[quote]If your perception of a movement designed to dispel stigmas and quell hatred of LGBTQ folks is that they're just attention seekers, it's probably you with a perception problem. And you revealing that opinion confirmed what I was saying, you really just want them to pipe down and shut up because you probably just don't like what you see. Tale as old as time. Every movement has people that want them to shut up. You should probably just resign yourself to the notion that their cause is bigger than your minor inconvenience. Or better yet, be a patriot and support civil rights for other American citizens even if they're not rights that benefit you personally.[/quote] I simply asked a question to which you turned that into some -blam!- bs for your own gain. I then pointed out that I don’t care about anyone’s private lives and then you spun that into some bull -blam!- too. So please enlighten me Whats their cause? How are they being persecuted and why do you think they are being persecuted This ☝️ BTW was part of my original question.

[quote]I simply asked a question to which you turned that into some -blam!- bs for your own gain.[/quote] I'm straight, I have nothing to gain. I'm just sticking up for people who need it. It's patriotism. [quote]I then pointed out that I don’t care about anyone’s private lives and then you spun that into some bull -blam!- too.[/quote] You spun it into that by stating that they should be quiet and how it's such an inconvenience to you to have to see it. [quote]So please enlighten me Whats their cause? How are they being persecuted and why do you think they are being persecuted[/quote] If you genuinely cared, which you clearly don't, you wouldn't have to ask these things. I mean what do you want, you want me to explain the origins of the how the movement started in the 60s? Or just a history of all the times gay people were beaten, killed, jailed, put in mental institutions, stigmatized and ostracized across history, have famous pastors preaching in America to millions of people that they should be lined up and shot in the head, how can I help you, a person who's always been capable of helping themselves to this information as you now stand at odds with someone in disagreement.

[quote][quote]I simply asked a question to which you turned that into some -blam!- bs for your own gain.[/quote] I'm straight, I have nothing to gain. I'm just sticking up for people who need it. It's patriotism. [quote]I then pointed out that I don’t care about anyone’s private lives and then you spun that into some bull -blam!- too.[/quote] You spun it into that by stating that they should be quiet and how it's such an inconvenience to you to have to see it. [quote]So please enlighten me Whats their cause? How are they being persecuted and why do you think they are being persecuted[/quote] If you genuinely cared, which you clearly don't, you wouldn't have to ask these things. I mean what do you want, you want me to explain the origins of the how the movement started in the 60s? Or just a history of all the times gay people were beaten, killed, jailed, put in mental institutions, stigmatized and ostracized across history, have famous pastors preaching in America to millions of people that they should be lined up and shot in the head, how can I help you, a person who's always been capable of helping themselves to this information as you now stand at odds with someone in disagreement.[/quote] You’re sort of right…I don’t care about what people do in their private lives. Never have. It’s 2024 I’d like to know how that community is being persecuted today not throughout history.