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I feel like you're conflating being proud and being confident. Gay pride is about the achievements they've had and the progress they've made. It's basically the perfect example of the prime definition of the word pride. Do you have an achievement tied to being straight? Did you struggle to accept your own straightness, or to get others to accept you as straight?
What would you think of me if I told you I was proud I tied my own shoelaces? I've been doing it for decades without any difficulty, but boy am I proud of it. I bet you'd think I'm being a bit nutty.
I am not proud to be a straight man because I have done nothing worthy of being proud of. I'm proud that I made it through college, and of the work that I do, and the person I have become given the hardship of my childhood. I am confident in my sexuality, but there's nothing to be proud of there. And I'd think anyone using the term in such a way is either trying to be confrontational, trying to compensate for lack of real achievement in their life, or an idiot.
Comment by [deleted] at 12/03/2021 at 21:27 UTC
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