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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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[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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?

[-] match@pawb.social 6 points 6 days ago

I think they should be allowed to have this festival and also I think I should be allowed to crash it and fuck a load into the cheating closeted husbands

[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 6 points 6 days ago

"Not gay, just SSA." Go to Salt Lake. You'll find plenty of them.

[-] Lyra_Lycan 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yep. You're meant to incarcerate or banish people you don't like. Going to where they congregate to attack or shame them is a very unwise move. Let them have their little groups, away from normal people

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

If they are congregating to promote hate and bigotry then going to attack and shame them is a wise move, even if they try to pretend their congregation is for something positive. An easy we to tell is that it is pretending to be positive is if the 'celebration' is a reaction to a group that has been discriminated against trying to celebrate who they are.

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[-] emmanuel_car@fedia.io 6 points 6 days ago

Boys, I da ho, sounds very straight to me

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I bet Grindr crashed from all the extra traffic.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah all of the two dozen people

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I rather enjoyed the song

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