SOME ARE CELEBRATING WHAT THEY REFER TO
AS HETEROSEXUAL PRIDE DAY.
THIS HAS LED TO A BACKLASH ON SOCIAL
MEDIA BECAUSE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE CAN BE PROUD OF THEIR
SEXUALITY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SAME
TERRIBLE TREATMENT THAT GAYS HAVE GONE THROUGH.
HETEROSEXUAL
PRIDE DAY HAS BEEN A THING FOR A
LONG TIME, HOWEVER IT'S PARTICULARLY OFFENSIVE
CONSIDERING WHAT JUST HAPPENED
IN ORLANDO WITH 49 PEOPLE SHOT AND KILLED AT THE PULSE
NIGHTCLUB.
PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THIS, BUT CENK TAKE IT AWAY.
WHAT YOU THINK?
>> STREET PRIDE PARADE, I AM GREATLY AMUSED.
OTHER MORE GAY
MARCHERS IN A GAY PRIDE PARADE,
OR A STRAIGHT PRIDE PARADE?
IT WOULD NEVER OCCUR TO ME TO GO TO
A STRAIGHT PRIDE PARADE.
FOR
WHAT REASON?
ARE STRAIGHT PEOPLE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN
THE LAW THAT I AM NOT AWARE OF?
ALL 44 PRESIDENTS TO THE BEST OF
OUR KNOWLEDGE HAVE BEEN STRAIGHT.
WHY WOULD I GO TO A
STRAIGHT PRIDE PARADE?
IT APPEARS YOU ARE TRYING TO PROVE SOMETHING.
>> EVERY DAY IS A STRAIGHT PRIDE PARADE.
IT'S ALL OVER THE MEDIA,
ALL OVER THE TELEVISION SHOWS WE
WATCH.
IT'S EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
PEOPLE ARE GROPING ONE ANOTHER,
AND WE CELEBRATE IT.
EVERY DAY IS HETEROSEXUAL PRIDE A DAY.
IS
JAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS CONSTANTLY.
IF YOU FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE WE ARE
GIVING GAY PEOPLE SOME TIME TO CELEBRATE, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH YOUR OWN
SEXUALITY.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, THE MEDIA IS BATHED IN STRAIGHT SEX.WE HAVE
MADE GAY PEOPLE WATCHED STRAIGHT
SEX WHOLE LIVES.
YOU NEVER THINK ABOUT IT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS PREPOSTEROUS.
I WILL GIVE YOU ONE MORE NEEDLESS
EXAMPLE.
TURKISH AMERICANS HAVE A TURKISH AMERICAN PARADE IN NEW
YORK.
WHEN I WAS A KID WE WOULD GO TO IT.
YOU DO THAT BECAUSE
YOU ARE A MINORITY.
THERE ARE A TINY PERCENTAGE OF TURKS IN
AMERICA.
YOU WANT TO STICK TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME SORT OF
PRIDE AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF YOU ARE HAVING A
TURKISH PRIDE PARADE IN TURKEY.
A HUGE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY
IS TURKISH.
WHAT ARE WE
CELEBRATING?
HIGH-FIVE TO US?
KURDISH PRIDE IN TURKEY MIGHT
MAKE SENSE.
THEY ARE A SMALL
MINORITY.
SOMETIMES THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK THEIR
LANGUAGE.
BUT IF THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY THEN DO A PARADE AROUND
KURDS, THAT HAS A DIFFERENT CONNOTATION.
>> YES, IT IS JUST STRANGE.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO PROUDLY ANNOUNCE
WHAT YOUR SEXUALITY IS WHEN YOU ARE STRAIGHT, I FEEL LIKE THAT
RAISES A BUNCH OF RED FLAGS.
IF I WAS THINKING ABOUT DATING A
GUY AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE HETEROSEXUAL PRIDE
PARADE, I WOULD THINK THAT HE FELT A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH HIS SEXUALITY.
>> I DON'T THINK I EVER MET ANYONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
TOLD THEM I WAS STRAIGHT.
>> SO THE SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSE IS HILARIOUS.
I LOVE THE PEOPLE
ARE USING GIFS.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
ONE PERSON WROTE
THE FOLLOWING: I THINK THAT IS AN INTERESTING COMPARISON.
>>IT IS.
WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM OF MINORITY COPS SHOOTING WHITE
PEOPLE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF BLACK
PEOPLE BEING SHOT BY COPS.
THEY ARE SAYING OUR LIVES MATTER TOO.
THIS IS STAIGHT PEOPLE, SUPPOSEDLY STRAIGHT PEOPLE ñ.
>> AS OF 2015 THERE ARE 76 COUNTRIES WERE BEING GAY IS
ILLEGAL.
INTENT OF THOSE
COUNTRIES, BEING GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.
I FEEL LIKE
THEY DON'T HAVE SIMILAR LAWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE STRAIGHT SEX.
I
COULD BE WRONG.
>> TO BE FAIR THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN
STRAIGHT SEX IS ZERO.
>>IF YOU WANT CAVEATS THAT ARE ACCURATE, YES, THERE ARE SOME
ISLAMIC COUNTRIES THAT WILL STONE YOU TO DEATH IF YOU HAVE
SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.
BUT THAT IS THE CAVEAT WE SHOULD
MENTION.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME MORE EXAMPLES.
>> IS THAT THE REAL LADY GAGA?
>>I DON'T THINK SO.