’ve voted.

I disagree. Not sure why you’re shaking your head, actually. You can’t be ‘phobic’ about same sex attraction if you’re same sex attracted. If you were genuinely phobic, rather than understanding or sharing that attraction, you’d feel innately disgusted. Sounds like you’re conflating what might be more accurately described as shame or denial of one’s own sexuality with a phobic hatred of lesbians, gays and bisexuals.

Pride is great fun.

My 'bubble' didn't do anything, I researched it myself. Did you?

Yes it is very tedious, if you want rainbow Ritchie Blackmore is the only man worth seeing.

I agree OP, it’s filth

Most people who have voted on this thread, agree with the OP

I did post earlier - however I don’t think this has to be political or about Reform - I’m centre left, I don’t care what peoples sexuality is nor do I think they should be victimised or prejudice against - however personally I think there are more urgent priorities to spend money on and many gays/lesbians agree too and think the original ethos has been lost- nor do they feel the need to be out there in a performative way often surrounded with a load of really weird stuff not suitable for kids. On the other angle though the thing with Reform getting rid of anything they perceive as DEI or Woke is just showing up their lack of inclusivity , what next, blokes don’t get fired for a bit of old school sexual harassment ( just banter) or asking women about their sexual orientation in interviews etc and getting away with it? Because you only have to be on x to see the amount of real mysoginy and arrogance of many men ( of all ages) that’s out there at the moment .

You missed the post where I said I’m not straight, didn’t you. You probably also missed the post where someone else said that Pride has done a great job of creating the image of the LGB community, for whom the parades were initially created, as a load of porn-addled fetishistic perverts. Exactly the image we’d tried to shrug off for decades and had pretty much succeeded with. Until the TQIA+ brigade tagged themselves in with the Progress Pride flag. Did you also miss the post about all of the Pride organisers and their convictions for sex crimes?

It’s ok, though - I’m just a raging homophobe with no idea what I’m talking about :-)

Where's the hyperbole?

The overcoming the cotton ceiling workshops exist. Men kicking lesbians out of pride happens.

Do you not understand what “hyperbolic” means, or are you just not paying attention?

This is all the hyperbole we used to get with homosexuality. And with women's rights. And with Civil Rights.

It's frothing at the mouth, demonising (coulditbeme2323 - 'It is becoming demonic!') and othering people you're not comfortable with. It's a recognised sociological pattern of trying to stop social change.

Same here, it just goes on and on.

Although I have noticed less virtue signally from companies this year, definitely less flags being displayed in shops and I’ve not noticed any drag queens in the library…yet