[Ammi]

..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.....

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..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.....

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.

[bots]

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

[chuff me dizzy]

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

[Shaun]

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"

[user104658]

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.

[Niamh.]

Deleted some posts in here, back ontopic please

[Alf]

This is the thread, Josy.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Alf

This is the thread, Josy.

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