Independence Day Pride

Perhaps, but it's hard not to be condescending when you get into petty mode w/contrived complaints.

 

Pics please....

 

“there are more pride flags than US flags at Target” = observation

“The gay stuff Is really getting overblown. Our country is not on the same page. Libbies are loving it. Sad.” = not an observation

Just own what you said instead of playing victim and trying to parse it like a politician.

 

If you were not making a complaint, what are you right about?

 

No we are running with the narrative that gays exist as do transgenders. Whether or not they deserve special dispensation over everyone else is the question on the board.

Excuse me he/she is transgender. I need to treat this person different then anyone else in society. Not only do these people need protection (which they are already afforded) they need to be representative of society (which they are already afforded) and cannot be denied the constitutional rights (of which they are already afforded) of every American citizen.

 

If you really loved America you wouldn't be shopping for a flag on July 2.

 

I don't think it's a hot take; just don't agree that you were not making a complaint.

 

Doubling down, eh. Now you blame the thread on your wife?

I honestly don’t care how many pride flags are at Target. Never gave it a second thought. It’s their business to sell whatever they want, or stock whatever doesn’t sell they want.

And before you ask, yes I would care how many confederate flags they carry because to me it’s a symbol of hate. So I’ll take that rhetorical ? Off the table for you.

That it bothers you, oh, I’m sorry, bothers your wife, says more about you than Target or me.

And it’s not “everyone’s observation”. Right now, it’s only your wife’s observation that you are generously sharing with us.

 

You do realize those two groups aren't mutually exclusive?

 

I am shooting straight.

The world is changing.

A 10 year old Ohio rape victim had to leave her home and drive to Indiana last week for an abortion. That upsets me far more than how many Pride flags are in stock at a single Target store on a single day two days before Independence Day when most of the US flags have largely sold out and Pride month is over. And should you as well. Any one of our daughters, and granddaughters, sisters or nieces could have been that girl. I can’t imagine how difficult that was for her family.

Did you ever think the Pride flags are still there because they actually DIDN’T sell, and the US flags did. So no, I’m not going to get upset about it and it has nothing to do with my love of country or respect for vets. It’s just a meaningless anecdote that you’re trying to politicize.

BTW-I was in Alaska last week, one of the reddest states on the US. Pride flags everywhere we stopped and got off our boat, and in Seward and Anchorage where we based. I thought it was great and never equated it to a lack of patriotism. Because it’s not.

 

Good to know. And perhaps if you don’t want condescension as a response, maybe don’t ask someone if they just woke up groggy?

 

I'm about to give y'all some ammunition to use against me at some time in the future but this story is too funny to ignore.

Back in the early 90s Mrs51 totaled her Chevy Blazer. She said when we replaced it she wanted a compact car. We weren't looking for a new car at the time, a used car would be just fine. One day on the way home from work I saw the cutest little white Chevy Cavalier with this rainbow colored racing stripe and a rainbow decal in the rear window sitting on the side of the road with a for sale sign on it. I had never heard of Gay Pride at the time and had no idea what those colors meant. I bought that cute little car for her and we drove it for 2 years before one day I drove up to 7-11 to get a pack of cigarettes and somebody told me what the rainbow symbol meant....We sold that car a few weeks later. Wonder what my friends thought once everybody learned what the rainbow meant.

 

NTTIAWWT!!