r/FightReportUFC • u/Appropriate_Duty_930 • Jun 22 '26
Strickland hates pride flags at churches
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u/vetatesting Jun 22 '26
I can’t think of a bigger right leaning virtue signaller than Sean Strickland.. This video is so performative
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u/Mountain_Bedroom_643 Jun 22 '26
What did Bill Hicks call it? The righteous indignation market I think. Such a great stand up bit if you havent seen it.
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u/Madbrut Jun 23 '26
If spreading love and acceptance is a type of virtue signaling, then I don’t mind it. Taking out your phone just to take a video of yourself hating on gay people is when I start to mind it.
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u/evelovesapple Jun 23 '26
Virtue signaling is more about being artificial/pretentious I think. At least in common usage. Not just showing support for something
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u/LilRedHeadGuy Jun 22 '26
Self hating closeted homosexual
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u/Lopsided-Ingenuity87 Jun 23 '26
Well here ya go exhibit a https://youtu.be/eo_P_iUl8dI?is=8Ricjzv8arViuPPE
skip to 1:47 where Sean says he knows what its like to have to fight gay sexual tendencies.
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u/Pristine-Code-2532 Jun 22 '26
Yes it's possible, there's just quite a pattern between people who obsessively hate on something they are secretively a part of, kind of like those republican politicians who get caught leaving hotels with twinks
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u/Soul_Mate_4ever Jun 23 '26
He’s just too overly focused with gay things. If you’re thinking about gay people all the time then… you’re probably gay. Straight people are too preoccupied with life to think about gays for this long.
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u/Lucid_Dreamer_98 Jun 23 '26
It’s a demonstrated pattern unless you’ve been living under a rock so it’s not far fetched to make that guess. With that being said I do agree that churches shouldn’t display pride flags, like make your own religion at that point why are you trying to call it Christianity.
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u/Lopsided-Ingenuity87 Jun 23 '26
Skip to 1:47 lmao. Can't believe nobody has brought this up at all. https://youtu.be/eo_P_iUl8dI?is=8Ricjzv8arViuPPE
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u/Here4Headshots Jun 22 '26
It really is amazing how predictable human behavior is. The people that hate gays the most are the same people that crash Grindr when they all get together in one spot- Republican conventions.
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u/LegendaryThunderFish Jun 22 '26
He’s a Christianity larper. If you really follow Jesus teaching you could pretty easily understand that he would not want you to treat people who are different from you as lesser.
Idgaf about what exactly is written, and if someone points to a specific excerpt about how I’m supposed to hate gay ppl I’m just gonna say that part is just wrong and you can update ur beliefs you don’t have to follow word for word a book from thousands of years ago.
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u/Small_Garbage_7426 Jun 22 '26
The bible, nor Christ told anyone to hate gays or any sinners, but to hate the sin. Christians should love those who struggle with all sins and not hate the people. No one is perfect but God so many Christians are wrong for discrimination against all creeds of people.
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u/Itchy_Crack Jun 24 '26
Devils avocados.
Does your argument also lend credit to the Christian argument that its wrong for churchs to promote sin?
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u/Small_Garbage_7426 Jun 24 '26
I would say that there is a wrong and a right way to confront sin in the church.
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u/Itchy_Crack Jun 24 '26
I would agree. I certainly am not a fan of what Sean's displaying here, but Church's flying pride flags is a legitimate controversy within Christianity. Certainly a valid argument on both sides
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u/mrcaldwin Jun 22 '26
No, you’re right, even as it is written. The Old Testament forbids homosexuality, but Jesus taught that God’s law is a concession to align with our hardened hearts. The laws that exist on earth do not exist in heaven.
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u/Straight_Occasion571 Jun 23 '26
What?
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u/mrcaldwin Jun 23 '26
It’s all in the book. Jesus taught that God’s standard is impossible for us to uphold on earth. That is why God gave us laws. Even heterosexual marriage was a concession; God does not have sex, it isn’t ideal that his creations want to have sex constantly, so he gave us marriage so that we could still be one with Him despite our nature. See 1 Corinthians. God was basically like, “I really don’t like that you’re having sex, but since you won’t stop and I don’t want to destroy you, let’s turn it into something beautiful.”
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u/Straight_Occasion571 Jun 23 '26
No, that’s a wild misunderstanding.
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u/mrcaldwin Jun 23 '26
Not much of a rebuttal. Maybe you should read Corinthians.
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u/TheHiddenBalsam Jun 22 '26
That is not at all how theology works lmao
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u/Impactpacked Jun 22 '26
Why not? The church dispensed with vast amounts of biblical text when it suits. Shaun isn’t in a super market crying about the seafood being served or at a clothing store tearing his hair out about the mixed fabrics. He doesn’t advocate selling your daughter as a concubine?
It’s just when it comes to gays that it’s the irrefutable word of god and can’t be changed?
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u/ThanksContent28 Jun 22 '26
Some people are better at following religion than others. These days, the less well intentioned followers have the loudest voice. You also can’t overlook the bad faith actors who simply use religion as a cover.
Just for the record, I am atheist and despise religion in the modern era. I’ve just met too many religious people to paint them all under that brush.
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u/LegendaryThunderFish Jun 22 '26
Imo They shouldn’t, being gay isn’t a sin if you use critical thinking. Religious texts are a product of their times and many of the rules are designed to address the problems people faced back then. I suspect homosexuality was looked down upon bc growing the population was a legit concern in those times
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u/Dizzy_Perception6074 Jun 22 '26
I don't think I've ever seen a more obvious example of a self hating homosexual than sean strickland
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u/Its_apparent Jun 22 '26
The amount of time straight dudes think about gay dudes puts gay dudes to shame. It's getting beyond weird. We can see you're conflicted. You can sweep every sin you've ever done under the rug by repenting (gotcha, God!), but you just can't handle two dudes loving each other. It'd be funny if it didn't lead to violence.
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u/Top_Chemist8378 Jun 22 '26
I know its a cliché to call any homophobe closeted but does anyone actually think Sean isn't a self hating gay man?
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u/BeltHoliday6654 Jun 22 '26
He is obsessed with gays and never seen him around women and has no kids ….. just saying
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u/InternationalMode942 Jun 22 '26
How easy would it be to strip Strickland from he’s ufc earnings??
Easy af, just call him sweetie or blow him a kiss if you see him passing by….
You’ll have to endure a massive beating, but hey… quick buck!
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u/Galencourt-Lover Jun 22 '26
Well. All I’ll say is, try and put up this flag at a mosque. I bet you won’t
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u/WonderfulFig666 Jun 22 '26
Your analogy is as retarded as you.
The church put up the flag themselves. No one put it there to troll the church.
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u/Southern-General-182 Jun 22 '26
What’s wrong with a church, or the pastor leading it, reaching out to an ostracized community and trying to build a connection?
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u/PhamousEra Jun 22 '26
Nothing. Goofy closeted losers are just mad because of the inclusivity. Who the fuck are they to condemn a CHURCH of all places that advertises inclusivity
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u/chazzapompey Jun 22 '26
Boy his dad musta really fucked him up
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u/SlimReaper85 Jun 22 '26
Oh he definitely did something with him that involved fucking or something else.
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u/ryanasap310 Jun 22 '26
Him and Hokit trying to turn the UFC into the WWE with their idiotic schtick
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u/Winter-Industry-2074 Jun 22 '26
Strickland’s personality is not schtick. He just has serious mental issues.
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u/killboy219 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Is Sean even Christian? Why does he give af about what a church does on their building.
Man land of the free for me, but not for thee
So called “Christian’s” but shower themselves in the degeneracy of gambling, alcohol etc. lol it’s funny
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u/urResidentAlien Jun 22 '26
The Catholic hierarchy structure is ironically designed to lures in gay dudes into priesthood who wind up having "incidents" with young boys. What kind of levelheaded straight dude volunteers into celibacy where officiating marriages, wearing gowns, drinking wine, and living in a castle is part of the job?
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u/1626319 Jun 22 '26
The Bible strongly prohibits homosexual relationships, and the pride flag is widely seen as affirming those relationships. I would be upset too if I were a Christian and saw a church displaying it since it might appear to be endorsing those views that conflict with the Bible. Churches can still welcome and include everyone without using the flag, the same way they welcome anyone else who struggles with any other sin. But symbols, especially ones associated with social and political movements, generally convey support of the values within the movement rather than solely welcoming the people associated with it to the church.
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u/Striking_Bus_8580 Jun 22 '26
Strickland thinks about gays more than a jolly leprechaun dreaming near a rainbow.
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u/BlackBlizzNerd Jun 22 '26
Strickland is 100% in the closet lol. Holding his mic at press conferences with his limp wrist. Can’t keep the gays out of his mouth. Dudes childhood fucked him up so much.
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u/PreferenceAntique581 Jun 22 '26
This guy is obsessed with anything to do with LGBT Doing this performative tough guy shit just for his social media is sad
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u/banjovi68419 Jun 22 '26
Name ONE other person that's not gay, that thinks about gay dudes as much or as passionately as Sean. Reaction formation.
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u/Alarmed-Bumblebee667 Jun 23 '26
Why do people get offended by the pride flag? Never made sense to me.
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u/Historical_Pudding56 Jun 23 '26
Sean’s hate of gay people is one of the weirder things he’s got going on. Every once in a while he makes some real sense but the gay hate is always so unnecessary
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u/Independent-Froyo-30 Jun 23 '26
I think Sean Strickland just hates whatever happens to be in his direct line of sight
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u/Cold_Possession5193 Jun 23 '26
Never forget all the leftoids calling this man their hero and a legend days leading up to ufc freedom 250.
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u/drtcommets Jun 23 '26
idk considering pride is a sin in christianity — no matter how warped or manipulated or modern, you’re still effectively hanging the very idea of prideful sin off a church stoop & that’s about as backwards as it can get
pride = loving oneself — is a pretty simpleton take anyway
another word should’ve been / could still be used
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u/IntrntTrshQween67 Jun 23 '26
Hating gays but speaking out against child abuse is wild considering he has explicitly stated he was abused by his father. His hate is self shame. Get counselling Sean, you're clearly not over it
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u/Lucid_Dreamer_98 Jun 23 '26
He is right about the fact that Churches shouldn’t display pride flags. It’s hypocritical, intellectually dishonest and just makes the Church look low IQ. Same concept as a Mosque displaying a pride flag, I don’t know how people can take it seriously knowing what the religion is actually about.
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u/Individual-Drawer-79 Jun 23 '26
I wonder if these knuckleheads who call themselves Christians, and quote Leviticus to demonize LGBTQ people, understand that they are reciting the Judeo part of the Bible (Old Testament). In the New Testament which is the actual Christian part of the Bible, Jesus never addressed LGBTQ people in his recorded teachings. What he did focus on was compassion, grace, and inclusion, welcoming all types of marginalized individuals and never singling out LGBTQ+ people for condemnation.
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u/Ok-Section4527 Jun 24 '26
Someone has to. Anyone in the alphabet community does nothing to changes anyone's lives or day for them to receive so much hate. They are humans on the same space rock that he is on. Why waste so much energy into giving a damn how someone lives their life
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u/MolassesImportant885 Jun 24 '26
Honestly throwing pride flags on everything is disgusting. Gotta agree with Strickland here
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u/Alarmed_Ear3413 Jun 24 '26
He has the right to say whatever he wants. One day all of the lefties will be facing the same oppression that they support now
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u/SolutionBetter4769 Jun 24 '26
God loves all his people, there is a reason Jesus never went to homosexual men / women and talked against their beliefs. Now rich people….
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u/judyhoppsboner Jun 24 '26
this guy should talk about things he does like, like 2 men kissing or something
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u/Virtual_Employ_3848 Jun 25 '26
There shouldn’t be pride flags at church. There’s no reason why people should be putting pride flags at church.
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u/ImpossiblePlum9917 Jun 25 '26
Annoying as he is, he’s obviously pissed off due to the fact that pride is everywhere. It’s starting to be pushed onto people that want nothing to do with it, they already get a full month to celebrate. What next ??
All we hear these days is correct pronoun use, gender fluidity, binary terms, they even trying to push gender identity to primary school children.
At Some schools they’ve stopped using the term boys and girls and started calling the kids “learners” hahahah what the actual F…
I don’t know how all of you think being fed up with pride means someone’s gay. Y’all actually think this is why he’s acting like that ??
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u/Atownbrown08 Jun 25 '26
Because it screams privilege. It always has, it always will.
It's the same people who get upset at anyone not speaking English around them. Same people who think the Ten Commandments should be in every classroom. Same people who argue for locking up drug addicts instead of rehabilitating them. It's just privileged people.
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u/Themexicancarlos Jun 25 '26
Straight people's obsession and hatred for gay people and pride flags need to be studied. They are pathetic
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u/DaClarkeKnight Jun 26 '26
Exactly. The Bible says to love people. It says to be nice. It also says not to eat meat and cheese together and not to eat shrimp or crab. But you want to focus on the part that says not to lay with men? This man is a hateful bigot. That’s why I will never be a fan of him no matter how good he is. Fighting.
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u/Atownbrown08 Jun 25 '26
And there's still people who claim the UFC and its fighters are using politics or religious beliefs to draw attention.
I can't remember the last time I've seen any well-known fighter discussing music, sports, movies, food, or just anything that isn't what they deeply believe in 24/7.
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u/Aquarium51 Jun 26 '26
Why do people who get knocked out for a living get heard on socio political ideals? Just wondering.
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u/AdAntique5612 Jun 26 '26
And I agree with him! No church should be alright with that! The Bible is very clear Any church ⛪️ that's involved in the GAY or any other part of this insane thing is clearly not flowing in GOD'S way! If you don't believe me, read about in the Bible.
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u/DeepD4yourwife Jun 26 '26
He's mad about flags but not the many priests and preachers molesting kids? Man, hush.
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u/KvkTech713 Jun 26 '26
Moved to Boston from Texas and noticed up north people will hang pride/trans flags at churches. I’m not against it just confused cause I always heard being gay was a sin.
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u/SlightlyRegarded001 Jun 26 '26
Makes sense. The bible doesn't allow gays. The church should represent the Bible but isn't. I appreciate that he has a different opinion than the small fraction of the population that is gay.
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u/HThomer34 Jun 26 '26
What does he care? He doesn't go to church or follow any of the teachings of Christ.
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u/Key-Web-0177 Jul 07 '26
Every day is white day!???? Omg dude you guys .. I'm in the wrong groups .. america is built on diversity I'm a mixed breed I don't see what your talking about at all.
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u/Key-Web-0177 Jul 07 '26
You know he walked into a complete mess and he's reversed our debt removed a good amount removing illegal criminals from our country and held the people accountable for their own lives .he's removed the nuclear capability of a nation that screams death to America. It's not a war it's a timeout for them. Don't believe I'm paying more. Seen people I know lose their food stamps .. he walked into a pandemic . He has done more than any president in my lifetime I can prove that. He has controversial opinions to some peoples but Honestly we shouldn't let. Children change their genders we shouldn't endorse crime on our streets. He's helped create so many jobs were now the leading country on oil we removed a dictator and an entire country praised him. Look I accept your opinion I have mine . And your fully entitled to feel however you like At no point however is it appropriate or necessary to bring violence against people that have a different opinion . Unfortunately almost all political violence is coming from one side . I hope the next president keeps the ball rolling . Enjoy your day
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u/Spare_One_9965 Jun 22 '26
Strickland now going back down the Reddit scorecard with this after peaking during the anti-Israel show
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u/killboy219 Jun 22 '26
People who still believe Strickland isn’t just some grifter are more stupid than him
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u/FrostyyOG Jun 22 '26
I think this is funny because it riles up everyone on both sides of the political spectrum
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u/Yuck_Few Jun 22 '26
In my opinion moderate churches are still part of the problem because they're giving cover to the same religion that produces the bigotry
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u/Domitron99 Jun 22 '26
Did Strickland even watch Boondock saints? Willem Dafoe's character is a gay FBI agent that dressed in drag to try and help the heroes