You are stealing? Right to hell. You are playing music too loud? Right to hell, right away. Driving too fast? Hell. Slow? Hell. You undercook fish? Believe it or not, hell. You overcook chicken? Hell. We have the best citizens because of hell.
I've never gone to pride (because I'm a straight guy); but ugh, sorry you all have to deal with that. Those folks were also the worst when I was going to UA.
Maybe Tim Walz weirdo approach is worth a shot. Make some big signs:
I JUST
LIKE
BEING
😡
I AM
HERE
FOR BIG
SIGNS
MY SIGN
IS
*BIGGER*
THAN YOURS
(I have no idea if that would actually be a good idea, but the idea amuses me)
What's the point? Attention. These people need attention and this is the only way they can get it. They don't care if it's positive or negative. Do not engage or try to reason with them. Simply ignore them and go on about your business.
If given the choice of following Jesus or hell, remember which has been the cause of more deaths. There were 5 crusades that killed hundreds of thousands and all of them were in the name of that childless carpenter or his dad.
Choose Peace.
When presented with 2 ideas on what is fun, one requires one seventh of your life to do no work. The other has ways that a person can live to their fullest and have a blast doing it.
Choose Fun.
The idea that good and bad are objective, immutable points is silly when the people who have all the money and privilege backtrack on their core value of care and understanding for their neighbors. Ethics and love are clearly not values involved in good or bad morality.
@seahorse ah. Yeah, it's great that those guys feel so comfortable to come out of their closets yearly to tell us how to live. Good on them for getting some exercise and sun. /S