Do the Rights of Straight People Need Defending?

[Dr. Strange]

If you haven't heard the story of Straight Pride UK, then you're missing a hootenanny.

The UK has a long and respectable tradition of satire. But sometimes people are simply parodies of themselves.

'The celebration of one's heterosexuality. It is not a bigoted or intolerant thing to proclaim - it is simply stating the truth, that you are straight and not ashamed of that fact.' Fair enough. I'm straight, and I'm not ashamed of it. Great stuff.
'Being straight is not easy under the circumstances of our society. Straight people are being persecuted every day by political correctness.' Er - no I don't agree with that, in fact...
'Heterosexuals do not have equality, homosexuals have more rights then (sic) any sector of society.' WTF?! Hang on a second, that's just patently not true.

That's my imagined interaction with the laugh-of-the-moment organisation Straight Pride UK.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/luke-massey/do-the-rights-of-straight-people-need-defending_b_3744465.html

prideofstupid!!!!!!

[xfundy]

1. In a world

where EQUAL rights means "special" rights, yes, the purr, purr, persecuted heteros need to be protected from the tiny minority.

[arcane1]

2. Yes, because I have such a tough time being a heterosexual white male in San Francisco.

When will MY rights be recognized?? I'm persecuted. Persecuted, I say!!!1

[loyalsister]

3. Sometimes

As a white hetero with a disability, my rights most certainly need defending.

[Th1onein]

4. EVERYONE's rights need defending these days.

[LostOne4Ever]

5. Straight Pride?

Don't you get a straight pride parade every time people get into a line?