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Doyoumind · 19/07/2019 03:20

Woke up and, not being able to get back to sleep, picked up my phone.

I haven't read them all, of course, but from what I can tell the 3000 responses to their tweet so far not surprisingly don't seem to be in support of their view.

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Goosefoot · 19/07/2019 07:09

love is love

I'm not sure this is doing anyone any favours either. It fits right in with all the really far out stuff.

Pota2 · 19/07/2019 07:05

Yeah, I am thinking of people like Patrick Strudwick and Adrian Harrop and others who have encouraged stuff like this.

QueenofCBA · 19/07/2019 07:04

Wow, that backfired spectacularly, didn’t it!

I actually didn’t get that it was meant as a criticism and not an endorsement for a second. Blush

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Pota2 · 19/07/2019 06:41

Even if that Mikey D says it’s a good point, it’s still homophobic. The comment below it talks about bestiality and paedophilia as the ‘next thing’ on from accepting gay people. That is really sad. And there are homophobes out there unfortunately.

The problem I think is including a load of other stuff under the LGB umbrella. LGB is about sexual orientation. The only other letter that should be under there is maybe asexuals, but I struggle to understand how trans was ever thought to be appropriate to include under there, let alone all the others. Trans is not a sexual orientation. Intersex is a medical condition and it’s really insulting to those who have it to include them under that umbrella. Queer doesn’t seem to have any real meaning and seems to be used by straight people.

I feel sorry for LGB people who will now be set back decades due to this idiotic insistence that we have to embrace absolutely everything that people have a sexual preference for. No- some things are still harmful and it’s not ‘hate’ to say that.

ShagMeRiggins · 19/07/2019 06:30

so much for the lie that gay people don't hurt anyone"

Didn’t see that tweet (probably didn’t expand enough threads) but did see Mikey D’s tweet and thought it was a good point.

Xiaoxiong · 19/07/2019 04:28

Oh a gay man has made a similar point!

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Xiaoxiong · 19/07/2019 04:26

There was another one calling gay people degenerates but I can't find it.

Xiaoxiong · 19/07/2019 04:22

Here are some, this is what I meant.

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Xiaoxiong · 19/07/2019 04:20

Yes 99% of the comments are positive. But I definitely saw homophobic comments too, trying to scroll through many thousands of tweets now...

Xiaoxiong · 19/07/2019 04:17

I'm on my phone up with a sick kid but I definitely saw tweets saying "so much for the lie that gay people don't hurt anyone" and rubbish like that

GirlDownUnder · 19/07/2019 04:14

I didn't see homophobia either in what I read.

Me either, and I did go re-read, but thought may be I was just not sensitive enough to it.

Maybe Xiao could help out here?

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Doyoumind · 19/07/2019 04:09

I didn't see homophobia either in what I read.

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ShagMeRiggins · 19/07/2019 03:59

Xiao homophobia? Where? I read through comments and didn’t see any homophobia, just a lot of “good” and “about time” and comments about safeguarding children.

Xiaoxiong · 19/07/2019 03:41

So much homophobia in the comments Sad this is what I have been so worried about, that all the prejudice against gay people - gay men in particular - is going to come roaring back as a result. All the campaigning of the last few decades emphasising that gay relationships are about two consenting adults, love is love, marriage equality etc. and rooting out the PIE/Nambla types - it all seems to be going backwards.

AlwaysComingHome · 19/07/2019 03:35

I’m not sure ‘Trump hates paedophiles’ is as great a campaign strategy as Penis News thinks it is.

GirlDownUnder · 19/07/2019 03:30

Well they've certainly been ratio'd Grin It's about time, and it's good to also see the show Desmond is Amazing has also been negatively highlighted.

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