{"id":411,"date":"2016-12-10T19:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T00:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/?p=411"},"modified":"2016-12-10T19:55:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T00:55:35","slug":"progressive-false-pride-and-self-loathing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Progressive False Pride and Self-Loathing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Reid Fitzsimons<\/p>\n

In less than six months the rainbow flags will unfurl and people dressed in their statement-making finest will be marching: June and another Gay Pride month will be upon us.\u00a0 Though certainly aware of events occurring under the moniker of Gay Pride, somehow until recently I was unaware that an entire month is devoted to this concept, despite former President, Bill Clinton, declaring such back in the year 2000. I\u2019m not sure where I\u2019ve been, though admittedly it wasn\u2019t until 2015 that someone explained to me the intrigues of America\u2019s premier family, the Kardashians, even though they\u2019ve had a culturally vital TV show going back to 2007.\u00a0 Furthermore, I learned there was a relationship between Bruce Jenner and the Kardashian clan.\u00a0 You might recall that Bruce Jenner, now in his mid-60s, garnered fame and fortune many years ago through his athleticism, and more recently found additional fortune and fame through the less strenuous enterprise of declaring himself a female.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been thinking that photos of this recent incarnation of Bruce Jenner remind me of something and it finally struck me- the poor guy looks a little like Norman Bates when he dressed up as his long-dead mother.<\/p>\n

In the not-to distant past Barack Obama decreed that homosexuality and the military were fully compatible. This was not the eminently sensible policy in which one was welcome to be in the military as long as they did not feel compelled to share their personal sexual inclinations and the military had no particular interest in learning them, Don\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell. Barack Obama\u2019s vision revealed itself to be a descendant of the 1960s creed of Let It All Hang Out: it became almost an expectation that one\u2019s private sexual preferences were to be revealed, the more \u201cin your face\u201d the better, as long as they were homosexual or otherwise non-heterosexual. Hence we quickly were treated to homosexuals in full military uniform enthusiastically marching about in events called Gay Pride parades, with the full blessing of the progressive military hierarchy.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps I am too old for my own good, but I\u2019m pretty sure I recall from Army basic training in 1976 it was assumed and understood that the uniform was not to be on display at activist political events, or non-activist political events for that matter.\u00a0 Mixing the military with politics is something for dictators and despots, not democrats, though our soon-to be ex-president is not as sympathetic with this concept as might be desired. But I guess the rules have changed- if the Girl Scouts can be exploited for progressive political purposes no reason the US military can\u2019t follow their lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cPride\u201d is one of those many words or phrases that have evolved so that it is no longer actually defined but user defined.\u00a0 Similarly \u201cHate\u201d no longer really has much significance and can be applied equally to a conservative Christian who has devoted his or her life to serving the poor but doesn\u2019t become giddy over the Obergefell decision as it does to a KKK member lamenting the loss of the good old days of segregation and lynching. \u201cHateful\u201d or \u201chate-filled\u201d are now pretty much used to describe anyone who fails to savor the progressive soup de jour.\u00a0 In these and all cases the impact of the word or phrase is diluted into essential meaninglessness, like a spoiled teen who HATES her parents because they won\u2019t buy her the latest smart phone.<\/p>\n

Until recently the word \u201cpride\u201d implied that some effort was required, along with an assumption that whatever was involved went beyond triviality; one could not, for example, use the word \u201cpride\u201d in the context that the new belt they purchased went well with the new shoes.\u00a0 In the old days, there existed a spectrum of descriptions that fell short of \u201cpride,\u201d loosely running from \u201cI\u2019m not ashamed of\u201d to \u201cI\u2019m perfectly satisfied with.\u201d\u00a0 Using myself for several examples- I am a 58 year-old white male, relatively tall (6\u20193\u201d), generally inclined toward heterosexuality, and weigh in the low 180s.\u00a0 So here is the breakdown:<\/p>\n

I have no sense of \u201cwhite pride\u201d but am okay with being white.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m perfectly happy with being tall, though I hit my head on things
\nmore often than most.<\/p>\n

I am not proud of being in later middle age, it just is.<\/p>\n

I have no sense of \u201cheterosexual\u201d pride.<\/p>\n

Examples of some things in which I do feel pride to varying degrees:<\/p>\n

My weight-\u00a0as a younger adult I peaked at 230 and, especially in the past 4-5 years, was able to obtain and maintain a favorable weight through consistent exercise and a reasonably healthy (and philosophically vegetarian) diet.<\/p>\n

Having obtained a pilot\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

Having, in partnership with my wife, established and maintained a small hands-on charity in an impoverished village in rural Honduras, Central America.<\/p>\n

Being able to apply self-taught skills in such areas as electricity, carpentry, and plumbing to helping others, such as getting the water pump running again for the old widow lady next door or installing electricity in mud houses in Honduras, a hope for people which would otherwise always and only remain a dream.<\/p>\n

The underlying theme here is effort and accomplishment of some sort. Hence, I cannot relate to the concept of Gay Pride. The progressive consensus in regards to the origin of homosexuality is \u201cBorn This Way.\u201d While I\u2019m not sure if the science supports this or if it ever will, there is a regrettably inherent preface to this, an \u201cI can\u2019t help it\u201d or \u201cit\u2019s not my fault.\u201d If a homosexual is \u201cborn this way\u201d then pride cannot be part of the equation, no more than a really handsome guy can be proud of his good looks. Even if homosexuality is a choice, pride is false at best: could anyone imagine some reprobate heterosexual guy legitimately feeling pride because he\u2019s opts to hit on girls with big breasts?<\/p>\n

Ultimately Gay Pride is symptomatic of homosexuals not being accepting of themselves. The unfortunate corollary of this is seeking, and demanding, affirmation from others, often manifested politically and culturally. Contrary to the social justice narrative that conservatives enjoy nothing better than cruising by gay bars and yelling, \u201cfaggots will burn in hell,\u201d the vast majority couldn\u2019t care less: conservatives don\u2019t see a person as a mere singular entity but as a sum of many parts. In other words, as someone once said, a person should be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. It is both ironic and troubling that progressives cling to such limited, and even superficial, criteria to define people.<\/p>\n

Yes, it is true that conservatives reject the idea that one\u2019s homosexual inclinations should give them special standing or protections under law or policy, but this might actually be considered an issue of fairness. Likewise, conservatives resent activist homosexuals targeting Christians for financial ruin in order to \u201cmake a statement.\u201d This is not because of \u201chomophobia\u201d but simply reflective of a basic conservative tenet of live and let live. A society cannot really be successful and humane if tolerance is a one-way proposition: a truly compassionate and mature homosexual will no more go to a Christian baker and demand a cake for a gay wedding than a compassionate and mature Christian will go to a Jewish or Muslim baker and demand a cake that states, \u201cJesus Christ is the True and Only King.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though it may never arrive, I\u2019ll look forward to the day when homosexuals no longer feel compelled to march in Gay Pride parades shouting, \u201cWe\u2019re Here, We\u2019re Queer, Get Used To It,\u201d but simply are accepting themselves: \u201cI\u2019m okay with this aspect of who I am.\u201d The day when they no longer need and insist upon extrinsic sources for their personal affirmation- it will be nice to finally have a respite from all the marching, shouting, and statement making.<\/p>\n

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