..this is awful..there really does seem to be a huge wave of intolerance atm and I’m not sure why but it’s very, very worrying...and sexuality appears to have become the most recent ‘target’ of hateful actions...:sad:..

I think like most crimes it’s always been going on but it’s making mainstream news more and in the search for readers the papers look for more cases.

What I have noticed more so recently is the intolerance on this forum!

There is a lot of anger on this site and it’s not good.

I think thugs have been enabled. It's manifesting in a particular way at the moment, but i think this is a much wider issue

Watching the news last night, they were NOT stoned ,something was thrown but the woman it hit didn't know what it was

Imagine picking this hill to die on. "Look guys it was just a classic misogynist assault, nothing to do with that dirty gay sensation I'm completely uncomfortable with"

See in this case, this clearly was without question an outright homophobic attack. I can't see there being any more to it than that.

I still deny that there's any problem with pointing out that the other recent attack is a nuanced issue that more heavily leans towards the underlying dangers for all women when faced with threatening groups of men, though, and I think the idea that we have to "keep it simple" or "paint in broad strokes" is generally an error in terms of tackling the actual issues.

This is the thread, Josy.

Yes I know I've read it and replied to you.