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Huge turnout for Budapest Pride despite Orban's threats and the official ban
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this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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Why aren't you a big fan (serious question)?
Remember you said "serious question", so you'lk get a serious answer.... It's just the whole energy of it all. I don't like it when people go "look at me, I deserve to be seen". I get it, it's about human rights and whatnot, but I just don't like it. It makes me extremely uncofortable. To me it's the same when someone in restaurant starts making a scene because something didn't go the way they want. I don't mean the entitlement, of course, but the confidence and the publicity of it all. It's the complete polar opposite of who I am.
I mean, you do you, fine by me, but you're gonna have to do it without me.
But not in this case. There's a real emergency in Hunagry that needs to be protested and a pride parade is a very appropriate way to do it. So I would attend this one, if I had the means and oppertunity to do that.
I used to feel like you do. then I had someone explain it to me like this.
every year Christians gather the whole months of November and December to celebrate the birth of their savior. they hang decorations, they show ads on TV, they go around singing their songs to the neighborhood, they play their songs in every single store. for eight weeks this goes on. they do this to feel comfort and unity during this time, and for 10 long months they look forward to this time. to some it can literally be the only thing that makes them carry on.
for disenfranchised LGBTQA+ people pride month is the exact same, and if we can accept Christmas for eight weeks, we can accept gay pride for four.
The other thing that's kinda cool is that you get to see a bunch of people who normally are kinda invisible, but make up a considerable part of your city and life. It's incredibly fun to see people from all walks of life and backgrounds all having fun together. It makes us all stronger and more unified. It reminds me that we absolutely can do anything when we all work together as a team. Also, about 60% of the crowd there is probably running your city's IT infrastructure ;)
8 weeks? Really?
Where I live people usually start going about it in September or October till mid fucking January. Or at least the supermarkets/advertisements start that. Remember Jesus? Time to waste money, give it to us!
I read the first line and was like, yeah, same here, that seems way too long. We do about 5, mid-late November to 26/12/, then the decorations kinda stay but the celebrations and music stop. Then I read the rest. I'm so sorry.
I feel you. Making a racket feels like those influencers who do stuff just for views. It's understandable why it exists; some people have a really hard time imagining different people exist and that it's not inherently bad to be different. Some people really need it to be shoved in their face to understand, unfortunately.
However, for people like me, who don't need the lesson or exposure, it's just another big noisy event. It's crowded, it's noisy, trash gets left behind everywhere, ... those are the days I either stay inside or go on a trip to a quieter place.
Thank you for explaining that, I always appreciate other insights.
I think there's a difference between saying "you do you", "you're gonna have to do it without me" and saying you actively dislike it. Be prepared for that to be an unpopular opinion. :)