It’s sad because I always felt Ireland was a very pro-LGBT country but these last few months I’m beginning to question whether there’s an anti-LGBT movement happening that I’m just unaware of. Am I just naive to the true homophobic undertones of society?
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The absolute state of the comments here.
I heard they collected upwards of ten grand, not bad.
Ireland isn’t as progressive as many thought
The comments here are fucking shocking. Also very annoying that I don’t remember this level of ugh they weren’t actually gay bashed when it was in relation to gay men being attacked recently. People do not understand that actually lesbians are also victims of homophobia, people do realise we are gay and not two girls being friends and also there is a sizable cohort of men who seem to think masculine presenting lesbian = woman I am allowed to punch. Happens with depressing regularity.
You’re far more likely to be verbally or physically assaulted if you’re LGBTQ. It’s that simple. Two women presenting as lesbian in a couple being attacked is more likely to be a homophobic attack than a random attack. The two girls say it’s a homophobic attack, given that they were the ones being attacked I’m inclined to think they’d know more about the situation than randomers on Reddit. To echo another comment on this thread, the absolute state of the comments on here.
Maybe instead of trying to downplay the upsurge in verbal and physical homophobic attacks in this country, it’d be more beneficial to everyone to ask why that upsurge exists in the first place and ways to combat it.
Attacks based on sexual orientation deserve to carry a custodial sentence because they don’t just attack the minority groups, they attack the very core of our society, they project an intolerant one, a kind of direction for us that can only lead to further declines in other areas. You start with gay people, then it’s people of colour, religion, gender etc.
I used to happily walk around the streets of Ireland with my now wife, about 10 years ago, holding hands and all. We’ve noticed the shift over the last 5-8 years and slowly began to limit how we interact outside, to the point where now, we’re cautious to even look at each other too lovingly.
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Did they know who done it to them or is their name protected like most scumbags?
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What an absolute disgusting attack. Fucking scum of the earth
The amount of hate comments here is disgusting. Imagine reading about someone being attacked and questioning the victims motive’s instead. So scummy.
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It’s sad because I always felt Ireland was a very pro-LGBT country but these last few months I’m beginning to question whether there’s an anti-LGBT movement happening that I’m just unaware of. Am I just naive to the true homophobic undertones of society?
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The absolute state of the comments here.
I heard they collected upwards of ten grand, not bad.
Ireland isn’t as progressive as many thought
The comments here are fucking shocking. Also very annoying that I don’t remember this level of ugh they weren’t actually gay bashed when it was in relation to gay men being attacked recently. People do not understand that actually lesbians are also victims of homophobia, people do realise we are gay and not two girls being friends and also there is a sizable cohort of men who seem to think masculine presenting lesbian = woman I am allowed to punch. Happens with depressing regularity.
You’re far more likely to be verbally or physically assaulted if you’re LGBTQ. It’s that simple. Two women presenting as lesbian in a couple being attacked is more likely to be a homophobic attack than a random attack. The two girls say it’s a homophobic attack, given that they were the ones being attacked I’m inclined to think they’d know more about the situation than randomers on Reddit. To echo another comment on this thread, the absolute state of the comments on here.
Maybe instead of trying to downplay the upsurge in verbal and physical homophobic attacks in this country, it’d be more beneficial to everyone to ask why that upsurge exists in the first place and ways to combat it.
Attacks based on sexual orientation deserve to carry a custodial sentence because they don’t just attack the minority groups, they attack the very core of our society, they project an intolerant one, a kind of direction for us that can only lead to further declines in other areas. You start with gay people, then it’s people of colour, religion, gender etc.
I used to happily walk around the streets of Ireland with my now wife, about 10 years ago, holding hands and all. We’ve noticed the shift over the last 5-8 years and slowly began to limit how we interact outside, to the point where now, we’re cautious to even look at each other too lovingly.
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Did they know who done it to them or is their name protected like most scumbags?
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What an absolute disgusting attack. Fucking scum of the earth
The amount of hate comments here is disgusting. Imagine reading about someone being attacked and questioning the victims motive’s instead. So scummy.
The Church is the root of all evil