There was a straight pride parade held in Boston over the weekend, organized by a group called "Super Happy Fun America"
The parade was met with opposition from counter protesters who are opposed to the parade on grounds that straight people have never been marginalized and thus don't deserve a parade.
There are so many things wrong with this whole scenario that I'm not actually sure where to start. I guess I will work backwards and see how deep this rabbit hole goes.
First off the aftermath of the parade. There were about 600 counter protesters and about 3 dozen were arrested on various charges. Why are people getting arrested over this?
The parade consisted of about 200 people. They had signs saying things like "It's great to be straight" "Trump 2020" "build the wall" Was this a parade for something else?
AOC tweets “For men who are allegedly so ‘proud’ of being straight, they seem to show real incompetence at attracting women to their event,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “Seems more like a ‘I-Struggle-With-Masculinity’ parade to me.”
Except every image of the parade and all the footage seems to show both men and women marching in the parade...
Who participated in the parade? Many news outlets claim that the group invited many "far right" and "white supremacists" to the event, although the group posted on their website "All are welcome at the parade as long as they meet the criteria for participation. Antifa, short for Anti-Fun, and other hate groups are not welcome because they are not happy and fun," As far as white supremacy goes, I find that hard to believe because of that footage again which shows a mix of races. As far as antifa being a hate group, it isn't listed as such by the SPLC and at any rate it doesn't mean anti-fun.
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I was going to keep going with everything wrong here, but I think I have exposed enough rot from both sides of the political spectrum to effectively upset everyone. This country is broken. The un-marginalized believe they are victims meanwhile a movement based on "Love, acceptance, and equality" is unwilling to love, accept, and treat with equity those they disagree with. Somehow, pride is a virtue and being centrist is a crime against humanity.