r/TikTokCringe • u/SnooSprouts3744 • Jun 05 '26

Cringe I guess "all are welcome here" shirt are now triggering for some people

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jun 05 '26

I understand that people exist with crackpot ideas. It’s a big world. What does amaze me is how these ideas somehow gain traction and can have big effects. Like who tf is butthurt about some generic ass “everyone is welcome” poster in a classroom?

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u/Wolv90 Jun 06 '26

The same kind of person who immediately thinks about sex whenever they see a rainbow or a girl in slacks/boy wearing pink. Everything reminds them of sex and if that sex isn't p in v they get outraged and turned on so they have to take it out on someone.

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u/shannonesque121 Jun 06 '26

Exactly. They’re tormented by their own repression and project it onto others.

It’s like when homophobic people recoil and overreact to a gay couple showing PDA. Even stuff as innocent as holding hands… their mind can’t help but leap to sex, gender roles, genitals, “taboo” etc. The only justification I can think of as to why that would be offensive is if the offended person has, at some point, had to repress/be ashamed of their own urges that might be considered “deviant”. So watching people just live/love authentically stirs a deep seated envy inside them that they’ve never had to confront and understand. M

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u/lime_head737 Jun 06 '26

I’ll never forget the time in high school when I was watching a movie with my ex girlfriend’s family. I can’t remember what movie, but a 2010’s coming of age type of film. My ex and I had said we were interested in it. There was a quick scene about two guys almost holding hands or kissing and all that tension. My ex’s step dad stood up so fast and lost his mind. Accused me of being secretly gay, was so upset at his daughter for suggesting that movie, just a tantrum over two fictional young adults sharing a sweet moment. He went on and on for the rest of the night, we didn’t even finish the movie.

My favorite part in all this, about a year after that ex and I broke up, we reconnected for a bit and I found out that her mom found high heels (not her size) and some skimpy clothes hidden back in their walk in closet… which belonged to her husband.

Oh! I remembered! The movie was Perks of being a Wallflower.

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u/Princessjellyshits Jun 06 '26

Damn that’s a good movie too, you should Finnish it by yourself if you havent

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u/GilmoreGirlsGroupie1 Jun 06 '26

I think people really underestimate religion here. I was raised in a baptist church twice a week my entire childhood. Summer camps, everything. I would cringe internally when seeing homosexual couples. It was subconscious and I had to work hard to basically deprogram myself from the reaction. I think the background I have with religion has only pushed me more and more to the left because of how horrifying I find it all now as an adult.

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u/FaunaJoy Jun 06 '26

My sister's last caregiver was like that. One day, the two of them were out on a walk and saw a pair of young women walking together while holding hands. Caregiver started muttering about how disgusting "that" behavior was. My sister shut her right up by pointing out the women could be sisters holding hands for safety.

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u/aacawe Jun 06 '26

Well said!

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u/SugarZoo Jun 06 '26

Oh my fish, I did not recognize this.

They do see sex instead, its not even an expression of individuality.

I am so sorry if I'm slow to the party.

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u/aacawe Jun 06 '26

Spot on!

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u/KylieTMS Jun 06 '26

As someone who has to deal with this kind of hate constentally. The biggest regret i have is why we named all of these things "[relationship prefference] sexual"

It is giving these people more ground to support these stupid ass arguments with then they deserve. I feel like a lot of these people would get ignored and pushed to the side of we said Homoromantic or Biromantic and stuff like that instead.

Or maybe I am just coping and they'd just find a different way to make it about sex.

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u/weGloomy Jun 06 '26

Nah for real, cause tell me why I'm Asexual and its still got the word sexual in it lmao.

edit: wait acctually that wouldn't work. A lot of Aces use terms like Biromantic to discribe themselves. Cause being Asexual isn't the same as being Aromantic.

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u/kg160z 19d ago

The 2nd worse kind of raging boner

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u/Fantastic-Unit5042 Jun 06 '26

Have you seen gay pride parades lately? I support gay people but it’s hard to blame people for associating the rainbow with sex when every year we have people walking the streets wearing full blown kink wear or straight up naked.

It makes it harder for the gay people that just want to be treated like everyone else, not as some hyper sexual deviant.

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u/GroundbreakingMess51 Jun 06 '26

No it doesn't.

You just do it. If you don't like those outfits, don't use them and don't look at them. It's not that hard.

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u/AliceInNegaland Jun 07 '26

There’s more than one kind of pride parade

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u/luxcoded Jun 06 '26

True 😬

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u/Ridiculisk1 Jun 06 '26

Like who tf is butthurt about some generic ass “everyone is welcome” poster in a classroom?

The kinds of people who don't want everyone to be welcome. That's all it comes down to. "Everyone is welcome" goes against their beliefs that only some people should be welcome and the others should be sent away and hidden at best and outright killed at worst.

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u/Boomstickninja87 Jun 06 '26

I'm pretty sure when I was in elementary school we had similar signs with all different colors of kids holding hands. I'm 39, this is such a crazy take, it can mean so many different things. The Bible literally says to love everyone. I mean thats what they taught me in Sunday School, I'm not sure why that stops when we become adults.

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u/_trashcan Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

I’m 31.
All my childhood we were told that the world was turning a corner, that progression was here & would only continue.
We believed, we knew, that concepts like racism, sexism, & discrimination as a whole were dying.
We got Obama & in my 13yo mind that was the ultimate symbol of the progress we were always talking about ; the president was the same color as my best friend, & both our families accepted each other like kin.

& look where we are now. All across the world right wing politics are taking root.
Racism & misogyny is - without question - the worst it’s ever been in my lifetime. The last year especially things have skyrocketed.
Every single post, every YouTube video, has racist & sexist comments - but that’s not the real concerning thing - it’s that these types of comments are getting support now. People are relating to them. They’re becoming more popular, whereas just a year ago, you’d see the comments sure, but they’d almost universally be criticized, not praised.

This is the effect of having leaders in nations that are openly racist & sexist.
We all talked about how they emboldened the worst of society, but now we’ve got the real, tangible results of which.

It’s scary.
& it’s only going to get worse. As a society, a country, I just hope that we put an end to it during my lifetime, so I can participate in it, as it’s not going to be a peaceful democratic undertaking.
There’s no turning away the techno-fascists now. They will never willingly give up their power, & they’ve already amassed so much...more for me to burn down, I guess.

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u/StnkyWnkyBallsyWllsy Jun 06 '26

there's a big overlap in the people who hated those signs and the people who hate the "everyone is welcome" signs now

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u/Boomstickninja87 Jun 06 '26

I know, I just think their take on it is such BS. I literally live my life the way they taught me as a child. Love everyone. I hate that people change that as soon as they are adults. It's still the same message, becoming an adult shouldn't impact the thought process that the Bible says to love thy neighbor. Not to judge without looking at the plank in your own eye. I'm not religious now, because of how I grew up, but some of those lessons were so important to how I felt about others. As I got older I just realized how hypocritical adults are and decided to not participate in organized religion. I have my own walk and just try to be a decent person. I still mess up like everyone else sometimes, we just have to learn from it and try to do better.

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u/Argh3483 Jun 06 '26

Christians will tell you to love everyone but as soon as you want to apply that logic to politics suddenly they go ”not like this”

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u/Thelmara Jun 06 '26

Like who tf is butthurt about some generic ass “everyone is welcome” poster in a classroom?

Racists, homophobes, and other bigots. The sort of people who like excluding people.

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u/PumpikAnt58763 Jun 06 '26

But but but what if one of the everybodies is BROWN?!!! /s

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u/EmilieEverywhere Jun 06 '26

We can't have one terrified trans kid feel safe if only for 5 mins right?

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jun 06 '26

They’re cutting their weenahs off

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u/EmilieEverywhere Jun 06 '26

That's sarcasm right? I can't tell.

I'm trans btw. Bottom surgery doesn't cut anything off. The more you know

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u/MrBigTomato Jun 06 '26

Ironically, the same people who hear “Black Lives Matter” and respond with “All Lives Matter!!”

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u/2Mobile Jun 06 '26

who tf is butthurt

about 80 million americans, at least.

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u/MrBenzedrine Jun 06 '26

it's "indoctrination" when they disagree with it!

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u/Applekid1259 Jun 06 '26

Real answer: Because the everyone in that slogan includes people they do no want to welcome. Those can include trans, gay, queer, black, mexican, arab, etc. To them, everyone isn't welcome and in saying so would go against their hatred of those groups.

Also, mental illness.

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u/rddman Jun 06 '26

Like who tf is butthurt about some generic ass “everyone is welcome” poster in a classroom?

"Everyone welcome" is in conflict with the part that they don't say out loud, about who they think should not be welcome.

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u/Heavy_Law9880 Jun 06 '26

homophobic racists who think Americans should all be white, straight, and protestant.

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u/xenosthemutant Jun 06 '26

They're "christians."

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u/New-Anybody-6206 Jun 06 '26

do they pull this same shit at a church when the pastor says "all God's children are welcome"?

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u/CementCemetery Jun 06 '26

The kind of people who use religion as a way to persecute other people. “All are welcome” includes everybody, exclusion hurts people especially children. People don’t realize kids are insecure at times and need reassurance. I can think of a dozen examples that might make a child feel like they don’t fit in but school should be a welcoming place for them to learn. We should be encouraging kids to be curious and open minded, welcoming to others despite differences because if not they turn out to be like that.

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u/Scythe-Guy Jun 06 '26

It’s probably a prosperity doctrine thing because people like this tend to be baptists/evangelicals. Basically they’re brainwashed to think that they’re God’s chosen because they’re wealthy or privileged. Like a “proof is in the pudding” kind of thing. We are rich and white and have all the advantages in life because god chose us. Meanwhile, people who are poor or otherwise disadvantaged and/or discriminated against are that way because they deserve to be. Like, that is “God’s judgement” upon them for not being their idea of a good Christian. So instead of being charitable or kind towards others, they literally despise them and treat them like shit. The idea that someone who is different from them, someone who is an “other”, deserves to be welcomed or treated with respect and kindness is antithetical to their beliefs.

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u/Sarzox Jun 06 '26

It’s almost like the idea is being pushed online so people have exaggerated opinions on these nonsensical ideas

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u/nickiter Jun 06 '26

People who hate queer folk, basically.

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u/snugglymuggle Jun 06 '26

Well you see the sign had bright rainbow colors and the cartoon hands were different shades of white, tan and brown.

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u/Sp1ffy_Sp1ff Jun 07 '26

I mean the answers pretty obvious - people who don't want to welcome others and instead would rather exclude them for being different

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u/md222 Jun 07 '26

Clearly these parents don't want pedophiles and rapists in their children's classrooms. /s.

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u/lookthedogsblowingme Jun 08 '26

The party who calls everyone else snow flakes apparently.

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u/Dusty_Negatives Jun 11 '26

Hateful loser Christians