Host Piers Morgan and the panel clashed on Thursday while discussing new changes to the Pride flag as the month to celebrate the LGBTQ community approaches.
Conservative commentator Brandon Tatum, transgender conservative YouTube vlogger Blair White, British commentator Esther Kulak, and LGBT advocate James Barr appear on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” to support LGBT We discussed changing the flag due to the addition of a new umbrella to the community. Mr. Morgan called the flag “psychedelic vomit,” and Mr. Barr fired back, asking why it mattered.
But Tatum jumped to the point that the Pride flag as a whole was unnecessary, saying the American flag encompasses everything regardless of a person’s beliefs. The two commentators started arguing about it, and Barr pushed back on Tatum’s remarks. (Related: Target CEO falsely claims stores don’t sell transgender products targeted to children)
“You don’t have to do that,” Tatum said. “If you’re an American, you’re all included under the American flag. Whether you’re gay, straight, blind, sighted, disabled. It doesn’t matter that we are all Americans. We should accept each other and not like each other’s actions. It doesn’t have to be, but it has to be accepted. Ordinary people believe that. Transgender people and LGBTQAARP are the ones that are hateful and divisive.”
“So, wait, are you saying that when you walk past a Ford factory, there’s a big Ford flag outside, or there’s a Chrysler flag? Are we not allowed to use the flag because it doesn’t represent the country?” Barr asked.
“So you’re saying-” Tatum began.
“You’re saying you can’t have a Pride flag because the American flag plays a role, but does that mean all flags are banned?” Barr asked.
“What you’re saying is that LGBTQ is a business. Is that what you’re saying?” Tatum questioned.
“No, I’m using a crazy analogy to try to understand what you’re saying about how my identity as a gay man is not allowed because I’m British. ” Barr argued.
“Because it’s never over, brother,” Tatum said.
After a heated argument, Mr. Barr teased Morgan by giving him a miniature version of the new flag with Morgan’s face on it. Even as Morgan and the other panelists laughed at the offer, the show’s host continued to call out Community’s “ridiculous” development and kept adding Community’s name.
“My feeling is that the reason they keep changing the Pride flag is because the definition of what LGBT is has increased to an incredible number of digits, numbers, letters. Because no one knows what that means, it’s lost all meaning. It just has to be lesbian and gay, we understand that. Morgan stated. “I’m proud of people who want to come out as gay, but here’s the question: We’re about to enter Pride Month again. A month of screaming about being gay. Why? ?
“It’s going to be a nightmare,” White jumped in.
“No, it’s about shouting about being LGBTQIA+,” Barr corrected.
“Nobody tells you — you’re gay every day of the year. Why do we need a whole special month to say it loud and proud? Where’s my month?” Morgan asked. .
Barr countered that it “doesn’t have to be one month in a row.”
“Why? I want it to last a month! I’m the most marginalized member of the community right now,” Morgan responded.
“You know why. Because the rest of the year is always straight. Every day is straight. We live in a heterosexual society. Around us it’s a straight jacket,” Bar said. he insisted.
“Are you serious? When was the last time someone spoke up for middle-aged straight white men like me?” Morgan asked.
“Because you’re a patriarch, Piers. Stop this stupid argument,” Barr said.
“We’re actually in the minority now. We’re in the minority,” Morgan concluded.
Pride Month, observed every June, was first recognized by the federal government in 1999 during the administration of former President Bill Clinton, when it was declared Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. according to Go to the government website. Former President Barack Obama further proclaimed June LGBT Pride Month in 2009, and President Joe Biden will join in June 2021, the website states.
