I’m sorry but when I read “pride month is defeated” in the context of a heterosexual engagement my mind immediately assumes the dude is a closeted homosexual who chose her as his beard instead of coming out. And this is how he “defeated pride”. By choosing a heteronormative lifestyle over his actual preferences.
The most optimistic scenario my head can come up with to make the sentence make sense would be that she’s bisexual and because of him she chose to commit to a heteronormative relationship.
In any way, for a lack of a better term, putting your engagement in context of defeating pride makes you look quite gay.
Those who hate homosexuals and see them as the “other side” often believe that homosexuals view heterosexuals with the same malice.
Gay people know they’re not the norm, and don’t feel threatened by straight folk unless. They feel threatened by bigots.
I think the same about anyone who fears LGBT+ trying to convert their kids like they believe someone can be convinced to be gay rather than just convinced to accept their sexuality.
Like I don’t see any problem with being gay but it’s not for me. I sometimes think dating would be easier if I was bi, but it’s about as appealing as knowing it would be easier to fill my stomach if I ate sawdust.
So it’s very telling when someone talks about gays tempting them or that they worry about a gay agenda of turning everyone gay like it’s a realistic possibility.
A lot of the fear of “conversion” really feels like parents getting ornery because someone might “damage their property” by telling them that being gay is perfectly fine. They want to have the whole heterosexual experience they had but lived vicariously all over again through someone they can pilot through life like a little low maintenance automoton. They want to narrow the field of choices to the ones they want.
You see it expressed all over the place. If you choose not to want kids or marry, pick a career they don’t understand or would pick for themselves they tighten the thumbscrews. So often they don’t love their kids they just love what they represent… Genetic legacy or bragging rights or a vehicle for constant validation. Being LGBTQIA+ is a threat because that represents paths that they would not have chosen. They can’t empathize or desire it…
But estrangement has always been a thing. Kids always become adults and adults always have choices… but we never forget what it was like to be a kid without autonomy. One day that kid is going to be able to make their own choices and there’s not a thing their parent can do about it. I love and value my parents because they always treated me like my own person. I always consider their advice seriously and give them a high priority. Fillial piety is no burden when it feels like returning the support and love. It never sits uneasy. I know a lot of people who struggle because they are biologically programmed to have a bond but they just can’t because the choices their parents made amd continue to attempt to make for them has left lasting damage.
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Yeah I seriously I was about to say, as a pansexual, this guy is triggering every sensor on my gaydar, big time. He’d be a lot happier if he would just embrace who he is.
Yeah either of those scenarios makes me think one of them is eventually turning back to gay sex. Sure bisexuals can have lifelong monogamous relationships with people of a different gender and they often do it happily, but how happily do they tend to do it with people bragging about how they defeated their partner’s queerness?
The most optimistic scenario my head can come up with to make the sentence make sense would be that she’s bisexual and because of him she chose to commit to a heteronormative relationship.
If that was the case she should be pissed that this was his reflection
She should be pissed in any scenario. You propose to your partner, you post a photo, and then you put ANYTHING other than I LOVE MY FIANCEE in your post? That sucks, dude.
Unless your fiancee is also a homophobic bigot as a central component to her personality, then she’s probably OK with it.
I don’t understand why anyone would want to tie an engagement to their politics. Politics was literally not even a thought when I got engaged. That man has got issues!
I’d spend way more time worrying about if I actually wanted to be married to a dude named Addison.
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Sometimes I try to visualize smug, snarky comments like this if it were about something I believe in. Like, if there were a mixed race proposal and it said “Racism is so defeated,” would that be any better?
No, it’s cringy as hell. Makes the proposal seem like it’s about some agenda rather than loving the person.
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Politics should have been sorted out way before the ring.
Apparently he’s an ex-Newsmax anchor. It explains everything. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-newsmax-star-addison-smith-mocked-for-making-his-wedding-proposal-about-hating-gay-people
Wrapping your celebration up in hatred. Classy.
You know, I always thought this “gay agenda” thing was ridiculous. They only want equal rights and “be left alone” essentially, right?
But seeing this, they actually seem to successfully infiltrate the conservative mind… so maybe there is something to it? O_oI always imagine it like a comic: two Repubs steal a gay man’s agenda book. They open it to find the secret plot. It says, “lunch with Todd,” with a heart around it. The last panel is the Repubs shrieking and panicking.
They definitely have some powerful delusions that they are under attack. Bigotry and Fox News feeding their fear addiction gets them to believe anything (as long as it is hateful).
Don’t boast about “defeating pride” in your engagement photo unless you had to wrestle lions to get her to say yes.
Maybe he DID defeat a pride of lions but he accidentally posted the wrong photo.
Why would I care if straight people got engaged in June? It’s a lovely time to get engaged.
Pride month can’t get canceled, it’s like Labor Day, if you let it be ceremonial it will, and if you don’t we won’t.
I am so confused. Did he think he had to marry a man because it’s pride month? I can’t ever wrap my mind around people who think letting others love who they want to somehow reduces their own freedom to love who they want to.
Congratulations, I guess. May your children be many, and gay.
I assume it’s projection. He loses his shit when he’s reminded of the existence of gay people, so he assumes everyone else must be the same as him, just with the teams swapped.
But why does he lose his shit over it? There must’ve been an amazing guy in his life at some point he’s still not over
I wouldn’t wish that on the children.
Yeah, many siblings equals many trouble.
It’s probably safe to say that those parents (at least the father) equals many trouble
This guy wants to be the main character so badly.
The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks
I feel so, so sad for the fianceé.
She needs to run. Quickly. Faster!
Where did I put that “maximum ooof” meme? Damn.
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An important question, usually conspicuous by their absence with confirmation bias-related posts. But in this case, the source is provided. You can check for yourself and let us know, if you have a Xitter account to see the replies.
Unless Elmo’s added yet another layer of enshittification. It’s hard to keep up.
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Most of the time, the more you say you hate or are not x, the more you actually are x.
What does the first thing mean?
Pride month, to him, is about LGBTQ people hating non-LGBTQ people. By demonstrating a hetero proposal, he is somehow sticking it to the awful queers who want such things abolished.
He’s a hateful idiot and thinks everyone else is, too.
Oh the person who made the first post is the one who proposed to their girlfriend? That’s nuts
Yes, he decided to turn it into a political statement. Classy!
No idea what anyone here is going on about.
