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Even Vera 😓

226 replies

Wavingnotdowning · 05/02/2023 21:44

Even Vera 😓

Just watching tonight's Vera. Obviously men should be allowed in womens' hostels. Daren't make a comment out loud as the teenagers have swallowed woke hook line and sinker.

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HirplesWithHaggis · 05/02/2023 21:47

Yeah, I went, "Gah!" at that, too.

WeAreOnTheRoadToNowhere · 05/02/2023 21:53

No place for a lass my arse🙄
I've lost interest in it now.

teapotfullofsquash · 05/02/2023 22:03

Glad I'm not the only one! How ridiculous. Really gutted as I'm such a Vera fan. 🙄

Wavingnotdowning · 05/02/2023 22:07

And me. So disappointed

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VestaTilley · 05/02/2023 22:15

You should complain. Nothing changes if you don’t complain.

VeniVidiWeeWee · 05/02/2023 22:28

Then why not educate your teenagers.
It is literally your job.

FlappyValley · 05/02/2023 22:36

You should complain. Nothing changes if you don’t complain.

This^

FlappyValley · 05/02/2023 22:42

Then why not educate your teenagers. It is literally your job.

I’m sure OP has tried to. I know several parents whose kids have been so brainwashed at school/uni/online that they literally think stating biological fact is on a par with racism, eugenics, etc., and can’t see how sexist and homophobic gender ideology is (much to their parents’ despair).

Hopefully they’ll eventually grow out of it.

teapotfullofsquash · 05/02/2023 22:47

I'm not the most articulate in writing but I have complained to Ofcom. As pp has stated, nothing changes if people don't say anything.

PrawnofthePatriarchy · 05/02/2023 22:47

I was horrified too. I'm going to go against my natural indolence and write a complaint.

JanusTheFirst · 05/02/2023 22:49

Pointless virtue signalling.

Very disappointing.

Wavingnotdowning · 05/02/2023 22:54

Yes - I hadn't thought of complaining, but I will do. I'm afraid my teenagers, 17, and 19, are way too far along the brainwashed road that my husband and I now feel that it is not worth the nuclear fallout at the moment. We are walking on eggshells in our own house.

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discobrain · 05/02/2023 23:22

YABU.

stbrandonsboat · 06/02/2023 00:25

Wow, they're really stepping up the brainwashing.

purpleme12 · 06/02/2023 00:36

I'm really worried about this.
Is it just going to carry on like this or will people realise?
My child is too young at 9 to think girls can change to be boys and vice versa but I worry for the future

stbrandonsboat · 06/02/2023 00:39

Whoever's pushing this, they're very determined and well funded. It's been thoroughly planned too. Interesting.

Ladybrrrd · 06/02/2023 00:42

YABU. If it makes you feel any better the woman you are talking about was sent to a men's hostel and looks like she was threatened/assaulted/harrassed. I'm sure with all the hysteria that's being whipped up around TW, that will become/will continue to be a reality. What are you complaining about? That a TV expressed some sympathy towards a TW?

gazpachosoupday · 06/02/2023 01:16

I dont get the problem with this, in the show, she is a police officer trying to get information out of a reluctant witness.

Its not like she is going to turn around and say, and because you have a penis that is where you should have been in the first place.

Murdoch1949 · 06/02/2023 03:03

I couldn't understand why the trans character was there, they didn't add to the plot development, just seemed shoehorned in.

HirplesWithHaggis · 06/02/2023 03:07

And not even particularly well-acted. 🙄

Ladybrrrd · 06/02/2023 03:11

Why shouldn't there be though? Why not? It did add to character development of the murdered person as he stepped in to help her and therefore paints him in a sympathetic light. There's your development.

avamiah · 06/02/2023 03:39

What happened?
It had already been on for about 40 mins when I switched it on and anybody who watches Vera knows you can’t just follow it from there so I didn’t.

HirplesWithHaggis · 06/02/2023 03:47

A man, almost universally loved and admired, was murdered. The fact he was trustworthy, loyal, had integrity was emphasised throughout and repeatedly. Anything more would be a spoiler! Grin

avamiah · 06/02/2023 04:00

@HirplesWithHaggis ,
You can’t stop there .☹️
So what is everybody going on about ?

HirplesWithHaggis · 06/02/2023 04:06

avamiah · 06/02/2023 04:00

@HirplesWithHaggis ,
You can’t stop there .☹️
So what is everybody going on about ?

One of the people who attested to his decency was a transwoman (but not a very convincing one). Vera describes this person as a "lass" who shouldn't have been sent/directed to a male homeless hostel. Many of us feel Vera wouldn't have responded thus in "real life", ie the character that we know. The whole thing just feels off.