pearnon: So, basically, the only thing setting you apart from those people is 821 years? Because the attitude seems the same, if not even more morally reprehensible.

frogthroat: May would be the Mental Health Awareness month. Maybe next year?

frogthroat: And yeah, the difference between pandering and actually caring can be shown with charity. If GOG finds some (Polish or EU-wide) mental health charity to donate some of the proceedings to, that would definitely fall under the "caring" category.

TheEndedSkull: For those genuinely curious about why Pride Month is a thing, maybe I can try to explain a bit: As you're probably aware, there have been (and still are) many places in the world where being LGBT is effectively outlawed. The most popular (if I'm not mistaken at least) religions in the world speak out against homosexuality as a sin, perhaps even something to be put to death for. Even in places where these things have improved or are improving, acceptance doesn't happen overnight. There's no magic switch where same-sex marriage becoming legal means that suddenly being gay is no big deal anymore.

See, while some people refuse to believe this it's not a choice for someone to be gay or trans or whatever else. It's just how they are, and this tends to be a pretty big part of their identity and their lives. Most people want romantic love, to find someone who they can spend the rest of their life with. Most people want to feel comfortable being authentic and sincere and expressing themselves genuinely. These things can become incredibly difficult if pursuing love or being true to yourself means feeling like most of the world hates you, means losing your friends or family because they won't accept you anymore.

The reason there is no Straight Pride or Cis Pride is because it's always been socially acceptable (and expected) to be those things. Nobody has to come out as straight, nobody has to come out as cisgender. Nobody has to worry about their friends, family, community, or government hating them for being those things. The point of Pride is to stand in opposition to the shame, the hatred, the alienation, all of the pain others have inflicted and continue to inflict upon LGBT people. The point is to show people they're not alone, as well as to help spread awareness, understanding, and acceptance of them.

For most people, sadly, being LGBT is difficult. Some are fortunate enough to live in accepting places and be with accepting people, but many aren't. It is really, really tough to feel like all of the people you love most in the world wouldn't be able to love you anymore if they knew the truth about you. They wouldn't accept you, they wouldn't understand you or even want to understand you. They'd look down on you, they'd see you as defective, or maybe even worse. People treat your very existence as a political issue, and it can feel like the world itself simply doesn't want you around.

It's really bad, honestly. But it doesn't have to be that way. Human beings choose how to treat each other, and there is no reason why LGBT people have to be treated poorly. Hopefully someday we'll reach a point where they aren't, where "coming out" really is no big deal. That seems to be a long way away though, if it's ever reached. But Pride Month is a part of working towards it, and it's part of giving LGBT people some time where maybe the weights they carry don't have to feel quite so heavy.

LootHunter: You still don't get it, do you? It's YOU, who accuses people of "being intolerant", when they fight ideologies that are aimed to destroy their society. Yet, you yourself act the same way and still claim that you are "tolerant". This is exactly the hypocrisy that people like GamezRanker and pearnon call out.

Enebias: So either start reasoning, admit your intents or just straight up go stick yourself one wherever you please.

LootHunter: Interesting. You see, LGBT+/-people are also discriminated, silenced and etc in the Middle East.

groundhog42: I try to avoid posting in these threads but I just wanted to say that's a great post. Pity some of the people in this thread won't read and take it in.

Ruvika: I think you are taking this too seriously, I know everything is political, but I don't know if they are doing this with the intention of "convert" someone or make them gays, it's something like "here we have some games if you are LGBT+ that maybe you will find some representation or themes that you may found interesting".

MarkoH01: Which by the way has never happened and probably never will be. It still amuses me a lot that we are living in 2021 and people still have problems with some people just because they are gay or don't feel good in their body they were born in. Grow up world.

Also agree that it puzzles me a bit why this celebration did not deserve any discounts ... but ... well .. that's what we get.

Orkhepaj: oh no it is a current year argument , never worked never will

MarkoH01: It still amuses me a lot that we are living in 2021 and people still have problems with some people just because they are gay or don't feel good in their body they were born in. Grow up world.

MarkoH01: Also agree that it puzzles me a bit why this celebration did not deserve any discounts ... but ... well .. that's what we get.

MarkoH01: Okay, then without a year - it's unbelievable how so many people after all these years are still behaving like little children. People are people and love is love - if you don't like it, nobody is forcing you. I hate guns and will never understand how people think it would help them to hurt others ... I know many others see this differently. So - I let them. It's their life and I have mine. As long as nobody is forcing me I could not care less. That is what I meant with "growing up". Be concerned about things that are really concerning you and learn that so often there's no wrong or right - only different opinions ... you don't need to share them but accept that they are there. Otherwise you will remain a child forever.

But I am pretty sure that it might be a little hard for you to understand my words or what I really want to say with them since you apparently prefer to reply in just a few words. So Mr. or Mrs. or Ms. SuperStraight Win 10, I will leave this as my final word (which since at least seems to be political - no idea, I have given up onunderstanding what today is supposed to be political and what not - micht be deleted or moderated anyway).

pearnon: No one hates you (not in this thread, at least). You're projecting your unhinged thought process on others.

And the funny thing is, say you have a grandma or aunt who is uncomfortable in the presence of gays and feels outraged when she sees men kissing in the street. You're advocating for "sedating" her - in your own words - and in your twisted worldview, you actually pat yourself on the back for being the Good Guy and the savior of the oppressed. It's cognitive dissonance and unwarranted conceit on a scale that might be amusing, if it wasn't so twisted.

pearnon: Oh, boy.

- Canada arresting pastors on the highway for holding service during the pandemic, while praising the Muslim community for its 'safe' Ramadan celebrations.
- One Australian church was forced to remove the word Jesus from its Easter advertisements as it was "offensive to non-Christians".
- Finnish Prosecutor General won't have any of that nasty Bible stuff
- British chaplain of a private school fired and added to terror watchlist for a sermon on identity politics
- ACLU consistently trying to remove nativity scenes throughout the years in the US

To say nothing of the institutional shrug at churches being desecrated in record numbers in Europe, whereas a vandalized mosque or synagogue immediately leads to thorough investigations, condemnation and contrition.

You see, polite persecution is still persecution. Just because something hides under a veneer of respectability and "enlightened" secularism doesn't make it any less virulent.