[Parmy]

Originally Posted by BBXX

Not sure why my post was deleted - the point was if you are sad about the lack of attention a cause you care about is getting but you're doing nothing to CREATE that attention, you have no leg to stand on.

Pride is so big because LGBT people made it so big. Do I hate the corporate side of it? Yes, to a degree absolutely, but the reason it's gotten corporate support it because of a lot of LGBT people creating a movement that got so big commercial entities saw it as potentially commercially beneficial.

If you want funding, if you want flags, if you want attention, if you want column inches, if you want parades, if you want content, literally nothing is stopping you creating it.

I know that..but this bloke is getting a hell if a lot of stick for doing just that by the LGBTQ community, both on here and outside of here.


A paragraph from the initial story.

He said in a video shared last week on the bar’s Instagram account that he had reached out to a number of corporations who have donated to LGBTQ Pride celebrations over the years to ask if they would support the event, and they told him they typically only donate to registered nonprofits. As a result, he said, he created the nonprofit Heterosexual Awesomeness Inc., which will host the festival, though he hasn’t heard back from any major donors yet.




Perhaps the uproar people have created is stopping his funding...

[The Human Santapede]

Originally Posted by Beso

I know that..but this bloke is getting a hell if a lot of stick for doing just that by the LGBTQ community, both on here and outside of here.


A paragraph from the initial story.

He said in a video shared last week on the bar’s Instagram account that he had reached out to a number of corporations who have donated to LGBTQ Pride celebrations over the years to ask if they would support the event, and they told him they typically only donate to registered nonprofits. As a result, he said, he created the nonprofit Heterosexual Awesomeness Inc., which will host the festival, though he hasn’t heard back from any major donors yet.




Perhaps the uproar people have created is stopping his funding...

It’s probably more because he’s doing it as a negative reaction to something else rather than a celebration.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

It’s probably more because he’s doing it as a negative reaction to something else rather than a celebration.

Yes. A negative reaction to public lewdness. Has brought on the desire for a more wholesome way of celebrating and promoting things.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Beso

Yes. A negative reaction to public lewdness.

Oh I thought we couldn't make ANY assumptions about his reasons for doing it without talking to him? Thank you, though, for FINALLY admitting that you know fine well why the event has been created - not that it wasn't obvious that everyone already knew what the event is and why it's been made - but the constant pretending that it "wasn't a backlash" and was just a completely normal, unrelated event was getting quite tiring.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

Oh I thought we couldn't make ANY assumptions about his reasons for doing it without talking to him? Thank you, though, for FINALLY admitting that you know fine well why the event has been created - not that it wasn't obvious that everyone already knew what the event is and why it's been made - but the constant pretending that it "wasn't a backlash" and was just a completely normal, unrelated event was getting quite tiring.

He said it himself, it's quoted in the story.

I was pointing out to Ben that that would be what he was reacting to if it was a reaction ti something rather than a celebration. Unless he's lying of course, then you both may be correct. But we can only go on what we have in front of us, and that is the story, and what the man has said in the story.

[The Human Santapede]

Originally Posted by Beso

Yes. A negative reaction to public lewdness. Has brought on the desire for a more wholesome way of celebrating and promoting things.

Yeah ok, if you say so.

If he wanted an actual celebration he could pick any time of year. He’s chosen specifically to run it when he has as a negative reaction. That’s not a celebration.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Yeah ok, if you say so.

If he wanted an actual celebration he could pick any time of year. He’s chosen specifically to run it when he has as a negative reaction. That’s not a celebration.

Yeah, to highlight a more wholesome way to celebrate that doesn't involve public lewdness.

There's plenty space for both to take place.

[The Human Santapede]

Originally Posted by Beso

Yeah, to highlight a more wholesome way to celebrate that doesn't involve public lewdness.

There's plenty space for both to take place.

You asked though why he wasn’t getting funding. I’ve said, that’s probably why.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

You asked though why he wasn’t getting funding. I’ve said, that’s probably why.

We covered that. You then said..."Yeah, if you say so"

Then put your own view about the man being deliberate in his actions. Im like, yeah, so what. He wants to promote something he sees as more wholesome in comparison, and I then made a point of there being enough room for both. You then replied again, pointing out something I was already aware of, which has led me to reply by repeating what is already obvious in our previous couple of posts.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Beso

Yes. A negative reaction to public lewdness. Has brought on the desire for a more wholesome way of celebrating and promoting things.

Public lewdness is a possibility at the Hetro Awareness event.

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Public lewdness is a possibility at the Hetro Awareness event.

I will say, I don't agree with some of the more extreme (albeit rare) half-nakedness in some Pride parades - I think Pride Parades should be a fun thing for all the family to watch and so should be age-appropriate.

There is an element of showcasing kinks sometimes and I think that has its place, but in an adults-only environment.

Having said that, I've attended a few parades over the years and the most extreme I have seen are a a few guys wearing leather trousers and leather waistcoats and a few people with pup masks on... it's not anything explicit (you'd see more flesh on a beach and the leather has never been revealing!) and to a kid the pup masks would be totally innocent, but I can absolutely see why some might take umbrage with it.

However, Prides aren't new and so while I think it wouldn't hurt to tame a couple of aspects down a little, nobody is being forced to watch. If someone thinks it inappropriate for their child, they're free not to attend. People know what to expect.

But your point is correct - the idea straight people can't be lewd is ridiculous.

[Ammi]

….I'm not going to join this discussion but for @BBXX ….I was reading this …

‘Straight pride events in the past have had a woefully sad history. In 2019 a group called Happy Fun America held one in Boston where counter-protesters far outnumbered those marching. The same was true at an concurrent event in California. And what could be considered the start of the movement occurred in 2015 in Seattle when activist Anthony Rebello promoted a Straight Pride parade. LGBTQNation writes "he invited thousands of people via Facebook, writing: 'In the name of equality & equal rights, I have created this event to celebrate our right to be heterosexual, and to encourage younger heterosexuals that they should be proud of their heterosexuality.'"

At the parade, he marched alone with a hand-held cardboard sign.’

…so in regards to any funding/sponsorship as you and Benjamin have said…it obviously doesn’t have that wide belief in its motivation …(…atm…)…to have that and is presumably a very small minority….

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by Ammi

….I'm not going to join this discussion but for @BBXX ….I was reading this …

‘Straight pride events in the past have had a woefully sad history. In 2019 a group called Happy Fun America held one in Boston where counter-protesters far outnumbered those marching. The same was true at an concurrent event in California. And what could be considered the start of the movement occurred in 2015 in Seattle when activist Anthony Rebello promoted a Straight Pride parade. LGBTQNation writes "he invited thousands of people via Facebook, writing: 'In the name of equality & equal rights, I have created this event to celebrate our right to be heterosexual, and to encourage younger heterosexuals that they should be proud of their heterosexuality.'"

At the parade, he marched alone with a hand-held cardboard sign.’

…so in regards to any funding/sponsorship as you and Benjamin have said…it obviously doesn’t have that wide belief in its motivation …(…atm…)…to have that and is presumably a very small minority….

LOL, that's funny. I would say I hope he was suitably embarrassed but that would require a level of emotional intelligence and self awareness I don't think someone organising such a thing would be able to comprehend.

A straight pride will never gather mainstream popularity because most people have a basic level of education which enables them to understand that pride isn't about celebrating men having sex with men, it's about celebrating turning the tide on historical prejudices, discriminatory laws, decades of widespread homophobia and mistreatment as well as continuing campaigning for certain issues still taking place across the World.

It would be mighty odd for straight pride to really exist in any widespread capacity when none of that applies to heterosexuality.

However I will see it's also strange for this man, who is so devout in his religion is goes by the word of God whatever God says (lol yeah right) would create a pride-based celebration of sexuality when pRiDe iS a sIn.

It's almost like, once again, he doesn't actually care about the teachings of God, just the ones that make him feel icky for some reason he can't put his finger on.

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by Beso

I know that..but this bloke is getting a hell if a lot of stick for doing just that by the LGBTQ community, both on here and outside of here.


A paragraph from the initial story.

He said in a video shared last week on the bar’s Instagram account that he had reached out to a number of corporations who have donated to LGBTQ Pride celebrations over the years to ask if they would support the event, and they told him they typically only donate to registered nonprofits. As a result, he said, he created the nonprofit Heterosexual Awesomeness Inc., which will host the festival, though he hasn’t heard back from any major donors yet.

Perhaps the uproar people have created is stopping his funding...

The guy is getting stick because his intentions are poor.

If you create an event as a way to create further division, and not in good faith but out of spite and as a reaction, do not expect many corporations to step up and fund it. He isn't owed ****. More than that, funding any kind of social 'movement' is a marketing strategy and it's about return on investment - perhaps they understand an event like this won't really gain any traction because it isn't actually necessary. Every day people are celebrating heterosexuality. Nobody is being truly persecuted anywhere in the world for being straight and so who would sponsor an event that is effectively redundant and pointless. It's poor business. And on a purely superficial level, who would sponsor an event with a name Hetero Awesome Fest

However, I was actually talking about Women's History Month and the (fake) outrage levelled at lack of attention to it.

Or am I assuming those outraged at it receiving so little attention, while Pride receives lots, have worked tirelessly in campaigning to bring attention to it, obtain funding, create parades and fundraisers and have been blocked at every corner? (even though they didn't know it existed until pointed out to them on a Big Brother forum because they don't actually care and aren't actually bothered about Women's History Month they were just using it as a stick to beat pride with lmao). A very cliched and transparent tactic.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by BBXX

The guy is getting stick because his intentions are poor.

If you create an event as a way to create further division, and not in good faith but out of spite and as a reaction, do not expect many corporations to step up and fund it. He isn't owed ****. More than that, funding any kind of social 'movement' is a marketing strategy and it's about return on investment - perhaps they understand an event like this won't really gain any traction because it isn't actually necessary. Every day people are celebrating heterosexuality. Nobody is being truly persecuted anywhere in the world for being straight and so who would sponsor an event that is effectively redundant and pointless. It's poor business. And on a purely superficial level, who would sponsor an event with a name Hetero Awesome Fest

However, I was actually talking about Women's History Month and the (fake) outrage levelled at lack of attention to it.

Or am I assuming those outraged at it receiving so little attention, while Pride receives lots, have worked tirelessly in campaigning to bring attention to it, obtain funding, create parades and fundraisers and have been blocked at every corner? (even though they didn't know it existed until pointed out to them on a Big Brother forum because they don't actually care and aren't actually bothered about Women's History Month they were just using it as a stick to beat pride with lmao). A very cliched and transparent tactic.

Just that top part...
If you create an event as a way to create further division, and not in good faith but out of spite and as a reaction, do not expect many corporations to step up and fund it.


You are making assumptions, which in turn creates division when you air it in public. Your head is to far up your own arse for you to realise that.


The 2nd part about women's MONTH.. it's basically for schools. Women's day is the celebration. The same celebration that people with their heads to far up their own arses as well use to widen any divide that already existed by heckling and abusing women celebraring their womanhood.

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by Beso

Just that top part...
You are making assumptions, which in turn creates division when you air it in public. Your head is to far up your own arse for you to realise that.

He has specifically stated himself he launched it to coincide with Pride month because he is against homosexuality. I'm not making assumptions.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by BBXX

He has specifically stated himself he launched it to coincide with Pride month because he is against homosexuality. I'm not making assumptions.

Pride month is in september, and has been since the pandemic in his city/town..his event is in June.(prides official month)


His belief in god is the leading factor on his views on homosexuality..He said, it doesn't mean he doesn't love people, and explained you can love people without agreeing with what they chose to do in life.

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by Beso

Pride month is in september, and has been since the pandemic in his city/town..his event is in June.(prides official month)

His belief in god is the leading factor on his views on homosexuality..He said, it doesn't mean he doesn't love people, and explained you can love people without agreeing with what they chose to do in life.

The parade is in September, but Pride Month is June in the country he lives in. Last year he created Heterosexual Awesomeness Month, in June, in response to Pride Month.

The bar offered various specials throughout June, including free beers for "heterosexual men dressed like heterosexual men" on Mondays and discounts for heterosexual couples on Wednesdays.

The bar's owner, Mark Fitzpatrick, said he was inspired to create the event as a way to celebrate heterosexuality and "God's design for sexuality" in response to the Pride celebrations happening in his area.

The bar’s Facebook page also shared an image of a child vomiting rainbow with the caption “Protect the children,” invoking a decades-old false moral panic that LGBTQ people are dangerous to children — rhetoric increasingly weaponized by the right in recent years.

The bar wrote in response to the image, “This wouldn’t be posted if things hadn’t gone way too far!”

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...mon-rcna156063

If you think it wasn't in response to Pride month, and that it's done "with love" despite all of that information then I have news for you about whose head is up their own ass. And it ain't mine.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by BBXX

The parade is in September, but Pride Month is June in the country he lives in. Last year he created Heterosexual Awesomeness Month, in June, in response to Pride Month.

The bar offered various specials throughout June, including free beers for "heterosexual men dressed like heterosexual men" on Mondays and discounts for heterosexual couples on Wednesdays.

The bar's owner, Mark Fitzpatrick, said he was inspired to create the event as a way to celebrate heterosexuality and "God's design for sexuality" in response to the Pride celebrations happening in his area.

The bar’s Facebook page also shared an image of a child vomiting rainbow with the caption “Protect the children,” invoking a decades-old false moral panic that LGBTQ people are dangerous to children — rhetoric increasingly weaponized by the right in recent years.

The bar wrote in response to the image, “This wouldn’t be posted if things hadn’t gone way too far!”

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...mon-rcna156063

If you think it wasn't in response to Pride month, and that it's done "with love" despite all of that information then I have news for you about whose head is up their own ass. And it ain't mine.

I dont think the information is totally correct for the reasons....the news outlet is saying he posted this, said that etc in response to the LGBTQ community, when If you look at what he was against it's more to do with the T of LGBTQ.

A letter that simply doesn't belong beside the rest, in my opinion, and perhaps this gentleman's as well.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by BBXX

The parade is in September, but Pride Month is June in the country he lives in. Last year he created Heterosexual Awesomeness Month, in June, in response to Pride Month.

The bar offered various specials throughout June, including free beers for "heterosexual men dressed like heterosexual men" on Mondays and discounts for heterosexual couples on Wednesdays.

The bar's owner, Mark Fitzpatrick, said he was inspired to create the event as a way to celebrate heterosexuality and "God's design for sexuality" in response to the Pride celebrations happening in his area.

The bar’s Facebook page also shared an image of a child vomiting rainbow with the caption “Protect the children,” invoking a decades-old false moral panic that LGBTQ people are dangerous to children — rhetoric increasingly weaponized by the right in recent years.

The bar wrote in response to the image, “This wouldn’t be posted if things hadn’t gone way too far!”

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...mon-rcna156063

If you think it wasn't in response to Pride month, and that it's done "with love" despite all of that information then I have news for you about whose head is up their own ass. And it ain't mine.

The Far Right always love to play that card.

But then I catch Melonie Mac (A Far Right YouTuber) for example calling Alice from Alice In Wonderland "pretty" in one of the Video Game iterations of the character.

And she's one of those moral panic types about the LGBT community.

[user104658]

Do you fancy quoting a post to go with that, Parmy? I'll assume you can quote 52 from the last year. But I'll settle for one. Watching random people that is; not interacting with people, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you understand what the difference is.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

Do you fancy quoting a post to go with that, Parmy? I'll assume you can quote 52 from the last year. But I'll settle for one. Watching random people that is; not interacting with people, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you understand what the difference is.

Oh I can't be bothered with all that, but you do go on about their appearance a lot.

You made me shiver there, thinking about checking your posts. Clicking them hoping to find something, imagine having to sort through all that gumpf.