Althouse: I walked down to State Street to get a cup of coffee and ran into a gay pride parade.

९ ऑगस्ट, २०१५

I walked down to State Street to get a cup of coffee and ran into a gay pride parade.

Today, in Madison, Wisconsin:

५४ टिप्पण्या:

rhhardin म्हणाले...: It puts the mad in madison.; ९/८/१५, ६:३२ PM
Humperdink म्हणाले...: Yep, throw your sexuality in my face (and others) again and again and again. That'll win us over.; ९/८/१५, ६:३५ PM
Michael K म्हणाले...: Were there assless chaps ? How can it be gay pride without assless chaps ?; ९/८/१५, ६:३९ PM
Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...: Who cares? Every day is a gay pride parade in San Francisco.; ९/८/१५, ६:४० PM
Laslo Spatula म्हणाले...: Whenever women touched anything did they clearly make it better than we do as guys?

I am Laslo.; ९/८/१५, ६:४५ PM
Laslo Spatula म्हणाले...: PFLAG, by Initials, noticeably discludes Transvestites and Transgender.

Narrow-minded grandmas.

I am Laslo.; ९/८/१५, ६:४९ PM
Fernandinande म्हणाले...: Gay-Pride Parade Sets Mainstream Acceptance Of Gays Back 50 Years; ९/८/१५, ६:५४ PM
lgv म्हणाले...: Why are they proud. They say they were born that way. It's like being proud of being left handed.

One can be proud of their accomplishments, but I'm not sure that being proud of something you cannot control, like genetics, is illogical. Anyone's pride is not worthy of a parade to advertise it, either.; ९/८/१५, ६:५६ PM
Bob R म्हणाले...: Tired of pride parades. Call me for the gluttony and sloth parades. (Yes, it's a stolen joke.); ९/८/१५, ६:५९ PM
JZ म्हणाले...: Gay seems like the wrong word to me. I suggest Alternative Lifestyle.; ९/८/१५, ७:०० PM
Bob R म्हणाले...: I'm left-handed, and if I could find a hollow-body electric bass with a 34 inch scale and wide string spacing, I' be very proud.; ९/८/१५, ७:०४ PM
CarlF म्हणाले...: Cannot believe how closed-minded PFLAG is by only referring to lesbians and gays.; ९/८/१५, ७:११ PM
Quaestor म्हणाले...: Pride goeth before a fall, as they say.; ९/८/१५, ७:१६ PM
Quaestor म्हणाले...: Thanks, Fernandinande! Almost fell out of my chair.; ९/८/१५, ७:२१ PM
David म्हणाले...: Overwhelmingly white, as usual in Smugsville. And utterly boring. I lived in Boys Town Chicago for a while in the early 1990's and their parades were quite different, shall we say.; ९/८/१५, ७:५० PM
Renee म्हणाले...: Honestly, it wasn't that bad.

No corporate sponsors.

Just people who come in support ina peaceful manner.

Seemed tamed, designed as a family event. Churches & kids. Some drag, but totally appropriate behavior.; ९/८/१५, ७:५३ PM
Renee म्हणाले...: Now this is how NOT to do gay pride.

8 year old, Asia Monet Ray (formally of Dance Moms) trying to be Miley Cyrus with adult male dancers.

https://youtu.be/CR7qvWDHjBM

Creepy; ९/८/१५, ७:५७ PM
retail lawyer म्हणाले...: In San Francisco its called the "Pride Parade". Gay is the only recognizable type of pride. Or perhaps LGBT. I may be a month or two behind the times. . . but I'm sure "Gay Pride" is either too restrictive or redundant. And if one is proud of something else, one needs a different word or a trigger warning.; ९/८/१५, ७:५७ PM
MadisonMan म्हणाले...: What a bunch of mean-spirited commenters.

Who doesn't love a parade! (I wouldn't have taken a dog though -- kinda humid today); ९/८/१५, ८:१० PM
अनामित म्हणाले...: A bunch of pedophiles and sexual deviants holding a parade to celebrate their sin. What could go wrong?; ९/८/१५, ८:२६ PM
dwick म्हणाले...: CONGRATULATIONS! So what are you going to do for an encore?; ९/८/१५, ८:३९ PM
Horseball म्हणाले...: passé; ९/८/१५, ८:४९ PM
Unknown म्हणाले...: It used to be called the love that dare not say its name.
Now it's the love that won't shut up.; ९/८/१५, ९:२० PM
walter म्हणाले...: Call PETA, I think that dog may have been abused. By being paraded for "the cause"..nothing else.
Seems more tame than ones I've seen there. I mean..no thong wearing dude spraying the crowd with his super-soaker? No morbidly obese goth gal breathing fire?
I think they've lost their edge.; ९/८/१५, ९:३१ PM
CWJ म्हणाले...: Why today?; ९/८/१५, ९:४२ PM
walter म्हणाले...: I've never heard any significance given to the date they do it. But they clearly need to get the word out if Ann encountered it through happenstance.
So why not join the parade, Ann?; ९/८/१५, ९:४७ PM
SeanF म्हणाले...: Renee: Now this is how NOT to do gay pride.

8 year old, Asia Monet Ray (formally of Dance Moms) trying to be Miley Cyrus with adult male dancers.

I wonder if "back-up dancer for eight-year-old girl" is something they put on their resumes.

Or maybe that's why they wore masks.; ९/८/१५, ९:४९ PM
walter म्हणाले...: ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.; ९/८/१५, ९:५३ PM
walter म्हणाले...: Hey Bay Area Guy,
Years ago I was in SF and saw the parade there. What sticks in my memory is the "Mirth and Girth Society" float complete with fat bondage outfitted white guy strapped to a post with ball in mouth...and the Asian man with boy on his shoulders watching the float go by. Yes..everyone loves a parade...; ९/८/१५, ९:५४ PM
William म्हणाले...: It seemed sedate and well mannered. The transvestities looked a little sheepish. A gay pride parade really needs a body builder with naked buttocks, black leather chaps, and a daffodil sticking out his ass to set the tone......I wonder what would happen if a tv dressed up as a southern belle and waved a Confrderate flag.; ९/८/१५, १०:०६ PM
Valentine Smith म्हणाले...: Man someone pounded that march with an ugly stick. I wanna know if the person in charge of all the G & L's relegates all the ugly brothers and sisters to the podunk towns in the midwest.; ९/८/१५, १०:०८ PM
MAJMike म्हणाले...: Rather common at Starbucks.; ९/८/१५, १०:१२ PM
CWJ म्हणाले...: "I wonder if "back-up dancer for eight-year-old girl" is something they put on their resumes."

Sure they do. After all, somebody has the entry:

2015 - Portrayed Left Shark during Super Bowl Half Time.; ९/८/१५, १०:१३ PM
walter म्हणाले...: BTW, "Woofs", the err..alternative watering hole, may be the longest lasting business at that address. Was a revolving door for many years..finally found its niche.
Dunno..are there "Dogs" similar to "Bears"?; ९/८/१५, ११:३२ PM
James Pawlak म्हणाले...: I would love the smell of Napalm in the morning.; १०/८/१५, १:१४ AM
Rusty म्हणाले...: Isn't there one of those every week in Madison?; १०/८/१५, ५:५१ AM
sinz52 म्हणाले...: Humperdink said: "Yep, throw your sexuality in my face (and others) again and again and again. That'll win us over."

Well, it worked for the Duggars, didn't it?

You don't think Mama Duggar had 19 kids by artificial insemination, do you?; १०/८/१५, ५:५७ AM
Humperdink म्हणाले...: Who?; १०/८/१५, ६:४३ AM
Rusty म्हणाले...: I wonder what the middle class pride parade would look like?
Buncha middle aged men waddling along.
Holding up banners and flags an shit.
Oh. Yeah.
It's called Veterans Day.
Much better parade.; १०/८/१५, ६:५५ AM
damikesc म्हणाले...: Does the concept that we don't give a shit what they do in the bedroom completely miss them?; १०/८/१५, ६:५९ AM
Curious George म्हणाले...: Hey was that justice fora day JoAnne "I won" Kloppenberg at :05? I think it was. Same "Deer in the headlight" stare. I'm guessing she got lost and decided to follow the shiny things.; १०/८/१५, ७:०१ AM
Chuck म्हणाले...: Professor Althouse, having lived briefly in your lovely neighborhood myself, I happen to know that for you to "walk down to State Street for a cup of coffee," you'd have had to bypass three or four other pretty wonderful coffee shops.

Are you being coy about why you walked at least two miles, the better part of an hour, to the scene of the Gay Pride Parade at the very moment it was starting?; १०/८/१५, ७:३१ AM
MadisonMan म्हणाले...: Curious George, yes. I think she's running again?; १०/८/१५, ८:०० AM
Todd म्हणाले...: Is that still a thing? I thought "gay pride" parades went out of style sometime before SSM became law. How retro...; १०/८/१५, ८:०७ AM
Curious George म्हणाले...: "MadisonMan said...
Curious George, yes. I think she's running again?"

Ah, Crooks spot.

This little bit of video ought to give any sane person pause https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VNpKvwQeJM; १०/८/१५, ८:११ AM
Scott म्हणाले...: Boy, post a picture of a gay pride parade, and look at how many ugly bigoted remarks follow.; १०/८/१५, ८:४० AM
Crimso म्हणाले...: "Who doesn't love a parade!"

Skokie?; १०/८/१५, ८:४३ AM
Humperdink म्हणाले...: Commenting on in your face sin = hate, right Scott?; १०/८/१५, ८:४५ AM
Scott म्हणाले...: You wouldn't tell that to my face if we were waiting at a bus stop together. Most Christians I know aren't that judgmental and snotty to strangers.; १०/८/१५, ८:५८ AM
Humperdink म्हणाले...: Scott, you're beginning to sound like Geraldo. Thanks for the threat. The best part of debating liberals is they don't.

Sin is sin. That's not me talking: Leviticus 18:22, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination."
Leviticus 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act;

1 Corinthians 6:9-10, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God."

Please note homosexuality is not the only sin referenced here.; १०/८/१५, ९:१३ AM
Nichevo म्हणाले...: I don't think that was a threat. I think it's more that he thinks people/you are either too kind or too timid to accost a total stranger, let alone someone you know, and harshly tell him his faults. (One unasked question is how you know he's gay.); १०/८/१५, १०:५३ AM
walter म्हणाले...: Uh oh, Woofs.
Gay bars as inverse barometer of tolerance:
http://news.yahoo.com/london-gay-bars-wilt-tolerance-blooms-property-booms-043233690.html

"Gay bars, as they are now, are doomed. Speaking for myself, I feel just as comfortable going to a gay-friendly bar as a traditional gay bar," said Fernando Formoso

It's as if allowing equal opportunity negates need for affirmative actions....; १०/८/१५, ३:१८ PM
Rusty म्हणाले...: damikesc said...
Does the concept that we don't give a shit what they do in the bedroom completely miss them?

Apparently.; ११/८/१५, ८:१४ AM
Rusty म्हणाले...: Scott said...
Boy, post a picture of a gay pride parade, and look at how many ugly bigoted remarks follow.

Who you callin' 'boy', asshole?; ११/८/१५, ८:१५ AM