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Peter Tatchell Arrested - Outrageous

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Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 11:54

AIBU to be outraged my Peter Tatchell's latest arrest?

For those who have not heard, the famous campaigner attended a recent Gaza protest. He held a placard that demanded Israel stop the genocide, and that Hamas are a shameful, and reiterated their official terrorist status for the torture an execution of a Palestinian man that attended an anti-Hamas demonstration in Gaza. He was arrested on the basis of inciting racial and religious hatred. The police have since apologised indicating that they believed him to be part of a counter-protest. He spent 5 hours in a cell.

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lousandjays · 28/05/2025 15:04

Well done @Everanewbie for bringing up the issue of Peter Tachell it is always useful to have an opportunity to bring up his links with PIE and his support of paedohiles at every opportunity. As for caring if he gets arrested no, not really. More of that for him.

RancidRuby · 28/05/2025 15:02

Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 15:00

I don't think this particular gay man in his 70s is a direct physical threat to anyone at the protest, no.

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Know him personally do you?

DoubleShotEspresso · 28/05/2025 15:02

ChessorBuckaroo · 28/05/2025 14:49

Nah. Far too much credit given in that take.

For some reason I have "thick as mince" in my head.. don't know why I'd be thinking of mince although I may have some later.

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It’s always a good day for Bolognaise 😉

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Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 15:00

RancidRuby · 28/05/2025 14:56

Breaking news - Gay men not a physical threat to anyone.

I don't think this particular gay man in his 70s is a direct physical threat to anyone at the protest, no.

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SammyScrounge · 28/05/2025 14:59

Surely the past reflects on his credibility?
When he spouted about friends as young as 9 having joyful experiences with older men, all I could do was wonder why the police did not investigate, get names of abusers and arrest them.
Of course PT might have invented the 'friends' and the joyous little friends to make a point.

BelfastBard · 28/05/2025 14:59

I have no sympathy for him. They should have used his detention as an opportunity to examine his hard drive. He’s deeply deeply problematic and I have no doubt in the future he’ll be yet another to add to the list of “hidden in plain sight” celebrities who have become notorious

JamieCannister · 28/05/2025 14:58

Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 14:56

And do the free Palestine protestors challenge every perceived injustice? Are Black Lives Matter interested in enslaved workers building stadia in Saudi Arabia?

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They're considering them, but enslaved workers application to become a worthy cause is dependent on BLM working out how to monetise enslaved workers suffering for their benefit.

viques · 28/05/2025 14:58

RancidRuby · 28/05/2025 14:56

Breaking news - Gay men not a physical threat to anyone.

“The vast majority of gay men” . There, fixed it for you.

Tatchell and his PIE chums excepted.

RobinEllacotStrike · 28/05/2025 14:57

RancidRuby · 28/05/2025 14:56

Breaking news - Gay men not a physical threat to anyone.

MN takes me to new places every day.

viques · 28/05/2025 14:57

No physical threat to anyone at that protest.

Odd comment, were all the other demonstrators over 16?

RancidRuby · 28/05/2025 14:56

Breaking news - Gay men not a physical threat to anyone.

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Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 14:56

viques · 28/05/2025 14:52

So did Peter Tatchell express his anger and concern when a disabled woman was arrested and held in a police cell for putting a sticker saying Woman : Adult Human Female ( or similar) on a lamp post. Must have missed his apoplectic outrage and letters to his MP.

And do the free Palestine protestors challenge every perceived injustice? Are Black Lives Matter interested in enslaved workers building stadia in Saudi Arabia?

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AnSolas · 28/05/2025 14:55

What?

Because he is gay?🤣

JHound · 28/05/2025 14:55

viques · 28/05/2025 14:52

So did Peter Tatchell express his anger and concern when a disabled woman was arrested and held in a police cell for putting a sticker saying Woman : Adult Human Female ( or similar) on a lamp post. Must have missed his apoplectic outrage and letters to his MP.

Whata

what a

Whataboutery.

Charlottejbt · 28/05/2025 14:54

Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 12:20

This post is not intended to discuss PT’s views or his past. Only the fact that he was arrested for his placard. Play the ball not the man.

Peter Tatchell is a turd and his involvement is very unhelpful to any legitimate cause, and he must know it. With nonces as friends, who needs enemies?

RobinEllacotStrike · 28/05/2025 14:54

becasue he is gay?

odd.

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Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 14:53

RobinEllacotStrike · 28/05/2025 14:48

whats his being gay got to do with anything?

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The point is that he is no physical threat to anyone at that protest.

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viques · 28/05/2025 14:52

So did Peter Tatchell express his anger and concern when a disabled woman was arrested and held in a police cell for putting a sticker saying Woman : Adult Human Female ( or similar) on a lamp post. Must have missed his apoplectic outrage and letters to his MP.

usedtobeaylis · 28/05/2025 14:52

I can't stand Tatchell, he turns my stomach, but 'you're probably guilty of something' isn't a good way to operate a justice system.

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Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 14:52

JeremiahBullfrog · 28/05/2025 14:48

I agree with him on both Israel and Hamas. But there are plenty of tacit Hamas supporters amongst the kind of people who attended pro-Palestine marches. Standing amongst a group of terrorist supporters with a sign calling out the organisation they support is asking for trouble, to put it mildly. Which is why the police, who would rather avoid goading terrorists to kick off in the streets, asked him to stay away, and then arrested him when he didn't.

The police should just be honest.. "PT, we are asking you to leave because we don't have the numbers to protect your from the mob. If you don't, we'll detain you for your own safety." Galling that it should be necessary, and in an ideal world it would be whoever gives PT grief at the protest whether it be one, ten, fifty, or fifty thousand that winds up in the cells. But in the real world, its the least bad option.

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JHound · 28/05/2025 14:52

ChessorBuckaroo · 28/05/2025 14:41

He wasn't.

Met: “Mr Tatchell was initially detained after concerns were raised with officers by stewards from the Palestine Coalition protest. Officers spoke with him and, believing him to be a counter protester, directed him to join the counter protest in its designated area. When he attempted to rejoin the Palestine Coalition protest he was arrested on suspicion of breaching the conditions in place and to prevent a breach of the peace."

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So there seems to be some inconsistency in reporting and I don’t trust anything the police ever have to say.

The mystery continues.

PencilsInSpace · 28/05/2025 14:50

In 1998 he wrote this lovely obituary for Ian Dunn who was co-founder of the Paedophile Information Exchange

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html

Then there's the video from more recent times, posted upthread. I'm not sure what year that was.

ChessorBuckaroo · 28/05/2025 14:49

DoubleShotEspresso · 28/05/2025 14:43

It reads that way yes.

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Nah. Far too much credit given in that take.

For some reason I have "thick as mince" in my head.. don't know why I'd be thinking of mince although I may have some later.

PencilsInSpace · 28/05/2025 14:48

Also in 1997 Tatchell published this interview with 'Lee' - a 14 y/o looked-after child who was being abused by numerous adult men and who was inexplicably hanging around Tatchell's 'friend's house.

Tatchell thinks it's OK because these things were said by 'Lee' and not by him. It's still up on his website.

https://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/im-14-im-gay-i-want-a-boyfriend/

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RobinEllacotStrike · 28/05/2025 14:48

Everanewbie · 28/05/2025 14:46

But how could any one deem his a counter protest? It wasn't. He was protesting against Israel. But he had the nerve to mention evils committed by Hamas too. I think the police wilfully misunderstood the situation to keep the peace. And make no mistake, the peace needed keeping from the fanatics supporting Gaza (read Hamas) not PT, a lone, elderly gay man.

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whats his being gay got to do with anything?

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