A conservative American talkshow host said he ‘defeated Pride’ by proposing to his girlfriend and the internet responded as one
Full disclosure, we hadn’t come across Addison Smith before. It turns out he’s a presenter on conservative news(ish) channel Newsmax and is big on Jesus which is already more than you probably need to know.
We mention him because he’s just proposed to his girlfriend, although that’s not entirely it. The important bit is how he framed it on Twitter. Over to the man himself.
Pride month is so defeated.
I love you @charisedwardss pic.twitter.com/zAmr5hSY4O
— Addison Smith (@AddisonSmithTV) June 23, 2024
And if you think the takedowns wrote themselves, you’d be absolutely right.
1.
You proposed to your girlfriend and your first thought was gay people? Weird flex, babe. https://t.co/1eLGMCJbCs
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) June 24, 2024
2.
Imagine proposing to someone and immediately thinking about how it affect gays. Which it doesn’t.
— Kevin Kelly (@kevinkelly) June 24, 2024
3.
Son, straight married man here.
Pride is not about keeping people like us from getting married. It's about letting everyone who wants to get married.
You didn't "defeat" anything. You just made the day you proposed to a woman about gay sex, somehow. https://t.co/hkuW9HhsA5
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) June 24, 2024
4.
As a gay person, I would like to offer my sincere sympathies to @charisedwardss on the occasion of her engagement to some silly prat who has maybe been living in a cave for the past 20 years & thinks gay people are opposed to marriage. https://t.co/y1p83T8EMM
— ️ Just Izzy ️⚧️ (@IzzyKamikaze) June 24, 2024
5.
Why are you thinking about other men while proposing to your fiance? kinda sus!
— Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) June 24, 2024
6.
https://t.co/gqmwNn5EVd pic.twitter.com/d9a3eZZM2L
— Jim Stewartson, Counterinsurgent (@jimstewartson) June 24, 2024
7.
why were you online all day after proposing
— Kelly Dwyer (@KDonhoops) June 24, 2024
8.
If you're a straight man and your first thought on proposing to a woman is about Pride, Pride won baby. https://t.co/8KGyWNh2fn
— Kyle Andrews (@kylefandrews) June 24, 2024
9.
Pride month is unbothered. https://t.co/sODPjwBlh0 pic.twitter.com/tsOR4WY63u
— Laura Burkhardt (@LauraAnnSTL) June 24, 2024
But most of all, this.
Congrats to you both! I wish y'all a lifetime of happiness. It's not really clear to me why you needed to make such a beautiful moment about LGBTQ people, especially when we want y'all to find your happiness in family as much as we do. Hoping you find peace in this next chapter. https://t.co/xzPORTnPMk
— Charlotte Clymer (@cmclymer) June 24, 2024
Source @AddisonSmithTV