Towards the end of the first century AD, the Emperor Domitian rebranded the month of October as ‘Domitianus’. It will have troubled him that Julius Caesar and Augustus already had their own months, and this was a neat way to affirm his godlike status. Fast forward two millennia, and the high priests of the new

❝Towards the end of the first century AD, the Emperor Domitian rebranded the month of October as ‘Domitianus’. It will have troubled him that Julius Caesar and Augustus already had their own months, and this was a neat way to affirm his godlike status. Fast forward two millennia, and the high priests of the new religion of intersectionality have decreed that June shall henceforth be known as ‘Pride Month’.❞

  • Taywub@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The author of the article appears to be showing their frustration with the pride movement. Specifically

    1. the changes to the flag, to attempt to cover every marginalized individual instead of those it started with and
    2. the exploitation of the movement to virtue-signal by corporations, or even individuals.

    I may be completely wrong, but that’s what I understood from reading the article.