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CMV: "Pride" (Gay Pride, National Pride, School Pride; take your pick) is detrimental to the betterment of society.

- At its most benign, "Pride" is a reason to focus on the differences between people (think Gay Pride, here)
- At its worst it can be a reason to feel superior to others (i.e. National Pride)
- Other forms, like School Pride, encourage children and young adults to essentially invent differences that aren't even there to begin with - how different can two demographically similar, similarly-sized groups of children from the same part of the same city *possibly* be?

All these provide opportunities to focus on differences between people whereas, considering that people with significant differences come into contact with each other more often now than ever before, and that this trend can only continue, we as societies should be aggressively attempting to find ways to quickly bridge the gaps that do exist rather than continuing to focus on the small differences, or even worse, inventing differences that shouldn't even be problematic in the first place.
gpt
Gay Pride does not belong in the same category as School Pride. Gay Pride belongs under the same category as the "Black is Beautiful" type social movements from the 70's that were reacting against a culture that insinuated that blackness is dirtiness and ugliness. Gay Pride is a counter to negative cultural messages that tell gays they are something to be ashamed of, not a focus on differences for the sake of it. In recent years, it's easy to forget that because of the acceptance being spread in the media, but one must realize that this acceptance is VERY recent and not at all spread throughout the entire country. There are still large swathes of people and powerful cultural elements that associate homosexuality with evil and shame. Coming out can still result in rejection.

This is not the case with "school pride" and "national pride," so as long as gay pride is grouped with these things, there is inaccuracy in your view.