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Originally posted by murphy22
reply to post by paganini
Most sound people do not get emotional about such things. I got kicked out of a coffee shop for having mud all over me from work. Lived in a muddy state as it was. I could have pulled the socialist/union I'm a working man crap, but I didn't. It was their place, their right to ask me to leave. Would I have done that if it was reversed? No. But you know what? I don't go there any more.. My right also.
Originally posted by murphy22
reply to post by paganini
Most sound people do not get emotional about such things. I got kicked out of a coffee shop for having mud all over me from work. Lived in a muddy state as it was. I could have pulled the socialist/union I'm a working man crap, but I didn't. It was their place, their right to ask me to leave. Would I have done that if it was reversed? No. But you know what? I don't go there any more.. My right also.
Originally posted by VikingWarlord
reply to post by paganini
They were "childish" enough to blab to the whole world how they were mistreated instead of quietly finding another establishment that could fulfill their needs. No, instead they basically screamed "oppression!" and knew other irrational bleeding hearts would rush to their aid and take up the cause.
Originally posted by VikingWarlordI am not religious, and was very tolerant towards the gay community until about 5 years ago. They have become militant, in your face and hate filled. If you don't embrace them totally and have any differing opinion, you are a right wing demon bigot racist! As a former registered democrat, (now no party) and being not religious, I find it amusing to be lumped into their little category that anyone that doesn't worship them fall into.
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by LeSigh
I agree. I happened to be in the Hillcrest area of San Diego during Pride this year. Did I care? No. However, there were multiple public scenarios of PDA, such as, multiple gay couples making out all over the effing Starbucks on Sunday morning, just as an example. Excessive PDA is disturbing to see no matter who is doing it- and I hate to say it- but I have never seen heterosexual PDA to such an exaggerated and unnecessary extent as I saw that weekend in the gay community.
Do you feel the same way about Mardi Gras?
Originally posted by LeSigh
If unnecessary PDA is going on there- then yes. I've never been to Mardi Gras and don't plan to. What part of exaggerated, unnecessary, and massive amounts of PDA being disturbing to witness do you not understand?
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by LeSigh
Originally posted by Annee
If unnecessary PDA is going on there- then yes. I've never been to Mardi Gras and don't plan to. What part of exaggerated, unnecessary, and massive amounts of PDA being disturbing to witness do you not understand?
Guess you definitely wouldn't like Mardi Gras.
Let's see - - - Pride Parade - - once a year.
Let's see- not during the Parade or the block party- and some of us have legitimate reasons for being in the area no matter the time of year. Also, no one should have to deal with seeing multiple couples engaging in PDA on the level of 'get a room' at a coffee shop in the morning. Some gay people are parents too- and I really don't think they'd want their own kids exposed to that either. At some point it ceased to be about PRIDE or equal rights and extended into obnoxiousness.
Originally posted by LeSigh
Let's see- not during the Parade or the block party- and some of us have legitimate reasons for being in the area no matter the time of year. Also, no one should have to deal with seeing multiple couples engaging in PDA on the level of 'get a room' at a coffee shop in the morning. Some gay people are parents too- and I really don't think they'd want their own kids exposed to that either. At some point it ceased to be about PRIDE or equal rights and extended into obnoxiousness.
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by LeSigh
Let's see- not during the Parade or the block party- and some of us have legitimate reasons for being in the area no matter the time of year. Also, no one should have to deal with seeing multiple couples engaging in PDA on the level of 'get a room' at a coffee shop in the morning. Some gay people are parents too- and I really don't think they'd want their own kids exposed to that either. At some point it ceased to be about PRIDE or equal rights and extended into obnoxiousness.
So what.
Its once a year.
Originally posted by VikingWarlord
reply to post by paganini
See! You are already equating me to a "racist" akin to the whites who used to miss-treat the blacks in the old days huh?
Originally posted by VikingWarlordThank you for proving my point exactly, and in such a timely manner. What happened to the blacks was terrible, but they were mistreated for their race, something that is not a choice. Everyone has a choice in who they sleep with, and not everyone agrees on what is acceptable and what is not.
Originally posted by VikingWarlordWhy broadcast it to the world and demand acceptance?
Originally posted by VikingWarlordAlso, equating the gay struggle to the civil rights movement is delusional and surely offensive to many who lived through that hell.
You can't change your race, but you can choose who you sleep with. Equating denying service to people of a differing sexual orientation vs color of your skin as the same is absurd.