I am so sick of rainbow flags and gay pride

Just don’t shove that shit constantly in our faces and especially don’t raise the progress pride flag at the same level as the United States flag at the White House, bloody hell is that. But there are many reasons why it might be a good idea to dissent from the orgy of Pride conformism and to refuse to bow and scrape before the rainbow flag.

That flag sums up everything that is. I think the rainbow has now also been taken over by the NHS during Covid, so perhaps people will just think JohnLewis are supporting the NHS? However you look at it though, this logo is an abomination and does nothing for their brand identity!. Rainbow flags waving, floats representing every letter in the extended LGBTQQIP2SAA acronym, skin, smiles and an unbridled display of freedom of self.

For the majority of my life I have loathed. In the other months of the year, rainbow bunting and rainbow crosswalks still demarcate LGBTQ+ businesses and historic gayborhoods, creating a visual map of the queer world. In other words, all. But the fact you are gay is the least interesting thing about you. Happy Pride Month. Happy Pride Month! Waving the Union flag is national chauvinism, the woke left says.

So tired of pride

You do We are funded by you. Baker might be looking down right now admiring their handiwork, marveling at the beauty of bent light and changed minds. What is this all about? The gains made by gay-rights warriors over the past five decades have been amazing and important. Give it back, LGBTs! Cops will wear Pride-coloured badges. Take the flags down.

And find Brendan on Instagram: burntoakboy. It posted a comic strip featuring Dennis the Menace in a Pride-coloured jumper. Already a supporter? And yet there are huge numbers of people out there, who we rarely hear from, who feel a strong attachment to the national British or English identity and who even have pangs of national pride.

Follow NBC News. It demands validation rather than liberation, recognition rather than rights, conformism rather than choice. There you have it. This is only a tiny part of the story. Pride is a weird thing to celebrate. Pride, the institution, is anti-social. In a interview with the British newspaper The Independent, Baker explained how the flag came to be:. And today they are. This urge to look beyond oneself to the possibility of national togetherness and solidarity is surely more positive than the new cult of identity politics and its invitation to constant self-gazing and self-celebration.

Log in here to not see this again. Regular donors can now become a spiked supporter or a spiked patron and access exclusive perks Want to support spiked? McKinney-Zarrilli, who now lives in New York City, said the backlash his post received and the current political climate has made him second-guess going to the annual NYC Pride march this month due to safety concerns.