Fenton Lum
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Re-Read the post but slower this time and you will understand what i'm saying... Thats not itAre you saying you can only be righteously proud of what you are if somebody is picking on you?Is heterosexual pride day really trending as a hashtag? Seriously? Let's think about that. Pride involves feeling accomplishment in a personal quality or achievement. What accomplishment is there in being heterosexual? Look, I welcome any of my friends who are more knowledgeable about this topic to correct me on this, but I believe the concept of having events like Pride and promoting gay pride stems from the accomplishment of facing bigotry and systemic discrimination and yet continuing to stand for what you believe and you are. That's an accomplishment. When is the last time a heterosexual male was beaten to death for being hetero? But gay/lesbian/queer individuals have endured that risk (and countless others), thus there is pride in owning that identity publicly. There's no "pride" in claiming heterosexuality. I didn't accomplish anything related to it. I'm happy to be "proud" of plenty of things in my life, but happening to be born hetero isn't one of them. #stopthestupid
Of course you have a point, white hetero males have never faced any type of institutionalized systemic bias - and all that comes from that - in our system/society. The lament is nothing more than a backlash at the notion that they are not/should not continue to enjoy a status of privilege. It's the same for the "all lives matter" folks. Of course they do, no one ever suggested otherwise, but we're not routinely seeing your lot gunned down/wrestled down to death by the police while often unarmed and unprovoked. Grow the fuck up and get with the rhetoric of we're all equal in american society.