I would prefer not to know what is going on in anybody's bedroom -- gay, straight, or other -- as long as it is between consenting adults as it is likely none of my business.

THANK YOU for driving my point home.

Honestly, in these days of social media, when I see someone oversharing
such details, they are most overwhelmingly straight, and usually female.
They post too much detail and then wonder why they get a bunch of responses from sickos and other strangers. <shrugs>


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We also have Black Pride Month, Asian Pride Month, and Latin American Prid >MP> "Month" (actually 5 or 6 weeks long) but, yes, this is the one that folks >MP> social media sure make the most noise about.

Then we get into the where's the WHITE pride month. Oh thats racist. But Black pride month isn't? Yeah, love those double standards these groups have. :(

I think White Pride month would be pretty boring. Seeing things from other cultures that I might not normally be exposed to can be interesting.

Having a Pride month doesn't really bother me. What does is all of the
virtue signaling from apparently non-LGBTQ+ persons that accompanies it.
It is almost like they are tying to make it about them rather than the
people that the occassion is designated for?


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Technically at least three days celebrate the military:

Armed Forces Day for active military
Memorial Day for the fallen
Veteran's Day for former military

As someone else pointed out, May is supposedly Military Appreciation Month

First, sorry Mike Powell if I am replying / quoting the wrong post as I am jus
getting a hang of this thing.

I think you got it right! ;)

Second, based on random Google searches, it looks like current and former military members are a smaller minority U.S. than most other groups.

Interesting to note but I am not too surprised. When they were still
living, it seemed like I knew a lot of folks in my grandparents' generation that served and less so in my own.

Third, as a Veteran, I dislike holidays that try to honor us. If one wants to
discuss focing values on others, I feel forced to respond kindly to "Thank you
for your service," to maintain societal norms when the truthful response would
be "I didn't do it for you."

That is an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing it.

When I was younger, I used to ask veterans of WWII questions about the war and was surprised that some didn't want to discuss it. As I got older, I am not at all surprised and sometimes feel bad about asking.

Mike


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I have tons of gay friends and co-workers. I can care less. Don't flaunt it around for a month. Maybe I should make August "I f*cked my wife in the ass month" and talk about it all month and force everything to go oh wow, so happy for you.

When you can't get a job, your community exiles you, your government takes away
right, etc. based on said activities, let us know.

The specific activity he describes actually did used to be illegal,
regardless of the gender, marital status, or consent of the participants, in several US states. Might still be in some.

It was difficult to enforce and was usually only an added charge when related to the commission of a (usually) more serious crime.


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On Thursday, June 4th Dumas Walker said...

The specific activity he describes actually did used to be illegal, regardless of the gender, marital status, or consent of the participants, in several US states. Might still be in some.

Still the case in UT, IIRC.
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Dumas Walker wrote to EXODUS <=-

We also have Black Pride Month, Asian Pride Month, and Latin American Prid
"Month" (actually 5 or 6 weeks long) but, yes, this is the one that folks
social media sure make the most noise about.

Then we get into the where's the WHITE pride month. Oh thats racist. But Black pride month isn't? Yeah, love those double standards these groups have. :(

I think White Pride month would be pretty boring. Seeing things from other cultures that I might not normally be exposed to can be
interesting.

Agreed, on both counts.

Having a Pride month doesn't really bother me. What does is all of the virtue signaling from apparently non-LGBTQ+ persons that accompanies
it. It is almost like they are tying to make it about them rather than
the people that the occassion is designated for?

So, you mean people like Poindexter and NuSkooler, right?

I agree again.



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Honestly, in these days of social media, when I see someone oversharing such details, they are most overwhelmingly straight, and usually female. They post too much detail and then wonder why they get a bunch of response from sickos and other strangers. <shrugs>

True. Then all these nut jobs protesting a KING we don't have or even someone REMOTELY ACTING like one. IQs sure have dropped over the years. :(

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On Thursday, June 4th Exodus was heard saying...

True. Then all these nut jobs protesting a KING we don't have or even someone REMOTELY ACTING like one. IQs sure have dropped over the years.

lol.

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Having a Pride month doesn't really bother me. What does is all of the virtue signaling from apparently non-LGBTQ+ persons that accompanies it. It is almost like they are tying to make it about them rather than the people that the occassion is designated for?

So, you mean people like Poindexter and NuSkooler, right?

I agree again.

Not really. Their reactions are pretty tame compared to what I am thinking of. The ones I am thinking of are more like "acknowledge this (and notice me in the process) or else!" and might declare you phobic if you don't acknowledge them specifically, or of you react oddly to their constant messaging, even though they are apparently not LGBTQ+.

If I drew a diagram of the people who act like this, and the mostly-women I mentioned previously who overshare about their sex lives on social media, the two circles would have a large overlap area. I don't think either of the circles would include any BBSers I am familiar with. ;)


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Mike Powell wrote to Gamgee <=-

Having a Pride month doesn't really bother me. What does is all of

the

virtue signaling from apparently non-LGBTQ+ persons that accompanies it. It is almost like they are tying to make it about them rather than the people that the occassion is designated for?

So, you mean people like Poindexter and NuSkooler, right?
I agree again.

Not really. Their reactions are pretty tame compared to what I am thinking of. The ones I am thinking of are more like "acknowledge this (and notice me in the process) or else!" and might declare you phobic
if you don't acknowledge them specifically, or of you react oddly to
their constant messaging, even though they are apparently not LGBTQ+.

Ahhh OK, I understand now; was thinking you meant something else.

If I drew a diagram of the people who act like this, and the
mostly-women I mentioned previously who overshare about their sex lives
on social media, the two circles would have a large overlap area. I
don't think either of the circles would include any BBSers I am
familiar with. ;)

Gotcha, thanks.



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