And, why are we letting only the Homosexual community have a pride day? What if I'm just as proud of being a straight as another is of being gay? I don't get to participate in a day for that because I'm in the majority? Because it's socially accepted? That's ridiculous.
I thought this was already explained; because having a "hetrosexual day" is pointless. The reason gay people HAVE these parades in the first place is to unite with others in the gay community who are tired of being discriminated against -- for being
gay. It doesn't have as much to do with who's the minority / majority as much as it has to do with "oh, you're gay? feel ashamed, lest ye go to hell!" that's just an example of discrimination they face, so uh, some, not all, choose to revolt against by expressing their pride in who they are (which is usually what they are discriminated for.) I don't see how this is confusing in the least.
Anyone can have a "pride day" for any reason, but doing so, at least in my opinion, sullies the reason for why some groups have these types of parades. Straight people, like i've said --- have their days, pretty much everyday. There is little to no reason to revolt and say "oh, those there gay people get to have their day, we can have ours!" I mean, sure, you can be proud of the fact you're straight, but who's saying you
shouldn't? no one else. So where does this "pride" come from, and what acheivement have you (speaking generally, not personally) accomplished to be "proud" of your hetrosexuality? No one tells straight people they shouldn't be proud of being straight. Hence, why a "straight parade" kind of misses the point.
No one is telling you otherwise, there is no reason to "revolt" and parade about it. I mean sure, no one's stopping you, you can. But that doesn't mean people can't disagree with the idea of a "straight" parade and see it as ridiculous and pointless. I suppose straight people can have their own reasons for having a "straight" parade, but it still seems to me that they'd do it out of fear and/or ignorance, and not exactly "pride".
I think you'd have to understand fundamentally why Homosexual Pride Parades exist in the first place; one, it's isn't simply a parade for fun's sake; it's a message, a form of expression, a way in which they go against social norms. These people get to be comfortable with who they are in these parades, even though society is always saying they shouldn't.
Straight people, at least in my opinion -- which is just that, an opinion -- have little reason to "mirror" their own version of these parades. Straight people aren't discriminated against for being straight. They aren't told they will go to hell for being straight. They aren't treated with contempt and disrespect for simply being straight.
Most gay Pride Parades exist to revolt and go against the idea that being gay is something to NOT be proud of. A Hetrosexual parade is pointless because there is literally nothing about being straight, at least of substance, that is touted by society as being "immoral" or "wrong", to parade for. If you want to have a "Heterosexual" Parade, just call it a "Parade".
Why does sexual orientation need to be involved in said Hetrosexual parade, and what would sexual orientation have to do with it anyway? that is my point. It seems to me that the purpose of a "Hetrosexual" parade is not one out of actual pride, but fear; the fear of homosexuality and what some people believe it projects and stands for.
The fact that some homophobes actually believe that Gay people are "ruining" society as it is, as they have already "ruined" marriage, and in a way ... it seems more out of fear, then it does "pride". As in "yea, i'm straight, not like those ____ gay people. Wow, i'm so proud."
Why would you be "proud" of something that society says
isn't wrong?
For gay people though, this is not the case.
Their sexual orientation does have a lot to do with it, since it's the basis in which they are being discriminated
against. Therefore, having a "Hetrosexual" parade seems like just having a Parade for a Parade's sake. Sure, you can do it ... but why? what is the point, just because you can?
So, if you'd like to have a pride parade to uh, express the fact you're straight, by all means. But I don't see what message it's supposed to deliver to anyone else. What message does being "proud" of being straight send? who tells you you
cannot be straight? why would this need a parade?
I'm straight. I do "Hetrosexual" things every day. Do I want to be in a parade for it? no. Because I can't imagine what a Hetrosexual Pride parade would consist of. Hetrosexual people doing hetrosexual things, and being proud of it? okay. I can do that too.
So, I should be in a parade right now for being attracted to men, sleeping with men .. and uh. Not sure what else is exclusively hetrosexual.