Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men - LGBTQ Nation
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A "Christian, conservative, Constitution supporter" is holding the opposite of Pride Month at his Boise bar... but it still sounds pretty gay.
  • tyrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    As a straight man, I feel like I’ve been represented plenty and still am in media. What exactly are you looking for that you aren’t seeing? There are thousands of years of representation, still continuing to this day. Don’t get me wrong, free beer is awesome but not sure why anyone feels unrepresented as a straight person.

    • evatronic@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      The answer is the old chestnut,

      “When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”

      People like those you’re responding to often see the world as a zero-sum game. If LGBTQ+ people carve out – or in this case, demand – representation for themselves, they believe that representation must take away “representation points” or whatever from some other group.

      Frankly, Pride is the one time of year it’s okay to tell these people to shut the fuck up and sit down.