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minus-squareBossDj@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoIt seems like he manipulated the crowd after they’d arrived, but I couldn’t find anything that suggests they advertised it as straight pride or anything other than a cage match to specifically draw in homophobes and bigots as you suggested.
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt has been awhile, but I remember that he promoted it ahead of time with his “super straight carl” (or whatever the name was) persona.
It seems like he manipulated the crowd after they’d arrived, but I couldn’t find anything that suggests they advertised it as straight pride or anything other than a cage match to specifically draw in homophobes and bigots as you suggested.
It has been awhile, but I remember that he promoted it ahead of time with his “super straight carl” (or whatever the name was) persona.