Me explaining to my boyfriend why we’re going to straight pride /ZtXpLaV05s They captioned the post, "me explaining to my boyfriend why we’re going to straight pride." The post received more than 2.9 million views, 160,000 likes and 46,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below). Twitter user tweeted a mocking video of someone excited for the parade.
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Twitter user responded to an article in the Washington Post about the parade, "It's journalistic malpractice to omit from this article that Mark Sahady is a member of Resist Marxism, an anti-semitic alt-right group that's associated with the Proud Boys and white nationalism." The tweet received more than 270 likes and 110 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, center).Ĭaptain America actor Chris Evans tweeted, "Wow! Cool initiative, fellas!! Just a thought, instead of ‘Straight Pride’ parade, how about this: The ‘desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts by being homophobic because no one taught us how to access our emotions as children’ parade? Whatta ya think? Too on the nose?" The tweet received more than 116,000 likes and 25,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right). Let’s meet the organizer, Mark Sahady, and see his ties to violence and hate." In the thread, the user connects Sahady to various hate groups and their events, such as the Proud Boy and Patriot Prayer.
It’s just a rebrand of Resist Marxism, a violent far-right group based in Boston, MA. Twitter user tweeted, "There were a lot of tweets about the “Straight Pride” parade that’s going to be held in Boston in August. Many reacted negatively to the announcement of the parade, both mocking and criticizing the founders and parade.