YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Posters promoting a “straight pride” week at a northeast Ohio university have been removed after student leaders said the message went beyond free speech.
Youngstown State University student government leaders tell WKBN-TV they decided to remove the posters after consulting with university officials.
The posters were hung around campus earlier this week. They included profanity and promoted the event as a time to not highlight sexual orientation or differences among students. They encouraged students to “go about your day without telling everyone about how ‘different’ you are.”
A university spokesman tells WFMJ-TV that the posters counter the school’s mission of diversity. Officials are investigating possible student code violations.
A statement from the student government said while it respects free speech rights, the posters missed the point of activism.
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You know, as long as they’re not threatening people or anything, I kind of feel like we should just let these yahoos make fools of themselves in public, and not feed their butt-hurt persecution complex any further.
If you’re white, straight, and live in the U.S., don’t blame others for your shortcomings. You’re way ahead of most people at the starting line.
Coming across as a whiner is, typically, not the best way to get people on your side. Whatever the hell their side is supposed to be about here.
So… these folks have been feeling some kind of shame from being straight? Hence the necessity to assert their “straight pride?”
I think these folks are missing the point in the same way as the proponents of “white history month.”