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DMac wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 9:23 am

Just before Memorial Day, each grave in Arlington National Cemetery is decorated with a small American flag. The flags remain in place until the conclusion of the Memorial Day Weekend when they are all removed. It is the only time during the year when American flags are permitted at all gravesites in the Cemetery.

The few, very few, who are willing to sacrifice, including the ultimate sacrifice, for our freedom get a special little flag flown
for them for a couple of days. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (or questioning)+ get a flag flown for a month.
Phuk pride month.

Are they placing pride flags on all the gravesites during June or something? Why the hate for pride month?

Did you not know there was also an entire month dedicated to appreciating the military? It's celebrated like crazy around here.

I wonder how many of those LGBT+ people who gave their lives for their country, who are in Arlington, were allowed to tell anyone in the military (or even their community) that that was who they were.

Yup, knew all about it. Couldn't possibly miss it with all the to do about it, headlines every day, military appreciation month jammed down your throat nonstop, repots of all the goings on, celebrations, etc. I'd bet the vast majority of people didn't know about it, might have caught a brief mention of it on the evening news at the beginning of May but soon forgotten. Maybe we need a special flag for that month, a blood red one flown on every corner and plastered on the front page every day for a month.
Phuk pride month.

You need some help relaxing man.

There's honestly not a lot of Pride Month stuff out there unless you seek it out or are glued to the outrage news firehose. I'm sure the more you search for it, the more it pops up too. I hardly see anything in stores, in TV commercials, etc. Maybe once in a while. Doesn't really register or live in my brainspace even if it's there. I don't give it a second thought.

Maybe getting out and doing stuff will help you avoid over thinking about it too much.

For military appreciation month, we have lots of sales on top of the already 10-20% military discounts. Elementary school put on a play with a lot of patriotic songs and a hypothetical story about a vietnam vet. Tons of flags and bunting all over, some news stories here and there, etc, etc.

DMac wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:38 am Yup, knew all about it. Couldn't possibly miss it with all the to do about it, headlines every day, military appreciation month jammed down your throat nonstop, repots of all the goings on, celebrations, etc. I'd bet the vast majority of people didn't know about it, might have caught a brief mention of it on the evening news at the beginning of May but soon forgotten. Maybe we need a special flag for that month, a blood red one flown on every corner and plastered on the front page every day for a month.
Phuk pride month.

Don't understand the exclusionary "PRIDE" movement. Exclusionary, by design.

so, ya terd lbgtq "month".

Could get behind the designed "movement", if the pride flag, or design, included one big circle. Or better yet, an oval.

That all encompassing shape that is human life itself. The never ending boundary would represent ALL of humanity. PRIDE....in YOU being YOU. ALL of you. All of us. The straight people.

I am for real on this. But, ya all know no such thing would EVER be considered.

By design.
+++++++++
as an edit, as a military member, didn't really have a clue that there was a "military month" I thought the camo garb was just another NFL lie. I mean "promo" .

So, "military month" is November ? Literally, the " I can't give a phck b/c I have so much Shiite going on " month ? Meaning, November is most likely, for most people, the busiest time. Certainly, the emotional stress levels pick up . Family and Thanksgiving. A joy for the lucky few, a test in civility for others. ha ha. So, tough to really notice, or care, when you got Uncle Joey coming over for turkey. Coupled with how to tell Judy, the wife, that you got laid off. and have no money to Christmas.

F that.

Military month should be May and June. (that way, the wokes can't skirt the military pride month flag at their graduations. Let me guess, the "pride " flags were in a abundance at all those "fancy" school graduation ceremonies earlier in the month ? )

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:53 am You need some help relaxing man.

There's honestly not a lot of Pride Month stuff out there unless you seek it out or are glued to the outrage news firehose. I'm sure the more you search for it, the more it pops up too. I hardly see anything in stores, in TV commercials, etc. Maybe once in a while. Doesn't really register or live in my brainspace even if it's there. I don't give it a second thought.

Maybe getting out and doing stuff will help you avoid over thinking about it too much.

For military appreciation month, we have lots of sales on top of the already 10-20% military discounts. Elementary school put on a play with a lot of patriotic songs and a hypothetical story about a vietnam vet. Tons of flags and bunting all over, some news stories here and there, etc, etc.

What a patronizing POS post.

tech37 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:23 am

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:53 am You need some help relaxing man.

There's honestly not a lot of Pride Month stuff out there unless you seek it out or are glued to the outrage news firehose. I'm sure the more you search for it, the more it pops up too. I hardly see anything in stores, in TV commercials, etc. Maybe once in a while. Doesn't really register or live in my brainspace even if it's there. I don't give it a second thought.

Maybe getting out and doing stuff will help you avoid over thinking about it too much.

For military appreciation month, we have lots of sales on top of the already 10-20% military discounts. Elementary school put on a play with a lot of patriotic songs and a hypothetical story about a vietnam vet. Tons of flags and bunting all over, some news stories here and there, etc, etc.

What a patronizing POS post.

Why?
Look at DMac's post.

You don't think some chilling out could help, some getting out and looking instead of what the boob tube and internet tell us might help?

Pretty good advice to any of us from time to time, seems to me.

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:53 am You need some help relaxing man.

There's honestly not a lot of Pride Month stuff out there unless you seek it out or are glued to the outrage news firehose. I'm sure the more you search for it, the more it pops up too. I hardly see anything in stores, in TV commercials, etc. Maybe once in a while. Doesn't really register or live in my brainspace even if it's there. I don't give it a second thought.

Maybe getting out and doing stuff will help you avoid over thinking about it too much.

For military appreciation month, we have lots of sales on top of the already 10-20% military discounts. Elementary school put on a play with a lot of patriotic songs and a hypothetical story about a vietnam vet. Tons of flags and bunting all over, some news stories here and there, etc, etc.

If you talked with anyone who knows me I doubt that any one of them wouldn't tell you I'm a pretty laid back guy who doesn't get all that fired up about much of anything. I figure you're entitled to your beliefs and opinions and what I think about that doesn't really matter. I'm not going to get in a big heated discussion with you about it. I'm plenty relaxed, the most I get involved in these kind of discussions is right here.
Will grant you that I've had enough of Pride Month and all the to do about it. I don't watch the news (any of it....even the weather is now Storm Team hype and exaggeration ), don't click on any of the Pride click bait but every time I open my computer the first thing I see is a Pride Flag and some click bait headline. Yup, I've had enough of Pride Month. Nope, don't see or hear much of anything about Pride Month when I'm out and about. Don't believe there was as much press/recognition given to Military Appreciation Month as to Pride Month though. I didn't see any more flags than usual during Military Appreciation Month and certainly no bunting anywhere. I think there are a lot of people like me who are indifferent to gays (and all the other letters) who have heard enough about it and all the noise has become annoying to them which is surely not helping the cause. Very much looking forward to July 1st.

To my reconning, the first "openly GAY" college athlete was a Dartmouth former goalie.

A better human , than player, type. We all remember how good a goalie he was.

So, there's that..........

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:04 pm To my reconning, the first "openly GAY" college athlete was a Dartmouth former goalie.

A better human , than player, type. We all remember how good a goalie he was.

So, there's that..........

Oh yeah, wow did that dude (can I say dude?) put on quite an amazing performance in Dome one year!

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tech37 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:19 pm

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:04 pm To my reconning, the first "openly GAY" college athlete was a Dartmouth former goalie.

A better human , than player, type. We all remember how good a goalie he was.

So, there's that..........

Oh yeah, wow did that dude (can I say dude?) put on quite an amazing performance in Dome one year!

PLL had a nice piece about him a few weeks back. Really emphasizes how the "lax Bro" culture made his coming out easier.

Man......20 years ago. Yup, Hillaryous Clinton and ole Joe Biden STILL hated the gays and didn't support legal , same sex marriage.

I would post the PLL link, but this place ain't worth the link. Our Dartmouth home town hero can do it Surely, TLD, another link to Hanover, posted the PLL story ?

Perhaps it was posted, and I missed it.

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:51 pm growing spirit of defiance in rejecting gender jargon

F ing speak speak.

Seriously, What the heck does this sentence even mean.

Does Obamacare cover "transitioning" medical care ?

exactly

No, not "lax bro" culture, rather the team culture on a terrific Dartmouth team.

https://premierlacrosseleague.com/artic ... n-come-out

It was an important national cultural moment, embraced by the Dartmouth community wholesale, led by the team's response.

I like the article ESPN did in 2015 better. The teammate who is quoted, Matt Nicholson, is a great guy very involved on Friends Board.

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/13 ... y-athletes

Here's a great video piece, definitely worth watching!: https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/13536127

tech37 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:23 am

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:53 am You need some help relaxing man.

There's honestly not a lot of Pride Month stuff out there unless you seek it out or are glued to the outrage news firehose. I'm sure the more you search for it, the more it pops up too. I hardly see anything in stores, in TV commercials, etc. Maybe once in a while. Doesn't really register or live in my brainspace even if it's there. I don't give it a second thought.

Maybe getting out and doing stuff will help you avoid over thinking about it too much.

For military appreciation month, we have lots of sales on top of the already 10-20% military discounts. Elementary school put on a play with a lot of patriotic songs and a hypothetical story about a vietnam vet. Tons of flags and bunting all over, some news stories here and there, etc, etc.

What a patronizing POS post.

The truth is hard sometimes. He's the one literally saying f*ck pride month. Now you're playing the victim card for him

I see more people hating on Pride month on Facebook and here and other platforms than actual Pride stuff. So much of the same "Military gets Memorial day, gay people get a month" nonsense. Especially when there's a Military Appreciation Month. If you're not gonna celebrate Military Appreciation month or support businesses that do, that's on you.

For June, I go to work, maybe grab lunch out, head home, pick up groceries. Go out to eat once a while. Drop the kids off at camps or whatever, go to sports events with them. The TV we watch is generally sports. We just don't see much Pride Month stuff at all. Certainly nothing getting shoved down our throats unless we seek out the outrage firehose.

The front page of CNN right now (4:41pm Eastern) has no Pride articles on it. And most of the noise about Pride month isn't coming from the LGBT+ community.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 2:47 pm No, not "lax bro" culture, rather the team culture on a terrific Dartmouth team.

https://premierlacrosseleague.com/artic ... n-come-out

It was an important national cultural moment, embraced by the Dartmouth community wholesale, led by the team's response.

I like the article ESPN did in 2015 better. The teammate who is quoted, Matt Nicholson, is a great guy very involved on Friends Board.

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/13 ... y-athletes

Here's a great video piece, definitely worth watching!: https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/13536127

"pride" month IS almost over.......why the delay to any links ?

guess it doesn't fit your hatefilled narrative. and threads title.

Figured you wouldn't mention his name....yet, did mention Matt Nicholson. Odd, that.

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:43 pm

tech37 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:23 am

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:53 am You need some help relaxing man.

There's honestly not a lot of Pride Month stuff out there unless you seek it out or are glued to the outrage news firehose. I'm sure the more you search for it, the more it pops up too. I hardly see anything in stores, in TV commercials, etc. Maybe once in a while. Doesn't really register or live in my brainspace even if it's there. I don't give it a second thought.

Maybe getting out and doing stuff will help you avoid over thinking about it too much.

For military appreciation month, we have lots of sales on top of the already 10-20% military discounts. Elementary school put on a play with a lot of patriotic songs and a hypothetical story about a vietnam vet. Tons of flags and bunting all over, some news stories here and there, etc, etc.

What a patronizing POS post.

The truth is hard sometimes. He's the one literally saying f*ck pride month. Now you're playing the victim card for him

I see more people hating on Pride month on Facebook and here and other platforms than actual Pride stuff. So much of the same "Military gets Memorial day, gay people get a month" nonsense. Especially when there's a Military Appreciation Month. If you're not gonna celebrate Military Appreciation month or support businesses that do, that's on you.

For June, I go to work, maybe grab lunch out, head home, pick up groceries. Go out to eat once a while. Drop the kids off at camps or whatever, go to sports events with them. The TV we watch is generally sports. We just don't see much Pride Month stuff at all. Certainly nothing getting shoved down our throats unless we seek out the outrage firehose.

The front page of CNN right now (4:41pm Eastern) has no Pride articles on it. And most of the noise about Pride month isn't coming from the LGBT+ community.

be honest........is your cell phone with you 24/7 ?

Pride month has gone on for four weeks......maybe they ran out of fake stuff to "report " on ?

No room for the majority of good people in the world. Perfect example is the Andrew Goldstein story.

Guess we didn't miss the previous "good news" story/link...as it was posted for the first time. On June 28th.

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:59 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 2:47 pm No, not "lax bro" culture, rather the team culture on a terrific Dartmouth team.

https://premierlacrosseleague.com/artic ... n-come-out

It was an important national cultural moment, embraced by the Dartmouth community wholesale, led by the team's response.

I like the article ESPN did in 2015 better. The teammate who is quoted, Matt Nicholson, is a great guy very involved on Friends Board.

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/13 ... y-athletes

Here's a great video piece, definitely worth watching!: https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/13536127

"pride" month IS almost over.......why the delay to any links ?

guess it doesn't fit your hatefilled narrative. and threads title.

Figured you wouldn't mention his name....yet, did mention Matt Nicholson. Odd, that.

mention his name? The articles are all about Goldstein.

I followed his career with lots of interest, especially as a tender.
Andrew was definitely the best goalie we had since Jimmy Ulkickas was an AA in '83, shortly after my years.
He was also one of only five 2X AA's since 1970.

IMO, Mitch Whitely should have also been twice an AA in the net in the early 70's, but he didn't get that honor. Deserved it IMO.

I never had Andrew's jets and daring out of the net, though he reminded me of the way my dad played...a blast to watch Andrew do his thing.

As a middle school teacher my experience over the past few years is that we have gone from tolerance, to acceptance, to promotion - I am fully supportive of the first two, not so much the third. The pandemic has affected many of our youth in so many ways. I am not a counselor, but I believe this push by the LGBTQ+ community, and the media, will not serve our young people well in the long run. These students brains are not developed enough for them to making life changing decisions about their sexual orientation at this stage of their development. In addition, due to the effects of the pandemic, the adults trusted in guiding these youngsters are much more prone to be "supportive" in a way that they never would have been before.

Just another quack but I think she agrees with you, KI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Fzrz8bQYI

.....glad they changed their minds. Really am.

Just don't tell us they didn't send HATE the gays way....for years and years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ6GlyqR0xY

stay principiled.