People who want to meet in the middle are just conservatives with commitment issues. Their waffling, hemming and hawing only serves to advance the status quo and in the end they ultimately stand for nothing.
Gunman kills 5 at LGBTQ nightclub
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They've allowed to exist but all of their "sinful and evil" behavior has to happen behind closed doors where no one else can see it. Like how Herschel Walker
is allowed to scream about how abortion is murder and Christian values while getting a bunch of mistresses pregnant and aborted but he doesn't do it in front of everyone to see! He has the good grace to murder all those babies and fuck all those women behind closed doors like a good Christian.
Don't forget holding a gun to a baby momma and daughter's heads. And going on Fox news to talk about his electial disfunction, and how he only has a shlong shot to win.
That's not being celebrated, that's just being the default. It doesn't feel celebratory at all, it's just normal and commonplace. People aren't celebrating heterosexuality when they put those ads up, they just know that most people are bound to be heterosexual and so they wanna appeal to the most folks possible. It doesn't feel like someone is somehow celebrating my special way of being when I see an ad, I don't even notice it being at all about me, even when it includes heterosexual people or men or what have you.
In fact, when one does go out of their way to celebrate such groups, THAT is being perceived like an attack in the way you describe. I remember things like a straight pride parade for example being ridiculed and attacked in just the manner that you envision here.
We all agree that any political figure screaming anyone isn't human is an idiot, already, and that's what really matters here. That's what the culture actually consists of and the values it has. That crazies exist doesn't undo any of that.
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The reason that gay pride parades exist is because for hundreds of years gay people have been systematically murdered and erased from society and history for being gay. Things like gay pride parades are there to tell people "it's ok to be gay and we are accepting of you."
The same thing is not necessary for straight people because being straight is the default and already accepted everywhere. You don't need a "straight pride parade." Your sexuality is already accepted, affirmed, and upheld everywhere. You're so used to it that you don't even notice. No one needs to pat you on the head and tell you that it's ok to be straight because being straight was never not ok. Being gay only became ok within the last few decades (literally within most people's current lifetime, and it's still not acceptable everywhere), so yeah, gay people need more encouragement than you.
The thread has gotten to explaining why straight people don't need a straight pride parade?
The internet only has so many gifs of Kermit and Fozzie singing "Movin' right along".
The internet only has so many gifs of Kermit and Fozzie singing "Movin' right along".
Straight people being miserable is hardly anyone else's fault. Well, it's the government's fault in my case, but that's not relevant.
Think of it this way:
Person A gets given £100 every day. Always has, always will. Monday, £100; Tuesday, £100; Wednesday, £100, etc. Doesn't have to do anything for the money, just gets given £100. So by the Saturday on the 2182nd week of Person A's life (person A is in their early 40s), when they once again receive £100, it's pretty boring isn't it. Just pop that in the big grey bank with all the other pounds. Yawn.
Person B has never been given £100 before. Person B has, in fact, spent their entire life having pounds taken away. Person B is given £100 one day. Whoopeee! This is something that needs to be celebrated.
The analogy isn't quite there, but you may or may not get my point.
Dreiko, can you do everyone a favor and stop fucking talking? If you can't be respectful to those who died or mourning from the loss of their loved ones from a mad gunman with shitty values, then don't say a damn thing and not derail this thread. You have no empathy, so stop pretending otherwise, and fucking leave this topic alone.
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Owner of gay club: Shooting comes amid a new 'type of hate'
The co-owner of Colorado Springs’ Club Q said that anti-LGBTQ hate has evolved from prejudice to incitement.
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'There's blood on your hands': Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric surged ahead of Club Q shooting
LGBTQ activists and allies say inflammatory language by politicians and other public figures creates environment for violence.
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Right-wing influencers and media double down on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in the wake of the Colorado shooting
Tucker Carlson was among the conservative media figures who continued attacking LGBTQ people in the wake of the Club Q shooting.
Details are coming to light about the alleged gunman who killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub | CNN
Details are coming to light about the alleged gunman who killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub
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Suspect in the Colorado Springs LGBTQ club shooting will be held without bond as prosecutors work to finalize formal charges | CNN
The 22-year-old accused of carrying out a mass shooting over the weekend at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, will remain held without bond following a court appearance Wednesday.
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Five people are dead, and your priority is, "I want to be rewarded for being the default." I will repeat: Read the room.
Man who helped stop shooter at Colorado gay club ‘wanted to save family I found’ | Colorado | The Guardian
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Club Q patron who helped stop Colorado shooter said he 'wanted to save the family I found'
A US Navy member, Thomas James, who was hurt while attempting to stop further injuries made his first public remarks on the Colorado gay club shooting on Sunday
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'I'm not a hero': People line up to visit man's brewery after he helped take down Club Q shooter
"This brave man in here, he deserves all the respect he can get," one visitor said.
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Colorado club shooting suspect makes 1st court appearance, slumped over and injured
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, could be seen slumped over in a chair with injuries visible on the suspect's face and head in a brief video appearance from jail.
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Colorado nightclub shooter charged with hate crimes among more than 300 counts | CBC News
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Suspect in Club Q mass shooting charged with 305 counts, including hate crimes and murder
The district attorney noted that murder charges would carry the harshest penalty — likely life in prison.
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Club Q shooting: Colorado suspect faces 305 criminal counts
The attacker, armed with a rifle and wearing body armour, killed five in an LGBT nightclub.
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shocking that the shooter's lawyers have stopped pretending that he is non-binary
New details emerge in Colorado shooting: What we now know about the Club Q suspect
The suspect in a Colorado Springs shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub allegedly received $30,000 from their family. They used it to get guns.
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Details in 2021 case with Colorado shooter suggest missteps
Documents released in the 2021 dropped prosecution of the Colorado gay nightclub shooter paint a picture of potential missteps by prosecutors.
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'The legal system failing': Colorado Club Q shooting happened after judge's warning
A judge in a 2021 case against the Colorado Springs shooter was concerned they were planning another attack, according to new court transcripts.
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