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The request is seen as absurd because for the most part straight/cis people do not need to affirm or have pride in their straightness, they aren't oppressed or have limited recognition for it, the desire for "straight pride" is completely reactionary to the idea of LGBTQ+ pride, and the person on Steam who requested that feature is likely a bigot who is annoyed about LGBTQ+ pride, so the developer's response is justified.
I mean, I think that saying "straight people don't need to take pride in their straightness" is equal to "gay people don't need to take pride in their gayness". Which is the goal - for being gay, queer, trans to be universally accepted everywhere. For the value of gay pride to be equal to the value of pride in the straightness - which is when being LGBTQ+ is so normalized in society, that there is no need to take pride in it. You don't really get that by alienating someone. Like, imagine the gay tag was at such a high price - the blowback would be huge.
Straight people do not need to take pride in being straight as they are not oppressed for being straight. They do not need to beg for recognition as a straight person or beg not to be abused for being straight, people are understood and assumed to be straight by default. Straight pride parades, straight pride badges, and straight pride labels are a reactionary counter movement to LGBTQ+ pride often arranged and practiced by people who are bigoted or intolerant towards LGBTQ+ people.
You saying that calling out people for setting up or attending straight pride events or wearing a straight pride label is somehow equivalent t criticizing or denying gay people pride is a bad faith comparison because the situations are not equal and like I've already said. Straight people are not oppressed for being straight.
You say that straight people aren't bullied for being straight, and yet the straight tag is in quotation marks and costs 9999 instead of 75. Which is bullying compared to other tags.
I myself am bi. I would never "wear" a badge saying that. But I understand people that would want to. I also understand people who would want to wear a straight badge. And saying that the only reason to wear one is to be reactionary to gay pride and to "be a counter movement" feels like gatekeeping people away from their sexual identity. I don't want "straight" to be "normal" and "gay" to be "abnormal". Assumptions ruin this world and lead to stereotypes.