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Twosugars
27-10-2019, 09:59 PM
A Labour MP’s office has been vandalised for the second time in a week, with homophobic graffiti spray-painted on the windows and walls.

The graffiti accused Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, of being a “pedo”.

Pollard, who is gay, said the word was a “common slur against gay people” and asked the culprit to “sit down and talk” to him in a video posted on Twitter.
The Guardian
arista
28-10-2019, 06:35 AM
https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/10/27/17/pollard-graffiti.jpg?w968h681


Yes not nice
get it removed

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/luke-pollard-labour-mp-homophobic-graffiti-office-vandalism-plymouth-a9173526.html
smudgie
28-10-2019, 10:36 AM
Some really thick and ignorant people out there.:fist:
Kizzy
28-10-2019, 10:41 AM
Why is pedo a homophobic slur?..
Oliver_W
28-10-2019, 10:46 AM
Why is pedo a homophobic slur?..

I was wondering that - if the claim is unfounded, then it's obviously unacceptable. But I don't see how it's related to him being gay.
Twosugars
28-10-2019, 01:14 PM
I was wondering that - if the claim is unfounded, then it's obviously unacceptable. But I don't see how it's related to him being gay.
Are you for real? You dont know some people think all gays are pedos?
Why is pedo a homophobic slur?..
See my answer above
Oliver_W
28-10-2019, 01:29 PM
Are you for real? You dont know some people think all gays are pedos?

See my answer above

I've literally never heard that tbh.

edit: just seen Dezzy's post. Must be an outdated thing, I guess the "writer" of the graffiti was old.
Twosugars
28-10-2019, 01:48 PM
I've literally never heard that tbh.

edit: just seen Dezzy's post. Must be an outdated thing, I guess the "writer" of the graffiti was old.

Or maybe you showed ignorance. This myth persists even if unexpressed.
Oliver_W
28-10-2019, 01:53 PM
Or maybe you showed ignorance. This myth persists even if unexpressed.

When was the last time you heard it?
Kizzy
28-10-2019, 10:16 PM
Or maybe you showed ignorance. This myth persists even if unexpressed.

That's a bit harsh... I'd never heard it either :/ If youve never experienced something it's not showing ignorance to question how or why it happens.
It would be ignorant to deny it happens as I'd never encountered it.