This editor did a VIP post the other day about his effort to avoid Pride Month (MONTH …) as much as possible. It is impossible, though. Just want to kick back and watch a movie on whatever streaming service you subscribe to? BAM! Here are our selections for “Amplifying LGBTQ Voices.” Our city just recently got its first rainbow crosswalk, though no one dares desecrate it by walking on it.
We missed this the other day before New York City was swallowed up by an orange cloud of smoke from Canadian wildfires, but someone at Rockefeller Center went through and replaced each and every one of the 193 UN member country flags with Pride flags. Some countries are not going to be happy about that.
Pride flags replace the flags of different countries at Rockefeller Center, NYC. pic.twitter.com/V53dsgFODY
— NJEG Media (@NJEGmedia) June 6, 2023
This is what "oppression" and "marginalization" look like.
— Canterbury (@H1dd3nTruth) June 7, 2023
Clown world
— 😎 C 😎 (@colsiegirl) June 6, 2023
I'm sorry gays are this important why?
— Lateboomer (@lateboomer1963) June 6, 2023
The conquering flag of a colonizing religion.
— The Intl. Hick of Mystery (@ChuckHosea) June 6, 2023
My gay friends are disgusted by this.
— Bozzie (@Bozzie2024) June 7, 2023
Jaimee Michell is the president of Gays Against Groomers:
Imagine thinking gay people are oppressed in America 🤣💀 GIRL BYE
I’m so beyond sick of this and I’m GAY. Truly can’t even imagine how straight people feel having this shoved down their throats nonstop. pic.twitter.com/6pazl3gBtC
— Jaimee Michell (@thegaywhostrayd) June 8, 2023
i bet those Islamic member countries are excited and full of pride
— Blake Myers (@stuntdawg77) June 8, 2023
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Pride has become a very sad time of year for me. Summer used to be a time to enjoy. Now @HRC has created a nightmare for us. My flag is RED, WHITE and BLUE. We were never asked if we wanted the rainbow flag or if we wanted to celebrate one of the seven deadly sins.
— Steve Reid (@iSteveReid) June 8, 2023
Imagine if straight men that like anal with women had a flag and wanted it to be put up everywhere. And to go to schools to tell the kids about how much they love anal. And you were a bigot for not wanting any of that. I miss when talking to 5 year olds about sex got you arrested
— Jelly (@jellyrules1982) June 8, 2023
It’s a cult 🤦🏼♂️
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) June 8, 2023
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket."
Eric Hoffer
— B the Dude (@TheDudeAbidesM) June 6, 2023
More flags doesn’t equal more acceptance. Being decent people will result in more acceptance. That goes for ALL people of every race, ideology, etc. Just be cool & you won’t have to wave flags in people’s faces constantly.
— JBonancA (@jbonanca) June 6, 2023
— Birkin William (@BirkinWilliam2) June 7, 2023
It's not like they are hiding their agenda. Why is recognizing it even interesting anymore? Even our grandparents are becoming complacent.
Is this the idea of capitulation or watching the Titanic sink?
— Andy Patermann (@AndrewPatermann) June 6, 2023
The level of oppression is overwhelming.
— MikeSTL (@MikeSTL5) June 7, 2023
A lot of people are calling the project transphobic since they used the “old” Pride flag which doesn’t have the angled stripes representing transgender people and queer people of color.
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Related:
US Air Force gives a proud salute to the Pride flag https://t.co/Vheqxuulih
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 7, 2023
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