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Topic	Do you understand why there's a gay pride?
pezzicle 06/27/17 10:45:45 AM #124:	D035NTMATT3R posted... IAmNowGone posted... TheCyborgNinja posted... I understand that it's used as a way to force acceptance of something that reasonable people are already fine with anyway... Bigots won't change their minds, they'll only dig in their heels, especially over some of the more hypersexualized aspects. If it's a case of "showing them anyway", what's the point? D035NTMATT3R posted... Because people tend to be proud for some reason about things they have been born with, like sexuality, skin colour, nationality, etc. How can someone be proud of something they didn't do anything to achive? Pride was created as a means of unifying and celebrating something that we were born with. So many people died and fought very hard to get the rights that gays have today. THAT is something worth celebrating. The message is...slightly diluted by some of the newer generations who don't respect the history behind it and use it as an excuse to party but...the message is just that. People suffered, we preserved, we exist and will continue to exist and deserve to be acknowledged as normal humans. Admire and respect the people who fought for it, celebrate they achived it, they shouldve been proud of achiveing what they did, but being proud of something one has been born with doesnt make any sense. when society shows you and tells you that you should be ASHAMED of this thing that you were born with, your reaction to that, in order to get away from that guilt and shame, is going to be pride. That's just how it works. When you've been told your entire life that something is wrong with you because of something you were born with, you feel guilty and shameful about this thing. You feel othered. Working through that guilt and shame is about starting to have pride in who you are as a person, in spite of the messages you have received from the wider society. --- Tribe Time! <cite>pezzicle posted [p:881895430] in Do you und... [t:75502927]...</cite> <quote><cite>D035NTMATT3R posted...</cite> <quote><cite>IAmNowGone posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheCyborgNinja posted...</cite> <quote>I understand that it's used as a way to force acceptance of something that reasonable people are already fine with anyway... Bigots won't change their minds, they'll only dig in their heels, especially over some of the more hypersexualized aspects. If it's a case of "showing them anyway", what's the point?</quote> <cite>D035NTMATT3R posted...</cite> <quote>Because people tend to be proud for some reason about things they have been born with, like sexuality, skin colour, nationality, etc. How can someone be proud of something they didn't do anything to achive?</quote> Pride was created as a means of unifying and celebrating something that we were born with. So many people died and fought very hard to get the rights that gays have today. THAT is something worth celebrating. The message is...slightly diluted by some of the newer generations who don't respect the history behind it and use it as an excuse to party but...the message is just that. People suffered, we preserved, we exist and will continue to exist and deserve to be acknowledged as normal humans.</quote> Admire and respect the people who fought for it, celebrate they achived it, they shouldve been proud of achiveing what they did, but being proud of something one has been born with doesnt make any sense.</quote> when society shows you and tells you that you should be ASHAMED of this thing that you were born with, your reaction to that, in order to get away from that guilt and shame, is going to be pride. That's just how it works. When you've been told your entire life that something is wrong with you because of something you were born with, you feel guilty and shameful about this thing. You feel othered. Working through that guilt and shame is about starting to have pride in who you are as a person, in spite of the messages you have received from the wider society. --- Tribe Time!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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