text:  um that's just how people are we want to be in tribes we want to be connected and we want to have a show that we are connected by the things that we wear and the things that we display and so if you rip away people's natural connections their family their community their country um their their christianity their faith their church then they will still find something and so the pride flag is something that you know is safe to express that shows that you're a good person you know just like formerly maybe wearing a little cross necklace used to be or something like that