Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men
Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men
A "Christian, conservative, Constitution supporter" is holding the opposite of Pride Month at his Boise bar... but it still sounds pretty gay.
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Who cares? Lol, why does this make people so upset?
I care because just like all lives matter, this is a dog whistle for discrimination and repression of minorities.
Is it though?
All lives matter yes. But I need to see more about hetero day. I can get on board
How? I'm genuinely curious; I don't really have a horse in this race.
You don’t see how hosting a non-existent counter-event to the very real pride month is an inherent rejection of said pride month?
People celebrate hetro love as a whole. The vast majority of society approves of us pairing up. Pride is about the people who don't get celebrated when they pair up.
You wouldn't go to a funeral and start complaining that there are other people in world that also had meaningful lives. You let them have their day.
So when people make these straight pride stuff it's basically saying having 11 out of 12 months a year wasn't enough, we need to have the last bit.
And yes I am straight. I just understand for the roughly 2% of the human race that isn't they should be able to have normal lives.
Depends on your locale
I live in San Francisco. If the Castro (gayest neighborhood in the world) did a "Straight Recognition Day" I think it would be fun.
Iowa or Kansas or something? Not so much.
It also depends on the context. Having that day not be inside pride month would do wonders as well. It would turn the event into an “Also” rather than “Instead of”
I agree, that's a good point
Not really? It's such a tiny thing compared to pride month that's it's silly to focus on it tbh
So you think that it isn’t a dog whistle because… not enough people showed up and too many people are aware of it existing?
I think it's a tiny, stupid, Itty bitty thing, and you are focusing way, way too much on it, yes.
I don’t think anyone asked you for your opinion on it. I do remember you asking how it was a dog whistle. Maybe you have a bigger horse in this race than you let on.
No, not really. Like I said, genuinely curious. I do not see how a tiny nothing bar offering free beer in Idaho can be a dog whistle for hatred to gather. Anyhow, thanks for the response! Have a nice day!
Oh yes really. You don’t seem genuinely curious at all. You seem like you want to dogmatically defend it. You’re also being purposefully obtuse about it when you say things like
I do not see how a tiny nothing bar offering free beer in Idaho can be a dog whistle for hatred to gather
Like if all that was happening was a small bar in Idaho was offering free beer, then it wouldn’t be a dog whistle at all. But that’s not what’s happening, which I think you know full well.
Genuinely curious, I'm just asking questions and arguing against the answers! Just a curious guy, nothing else! No horse in this race...but you're wrong.
I love it when the JAQasses show up.
I mean, the only people getting angry here seem to be you guys. "I don't agree with you, so you are clearly a JAQass" I dropped this because my question was answered, and I got to share my opinion on the matter, but you all keep responding for what?
checks notes
Ah yes, because I was "never asked for my opinion" (welcome to the internet! I didnt realize you dictated if I was allowed to have an opinion, actually), so you could insult me (with an assumption no less), and try to make me out to be a bad person for having the audacity to say "seems like a really small thing, why not just focus on pride month?". Anyhow, now that you all got that anger off your chest, I want you to know that I think it's cool that you disagree with me, and that it's ok. I hope you guys have a nice day, and thank you for the answers that were actually provided.
I think it was designed to make profit off of making people upset.
But more specifically, you almost have to respect it. Target the same audience that still refuses to admit that James O'Keefe stole their money and watch the money roll in.
Right wingers love shit like this and will invent a backlash just to donate even more money to the business owner.
Yeah, I could see that.
I have no problem with people feeling pride about their immutable characteristics. Scottish and proud? Excellent, go put on a kilt and throw one of those giant poles; looks fun! I have a problem when "pride" is used to organize people against a vulnerable minority. So sure, enjoy your super straight free beer with a bar full of other totally straight cis men and talk about... Idk sports or something. However, given the current political climate it seems to me like this is likely a way to gather people resentful of LGBT pride's efforts to claim equal rights. So it isn't a gathering of proud straight men, it is likely a gathering of bitter hateful men.
LGBT pride exists to fight for equal rights and representation that cis-hetero people enjoy by default; it isn't meant to gain an upper hand or displace cis-hetero people. Far-right extremists like to paint the movement's goals as a way to erase white straight cis culture, but this is just reactionary propaganda to mobilize people against this minority group.
I agree. Honestly happy for them. I mean us.