I’d been thinking that the opposite of “gay” pride is “straight” humility.<\/p>\n
But I just wondered a bit ago if matching up double opposites would have the same effect as a double negative in English.<\/p>\n
Thus the opposite of gay pride might be straight pride or gay humility.<\/p>\n
Because straight humility might be doubly opposite of gay pride and thus might actually be the same as gay pride.<\/p>\n
Yes, I admit that’s kinda convoluted.<\/p>\n
Well, the pretzelized thinking aside, don’t you just hate how the language gets hijacked? Why should gay<\/i> mean homosexual?<\/p>\n
And if a heterosexual is “straight,” is a homosexual crooked?<\/p>\n
Weird.<\/p>\n
Oh, wait — that’s been hijacked, too. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n
Seriously, though, what’s with choosing pride?<\/p>\n
Speaking of pride, see also:<\/p>\n
Frankly, what I detest more than gay pride is my own pride<\/b>. I think.<\/p>\n
PS: I got to thinking about this after hearing of the gay pride deal at the White House this week, which is why this got categorized with politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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