(November 11, 2010 at 11:05 am)Skipper Wrote:

(November 11, 2010 at 8:54 am)joshgold17 Wrote:

Skipper Wrote:Unless the straight pride march in some way was spreading hate or giving itself a sense of superiority I see no reason why in theory one would be unacceptable?

I also support the principles behind gay pride marches and attend one of the biggest in the country every year in Brighton, where I'm from.

I can understand why a straight pride march may attract negative connotations, however that's just due to a peculiar sense of guilt society has created for its majorities (particularly, as mentioned, under Nu Labour. Possibly as a direct result of it's policies on equality and multiculturalism that created division and resentment where there was none to begin with) . In theory a straight pride march need be nothing but a celebration.

right yes because we should go back to the 1970s when the majority whites could say racist things,not hire blacks and asians for jobs,where the NF got quite a few votes,where interacial dating was taboo.

And what do you mean majorities feel guilty. since when do straight people feel guilty about being straight or white people feel guilty about being white?

I'm clearly not saying lets go back to the 70's, read what I said and think about it. I'm saying society moved on from then itself, nu labour however, I feel pushed that progress back with pushing the issues of equality and integration way to hard and quickly and it stirred up resentment and tensions where there needed be none.

Majorities ARE made to feel guilty for the sins committed by them in the past. Groups of white British people push this bullshit guilt on other white British people for past wrongs to some how seem tollerent and liberal, but it causes even more issues. We should be moving on from a time when skin colour or sexual preference mattered not switching it around the other way. If a member of a majority criticises a minority group or someone of a minority the issue of racism or homophobia is bought up way to quickly when the minority element is a non issue. It completely removes the meanings from the words and undermines real issues people face.

I feel I've defended against homophobia on these boards fairly strongly, and to be honest, probably a bit to over aggressively at times, but you coming here on a big gay crusade and creating issues where there is none is a perfect example of what I'm talking about and just as non progressive and annoying as the anti-gay bigots themselves.

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We are a sex obsessed bunch arent we!

Welcome josh.

(November 11, 2010 at 2:51 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: We are a sex obsessed bunch arent we!

Welcome josh.

What else are we going to do when not four-wheeling and laughing at religion?

(November 11, 2010 at 8:54 am)joshgold17 Wrote: so why do you think there were and still are gay pride marches other than to celebrate sexuality.

I don't know; maybe they enjoy marching together in some form of solidarity; maybe they just like having fun. Whatever the reason, I don't care, as long as anyone else has the right to do the same.

We shouldn't care what other people are celebrating, we should only care about celebrating who we are (to paraphrase thesummerqueen).

(November 11, 2010 at 3:01 pm)Tiberius Wrote: We shouldn't care what other people are celebrating, we should only care about celebrating who we are (to paraphrase thesummerqueen).

Thief.

Hey, I attributed it to you!

(November 11, 2010 at 3:13 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Hey, I attributed it to you!

Teasing, peach. Did you not go to bed on time last night?



Josh, it is unfortunate that you had to come in here just as there was a flurry of postings that seemed to suggest some of us were anti-gay. Most of us aren't, and we tend to jump all over the ones who are if we feel they overstepped their boundaries. I do hope you find your stay here to be far more comforting and accepting than you seemed to believe in your initial posting.

(November 11, 2010 at 2:54 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote:

(November 11, 2010 at 2:51 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: We are a sex obsessed bunch arent we!

Welcome josh.

What else are we going to do when not four-wheeling and laughing at religion?

Xbox?

(November 11, 2010 at 3:22 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Xbox?

Not dirty enough.