Do you remember that Ku Klux Klan rally last month in Dayton, Ohio? If you do, it’s only because the national media felt it was very, very important to cover the nine — yes, nine — white supremacists who showed up to make fools of themselves.
Now three guys in Boston, inspired by Pride Month, have applied for a permit to hold a “Straight Pride” parade and want to fly the Straight Pride flag over city hall. On Tuesday, one of the organizers confirmed to our friends over at Twitchy sister site PJ Media that no, it’s not a joke, and they think a parade is the best way “to promote our community and its diverse history, culture, and identity.”
Not a hoax: The Straight Pride Parade organizers in Boston are serious, and one of them told me there’s a “very good” chance the straight pride flag will fly at City Hall. https://t.co/1kppoTiK2H
— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) June 4, 2019
They’re thinking floats and everything, but we imagine it will be about 500 reporters filming three guys walking down the street.
I feel like a "Straight Pride Parade" immediately becomes self-defeating because parades themselves really aren't, like, a straight dude pastime. Either it's going to end up being super gay anyway, or the floats are going to be tuuuurrrrible. https://t.co/CUNA58vHI2
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) June 4, 2019
I’ve been to single straight dude parties. I’m concerned.
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) June 4, 2019
Like, I have seen my husband try to throw a party. This is not going to go well.
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) June 4, 2019
Ironically “Straight Pride Parade” is the gayest thing I’ve ever heard.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 4, 2019
Lefties probably think conservatives are 100 percent behind this effort, and they’d be mistaken. But now the whole thing has been given a national spotlight by The Washington Post, which ran an article Wednesday.
It’s LGBT pride month, but three guys in Boston want a permit for a "Straight Pride" parade https://t.co/ZREEWNn44m
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 4, 2019
Actor Chris “Captain America” Evans fell back on his old ways and insulted the parade organizers by suggesting they were … gay. Um, thanks for helping?
Wow! Cool initiative, fellas!! Just a thought, instead of ‘Straight Pride’ parade, how about this: The ‘desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts by being homophobic because no one taught us how to access our emotions as children’ parade? Whatta ya think? Too on the nose?? https://t.co/gaBWtq2PaL
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) June 5, 2019
— Queen ?? Pouncy (@LaReinaCreole) June 5, 2019
So is Chris Evans trying to insult the organizers of this parade by calling them gay? Is he being homophobic? Some have said as much…https://t.co/sCw98XfHuv
Captain America should be above these kinds of hot-button issues. https://t.co/T7dJ1KDjF4
— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) June 5, 2019
Chris…no. Please don’t blame homophobia on people being secretly gay. This is a worn out old trope and it essentially blames gay people for our own problems. Love you, but no.
— Louisa ?? (@LouisatheLast) June 5, 2019
at the least it's ill-phrased. too close to the constant labeling of homophobic politicians like Lindsay Graham and Mike Pence as gay by straight liberal "allies" on social media.
— nathan (@bedwyrssong) June 5, 2019
Lindsey Graham, you say? We said “fell back on his old ways” because in January, Evans referred to Sen. Lindsey Graham as President Trump’s “Smithers.” You know, the gay Simpsons character? Get it? Because Graham’s a closeted gay man, duh, and what better way to insult him than by suggesting he’s gay and in the closet.
I love you, but equating homophobia with closeted gayness is harmful to actual LGBT people who can't or aren't ready to come out, and it's not an effective way of naming truth to power. You're such a great ally in general, it's upsetting to see you use your platform this way.
— nathan (@bedwyrssong) June 5, 2019
chris,,, using the “everyone homophobic is secretly gay” is SUUUUPER harmful and homophobic and allows homophobes to not take accountability for their actions,,,, Stop Please
— dirty little spaghetti boy (@JoywaveFan3) June 5, 2019
Also, @ChrisEvans, can you stop with the "homophobes are all secretly gay" narrative? It's kinda homophobic and literally helps no one.
— AntiFash Gordon (@AntiFashGordon) June 5, 2019
Love you buddy but this is not the take.
— John? (@JohnnyOatley) June 5, 2019
Not every homophobic person is secretly gay, that’s a very harmful idea. Get some perspective and realize some people are just bad.
— Karsen loves Ellaria? (@widowsmrtell) June 5, 2019
We don’t even know if these people are bad; they might be good people with a bad idea.
I understand what you're getting at, but please don't assume all homophobes are "secretly gay". It has the unfortunate implication that LGBT+ are causing their own suffering. I don't think you were suggesting that, but it was a little thoughtless.
— Third Street Cats (@Ser_Mazoga) June 5, 2019
i understand the point you’re trying to make here, but insinuating that homophobia stems from closeted people trying to hide the fact that they’re gay, is in itself a homophobic stance.
— j ✡️ ? • 7 (@rosecoIourgirl) June 5, 2019
Appreciate the support, but saying they are closeted puts the blame for the hate and violence back onto our community which is very counterproductive.
— "The" Paul Bunyan (@cscudz) June 5, 2019
oh chris ……….. some people just be homophobic it’s not any deeper than that
— bucky’s skinny jeans (@robbieronans) June 5, 2019
So you are implying they are gay as a way of insulting them.
How homophobic of you.
— Darik Datta (@DarikD) June 5, 2019
This is a really bad take esp coming from someone who identifies as straight
— amal (@pakistanned) June 5, 2019
yeahhhh. i love him, and he's… close? but this is not it.
— exasperated spinster (@slodwick) June 5, 2019
you were so, so close
— quinn ⧗ (@ludacrousleo) June 5, 2019
Hey, most of his followers loved it. Weird that it’s us conservatives who think it’s really not helpful to insult people by insinuating they’re secretly gay.
Related:
'Found a new Oscars host'! Captain America's Chris Evans beat Ilhan Omar to the Graham gaybaiting punch https://t.co/oieWyBgDkV
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 17, 2019
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