Pride Month: Shoving It Down Our Throats?

Now that Pride Month is almost done, we can get on with more serious acknowledgements, like Avocado Month.

As I wandered around the Internet, I ran across quite a few whines along the lines of “I am not a homophobe, but why is Pride Month being shoved down our throats?” The phrase “being shoved down our throats” was ubiquitous, which made those whines seem like part of a campaign.

If I hadn’t run across those comments/whines I might not have noticed that is was, indeed, Pride Month. A bit of simple investigation showed me the culprit: TV . . . well, not just TV but advertisers wishing to cash in on Pride Month. Beers being promoted by “trans influencers,” whatever those are, popped up. Sales going on with Pride labeling, like Fourth of July advertising, etc. I couldn’t identify which products were being targeted by the advertisers, like President’s Day is when a new mattress needs to be bought.

So, the gay community itself isn’t shoving anything down our throats (and if they are, you are probably in the wrong bar), it is the fucking capitalists trying to cash in for things completely divorced from their business.

If Chick-fil-A ever changes management, I predict that it will run Pride Month promotions, just like its competitors.

If you are one of those whiners whining about having “Pride Month being shoved down my throat” I have a simple solution. Turn off your TV. Your life will be so much more pleasant and you will only be reacting to things around you that you can actually observe.

Addendum Our next door neighbor is moving to Florida because he feels Chicago has too much crime, notwithstanding current statistics showing crime declining precipitously. I have lived in Chicago now for 15 years and I have not personally seen one crime. A dead body washed up on our neighborhood beach, but that was a weekend sailor who fell out of his boat and drowned. There is a lot of jaywalking but other than that I don’t see any crimes being perpetrated. But if I were to read the news . . . or watch the TV news . . . OMG!