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Dozens attend 'Hetero Awesome Fest' in Idaho (www.ktvb.com)

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BOISE, Idaho — A minor confrontation broke out at the controversial "Hetero Awesome Fest" on Saturday when a protester took the stage and began singing a pro-LGBTQ+ song before being removed.

According to several livestreams of the event, including those from Old Street Saloon, the incident occurred during the two-day festival held on June 20-21 in Cecil D. Andrus Park, directly across from the Idaho State Capitol. Mark Fitzpatrick, owner of the Old State Saloon and organizer of the event, rushed the stage and took the microphone from the man after about a minute of singing.

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[+] [email protected] -7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (27 children)

I feel like this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but... really, I don't see a problem with these people having this event, and I think the person who got up to sing the pro-LGBTQ+ song was in the wrong here. But let me explain before you crucify me.

It's pride month, and they have anti-LGBTQ+ views. Holding their own event for people with similar views is by far preferable to going and causing problems at pride events, and while I don't agree with their views, I support their freedom to hold them, given they aren't causing problems for others, which it sounds like they weren't.

An LGBTQ+ person "crashing" their event isn't really any different from an anti-LGBTQ+ person crashing a pride event, which I'd obviously have a problem with, so I think it'd be somewhat hypocritical to applaud someone for doing it to these people, however much I disagree with their viewpoint.

Edit: Yep, knew it'd be unpopular. Rather than just downvoting me, though, why not tell me why you disagree?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (11 children)

To start with your first sentence is stupid and it goes downhill from there. Pride moth exists as a response to being silenced and prosecuted for centuries. Straight people don't need an event to show they deserve to exist because they already run the show and having an event to celebrate as a counter to pride month is just rubbing in historical oppression. Crashing each other's events is nowhere near the same thing due to context.

A hetero celebration event during pride month is like having a confederate celebration on Juneteenth.

That is why you are being downvoted, and nobody else explained because odds are you won't understand and just dig your heels in deeper.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

PRIDE MOTH YOU SAY

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard 4 points 11 hours ago

Tis the good stuff

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