tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post512846863194704656..comments2024-03-28T13:26:20.672-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: Importance of Pride 🏳️🌈Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-74680611113083477072021-06-16T13:16:43.823-04:002021-06-16T13:16:43.823-04:00I have been around the world a few times and have ...I have been around the world a few times and have been complaining/bitching about this for years...Every time Pride comes around companies are trying to get into my wallet...For years I loved going to the Pride marches but gave a side-eye to the festivals...You know where all the tents are and they sell stuff...It was one company after another trying to sell me something...It was like their Christmas II...I would just breeze through like a kid on sugar...I love the locals who are displaying their crafts and other items of interest but the companies...I understand branding but I was never a fan of logos on clothes or other items...Sorry, you will have to pay me to shill for you...Pass...On the other side of the coin, I understand their giving to folks who do not have our interests in mind...They are basically hedging their bets...A lot of companies do that...Just in case they need something they can call up a favor...That is the way politics works..BUT sometimes one has to draw a line in the sand...Supporting someone who voted to not certify the election, Not investigate 1/06/2021, Not award The Capitol Police medals, Supports an immigration policy where meanness is the objective...I could go on...But one has to vocally support and defend other people's rights, our democracy, weeding out those who planned, supported, and participated in our domestic terrorist attack on 01/06/2021...Like it is said, all politicals are local and money is king...VRCooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067249175668802286noreply@blogger.com