It seems more and more companies like to show us how much they care about diversity and inclusion.

Now they advertise with rainbow colors and pride promotions.

How do you react to that?

 

To make sure there is no misunderstanding: The fact that someone doesn't like pride promotions doesn't mean that such a person is homophobic, transphobic, a bigot or whatever. I.e. I accept that there are gays and lesbians and trans people. No problem. Live and let live. But that doesn't mean that I want to see rainbow colors everywhere and emails from hospitals promoting such things.

Don't care one way or the other, "each to their own" 

Don't force it on me and its all good.????

I think all decent people are for equal rights for all.

 

But the pendulum has swung too far and common sense is being knee-capped by the voices of the neurotic.

 

I'd be equally as irritated seeing the BLM or Woman's rights movement so ubiquitously pushed in our faces - I support the underlying messages, but not the depth and bias of rhetoric I see.

 

It's not the actual rights that I find irritating, but how this has taken over so much of everywhere I look. 

It'd be equally as irritating if there were so much WWF (wrestling) adverts everywhere.

 

But, what I find particularly offensive is that IF I'm not 100% behind seeing these Pride advertisements and promotions everywhere then I am accused of being homophobic. 

 

 

 

Additionally, this movement seems to be as much about promoting 'sexuality' of 'Lesbian, Bi, Gay, Queer and Trans' people as it about their individual rights - since when 'is kink' part of a rights movement?

 

The recent events at a 'family' pride March in the US highlight how this is not such much about rights, but a minority ruining the genuine issues for those to whom this matters so much. 

 

IF a 'Pride March' is family orientated, then avoid the kink and sexualisation of the movement and concentrate on the issue at hand, freedom of rights is not the same as freedom to behave obscenely in front of young families. 

 

 

To place this in perspective... I find the 'Just Stop Oil' movement in the UK a lot worse. 

The over-commercialisation and hijacking of Pride by large companies has been a concern of the LGBT community for at least 30 years to my knowledge.  The problem is that it's perfectly legal and there's nothing anyone can do about it, so why worry?

 

You might want to reflect that what's being shoved in your faces isn't homosexuality but advertising signed off by straight CEO's, some of it earnest and some of it cynical.

 

 

 

 

The lack of posts says it all. 

1 hour ago, quake said:

The lack of posts says it all. 

It says: interpret it any way you like.

 

Or: We vote that we avoid such businesses, but we don't want to argue with the woke idiots. 

It's certainly much more visible this year than ever before (here in Bangkok at least). You can hardly go anywhere without seeing ads covered in rainbow colors.

 

Once a company like Central or CP jumps on the bandwagon, you pretty much know that it's as meaningful or meaningless as their elaborate Christmas or Halloween decorations.

 

Just one more thing to be gay and merry about, in the big scheme of things.

I support the right of all sexual preferences to show their pride!!

Even mastubators should have a hand in it.

41 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It says: interpret it any way you like.

 

Or: We vote that we avoid such businesses, but we don't want to argue with the woke idiots. 

Be careful, he will be here soon.  he must have had a lay in this morning. 

On 6/10/2023 at 9:02 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

It says: interpret it any way you like.

 

Or: We vote that we avoid such businesses, but we don't want to argue with the woke idiots. 

So, personally cancelling a business whose views you don't agree with. Isn't that the very definition of woke?

1 hour ago, Baht Simpson said:

So, personally cancelling a business whose views you don't agree with. Isn't that the very definition of woke?

Sorry, I am not really familiar with that cancelling business.

 

We all have preferences for many reasons. Maybe I prefer X and you prefer Y. I am not holding you away from Y. But personally I prefer X or maybe just not Y.

Take it on it's merits. We have parades and such in Melbourne once a year and they appear to be  down to earth, sincere, someone close to me is an active participant and they enjoy it. I don't get involved for no particular reason. Barely hear a thing about it in my world. If a big business is behind a promotion or something I think maybe good or maybe cynical depending on how it comes across. 

 

It can be over the top. I mentioned before but at every meeting at work now it begins by discussing the fact that we are on the land of this or that indigenous people and lately it seems to be more and more in emails and all over the place. Good as an initial gesture but now it seems it is done so they can say they did it. Get's tedious even if you are all for indigenous rights. 

I have better things to do than worry about whether my neighbour thinks he's a lesbian, and couldn't care less whether he's woke or in a coma. 

It's none of my business if they dress up in drag and doesn't affect my life so long as they keep the noise down after midnight.