Not only does Nick Offerman have no time or patience for homophobia, but he also wants viewers to know that Ron Swanson, his conservative nature of “parks and leisure”, does not do it either.
Michael Flynn Jr., a self-proclaimed “patriot” and the son of the Lieutenant-General of the US retired army and former national security advisor Mike Flynn, tweeted on Monday a GIF published by Swanson launching a flag of pride in a dumpster with the legend, “I just wanted to publish what I feel about the” month of pride “.
The tweet made a clear response from Operman himself, who coldly recalled Flynn: “Ron was the best man at a gay wedding, you are stupid f – k. #HAPYPRIDE”
Ron was the best man at a gay wedding, you kiss stupid. #Happypride https://t.co/mslelkuvdy
– Nick Offerman (@nick_offerman) June 2, 2025
In “Parks and Recreation”, Swanson is a faithful but sensible curator who is sometimes done in political disagreements with her progressive colleague, Leslie Kope (Amy Poehler), but who does not let her personal beliefs hinder her personal relationships. In the original version of the scene presented in GIF by Flynn Jr., Ron does not angrily throw a flag of pride but a computer after discovering his intimacy settings.
As Offerman Note, the final of “Parks and Recreation”, entitled “One Last Ride”, reveals that Ron happily served as a best man for his hairdresser, Typhoon (Rodney to), during his marriage to Craig Middlebrooks (Billy Eichner). It is therefore difficult to imagine that Ron has a problem with the month of pride or his celebrations of the LGBTQ community. He may be a proud capitalist, but Ron is also undoubtedly an ally.
Ron’s libertarian beliefs made him easy for real conservatives to try to distort online. Over the years, many have tried to do exactly. Offerman and the co-creator of “Parks and Recreation” Michael Schur have however combined these efforts several times.
In 2016, Offerman and Schur even answered the question of whether Ron would have voted for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in the elections of this year by revealing that the character would have finally voted for Clinton.
Operman’s fiery tweet came the same day that the news announced that the former actor of “parks and leisure” Jonathan Joss, who took over in the sitcom NBC as chief Ken Hotate, was shot in an incident that Joss’s husband, Tristan Kern of Gonzales, was a homophobic attack.
