Is it normal that gay pride has become so marketable?

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From late May to the end of June all the large major stores around here have pride merch. Even the anti gay super religious mom and pop shops become sell outs and carry pride merch because that stuff flies off the shelves. Pride has become this marketable money making thing that people just eat up. As a queer person myself it's just odd to see it. Is it normal?

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  • bbrown95
    1 year ago

    A lot of things become very commercialized, especially when they gain traction. It's just another way for companies to make money.

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    • 1WeirdGuy
      1 year ago

      You ever see that Biden speech where he said "you guys notice almost every commercial on TV now shows atleast one interracial couple? Thats no accident guys!"

      They dont even hide pushing the progressive agenda anymore.

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      • howaminotmyself
        1 year ago

        Why should they. It's far better than treating people like inferior humans who need to die. All that hate against the other is creating a strange world. If you don't like it, maybe ask yourself why it offends you so much.

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        • iinguy
          1 year ago

          Because it's corruption under the guise of wholesomeness. How does hiding a corrupt agenda equate to "treating people like inferior humans who need to die."? Jesus was for treating your neighbour as yourself, he wasn't being progressive, just righteous.

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  • KholatKhult
    1 year ago

    The corporatesexuals gotta get those pander points somehow.
    Heard if you’re gay anything from a bigbox store with a rainbow flag on it is a free gift, as long as you politely hide it under your sweatervest when you walk out the door of course.

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  • 1WeirdGuy
    1 year ago

    The US is getting their corporations and media to push it. Its being pushed everywhere from the top down. Its not some organic trend.

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    • iinguy
      1 year ago

      This 1WeirdGuy is one smart dude. It's as though he's aware that all significant societal change is always approved, and directed from the rulers of said society. Therefore he is not deceived by outward appearances.

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  • Holzman_67
    1 year ago

    It’s the new normal yes. It’s in vogue. Gay rights are a quite glamorous thing to support. The same can’t be said for disabled rights, however.

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  • 1WeirdGuy
    1 year ago

    You're right. I wish it would go back to when they "just wanted to be left alone". We left them alone and now they want you to call them different genders and teach your kids faggotry.

    Maybe this is why gays have historically been oppressed. Maybe they figured this shit out thousands of years ago.

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  • coda
    1 year ago

    It feels so gross, honestly. Whenever I see a business promoting a social cause, a picture comes to mind of a business meeting in which it was brought up as a marketing tactic. Not only do they use us to sell their overpriced crap, but they also get visibility. My fellow liberals will endorse them for openly supporting left-wing causes. Some will even demand that businesses take a stand. I saw a lot of that during the BLM riots. Unfortunately, liberals tend to play right into their hands, especially during pride month.

    I'm bisexual myself and even I have thought of buying some pride stuff from big businesses. I eventually opted to buy similar things from small businesses, which is something I'd encourage everyone to do instead of promoting disingenuous, greedy large corporations.

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    • iinguy
      1 year ago

      Is the issue for you that a business profits under a virtue or position they don't actually care about regardless of the size of the business? Or just that "large" corporations don't profit? And if it only applies to large corporations, is your virtue actually a virtue?

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      • coda
        1 year ago

        The former. I think that small corporations do it too, but it's much more common for large corporations like Walmart or Target to use Pride as a marketing technique. Essentially, my virtue is authenticity. I'm of the opinion that most businesses are quite cold and calculating. This is further supported by the fact that the population of CEOs has more sociopaths per capita than the general population. Because businesses are cold and calculating, all moves made are to increase their profit. The only way out of this is for the company to be donating all proceeds to a relevant charity. Even then, they would benefit from it because it would draw more attention to their company.

        I'm quite cynical, so I understand that this is all up for debate, as it is an opinion, but I think that this opinion makes the most sense.

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        • iinguy
          1 year ago

          Brother, you completely missed my point. My questions were rhetorical. A business is a business regardless of size. You either support them virtue signalling via buying the product associated with the virtue signalling, or you don't-- business size doesn't matter.

          Like you said "The former"-- Which is:

          The issue for you that a business profits under a virtue or position they don't actually care about regardless of the size of the business?

          "I eventually opted to buy similar things from small businesses"

          So if the issue for you is businesses profiting under a virtue or position they don't actually care about. Giving your money to any business for "similar things" regardless of size is violating this very standard, and so the standard isn't a standard at all. Put simply I would say: check your integrity.

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  • howaminotmyself
    1 year ago

    This is how marketing works. It's quite clever at manipulating the masses. And they don't need to agree, they just need to know how to influence. And now we have youtube and tiktok and twitter and facebook and instagram and all the other social media platforms using the same manipulation to make money. It's just how marketing works.

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  • Wow3986
    1 year ago

    But see, that's the key.

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  • RoyyRogers
    1 year ago

    I mean the gay community has always had a lot of performers and artists. It just now they are not gonna get murdered for it. So duh

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  • JellyBeanBandit
    1 year ago

    Yeah, it's obvious how the only reason corporations are supporting it now is because it's popular. Where were they in the 90s and early 00s?

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    • iinguy
      1 year ago

      The real question is, why is it popular? Because it's being intentionally pushed on the majority, with the goal of normalizing that which is an exception to the rule, and not the rule. This is the inversion of reality, a deception, an illusion being created.

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    • 1WeirdGuy
      1 year ago

      Its actually not though. It seems popular because the progressives scream the loudest. But the saying "go woke go broke" is true. Every Hollywood flick that came out woke did terrible at the box office. CNN is literally going bankrupt. Netflix is going down, twitter too. You could go down the list of woke companies that immediately saw their profits diminish after going woke. Disney is the latest one.

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