Thread:AlanlandGOV/@comment-32041688-20180624233049/@comment-34873330-20180625160425

Acorn64 wrote: Well, I watched the video, and here is what I think:

The agenda-shoving-down-the-throat and the gayness overload is only present in a very small minority of the LGBTQIP community.

97% of pride parades are not for shoving gayness down the throats of straight people, but to commemorate the discrimination they used to face, and the small(er) amount of discrimination they still face today.

And besides, you don't HAVE to go to a pride parade, or watch one on TV or YouTube. And the whole "faggot" thing, the thing about dressing weirdly in rainbow latex suits and what not, I think that's a little strange as well, but they nevertheless have the right to dress however they like, and it is NOT a mental illlness or anything like that.

I agree that LGBTQIP people are not special, but they are still a minority caused by some genetic phenomenon that caused them to be attracted to the same gender, or to want to be another gender.

Gay pride month IS necessary in order to commemorate the discrimination that the LGBTQIP community has faced and continues to face. Homosexuality is punished by death in some countries.

Being gay is not a sign of bravery in most of the western world, but in ultra conservative places like Texas, Venezuela, Russia, or Saudi Arabia, daring to show one's homosexuality is indeed brave.

There is still a fight for LGBTQIP rights all over the world. In some countries, it is illegal to be gay/trans and some US states are still threatening to re-ban gay marriage.

Pride parades are part of free speech, and freedom of protest. Banning them would be restricting those rights.

And as for the thing about Muslims being homophobes, homophobia is also present in the Christian and Jewish communities (especially Christian).

I do agree that we should fight for gay rights where it is necessary, like the more conservative States and places like Saudi Arabia and Russia. Pride is 100% nessesery in some places (aka: Saudi Arabia and Russia), but not in Russia.

As hunter said, if people are forced to do somthing, they are more likely to hate it. If gay people just chilled, accepted they are gay (like 99.9% of the USA and UK do) it would be 'normal' like you want.

I don't want to play the privellage competiton, but gypsies get a metric ton of hate in my area. Next to my Uni dormatry a park of gipsies occasionally park there. I've seen around 20 people shout voulger things at them - In the morning alone. Gay people are generally more accepted than black, gypsy and fat/disabled people.