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| Conservative writer Addison Smith succeeded in his attempt to go viral by making his proposal to his heterosexual girlfriend a clap back against Pride Month and the LGBTQ community. Now what did he do that for? |
Addison Smith, far-right wannabe social media influencer posted the following on Twitter as a way of making his proposal to his fiancé all about slapping Pride Month in the face. He obviously did this for the engagement and a chance to rile up LGBTQ people and our allies. Smith clearly got the attention he wanted. He and his right-wing friends and his allies are giddy about how his act has gone extremely viral.
But at what cost?
Smith comes across as someone deliberately jumping face-first in cow manure while pretending that it's oil he struck. Sometimes if one succeeds in their quest to gain attention, it's not a good thing. It only means more people know how much of a jackass you are, and Smith succeeded in making a jackass of himself.
He also probably embarrassed his now fiancé, proved our evergreen point about how people like him are completely obsessed with us, and definitely made sure this incident is remembered should the "points" expressed about him by responders (who left brutally funny responses before he shut down the comments) turn out to be true. It all comes down to how certain folks try so hard to dehumanize us that they end up looking simply stupid. Can you imagine reducing such a special and sacred event such as a wedding proposal into a failed attempt to "own" LGBTQ people?
But when the adrenaline stops pumping and the glitter fades, that tweet will still be around. And I bet it will come up repeatedly during your marriage. That is if there will be one. If you make your marriage proposal to your heterosexual fiancé all about making fun of LGBTQ people, you've got issues. And she probably will have problems. Just saying.
Sometimes our enemies are their own worst enemies.
Pride month is so defeated.
— Addison Smith (@AddisonSmithTV) June 23, 2024
I love you @charisedwardss pic.twitter.com/zAmr5hSY4O
Your first thought when proposing to your wife is gay men?
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) June 24, 2024
I predict this will be a pattern. Condolences to your wife.
Why are you thinking about other men while proposing to your fiance? kinda sus!
— Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) June 24, 2024
Imagine proposing to someone and immediately thinking about how it affect gays. Which it doesn’t.
— Kevin Kelly (@kevinkelly) June 24, 2024
When my wife asked me to marry her, all I could think about was how much I loved her. That your first thought is about gay men suggests that your Pride message is for yourself, not us. Don't drag this lovely woman into a lie. Love her enough to sort out your gay questioning,…
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) June 24, 2024
https://t.co/gqmwNn5EVd pic.twitter.com/d9a3eZZM2L
— Jim Stewartson, Counterinsurgent 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙🎈 (@jimstewartson) June 24, 2024
Defeating pride by turning off comments after the ratio pic.twitter.com/O2oeweK6jR
— Liberal Hegemony Enjoyer (@Danofran) June 24, 2024
The fact that you centered the LGBTQ in your proposal post is... "interesting". pic.twitter.com/oGBvb2cFC1
— jade wants you to know... (@jadeljordan1) June 24, 2024
Son, straight married man here.
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) June 24, 2024
Pride is not about keeping people like us from getting married. It's about letting everyone who wants to get married do so.
You didn't "defeat" anything. You just made the day you proposed to a woman about gay sex, somehow.