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[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 22 insightful - 3 fun22 insightful - 2 fun23 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Although Melania wrote “COMO HOMOSEXUALES” (translated literally by the media), and in follow up interviews Chris says she’s “queer”—a slur historically used to condemn homosexuality, later reclaimed by homosexuals, and in recent years appropriated to mean absolutely anyone—as of June 24th, Chris clarified that she’s bisexual (not homosexual), in an Op-ed.

It's amazing, isn't it? How it no longer feels cute to call yourself by a slur word after someone beats the fucking shit out of you for being same-sex attracted?

(It's horrible what happened to these women and I don't mean to take away from that, but I just liked that this journalist didn't mollycoddle the "queer" shit out of sympathy.)

I really wonder, I've heard so many nightmare stories coming from England regarding how the police (don't) deal with rape. Will these boys even be caught? And if they are caught, will they even be punished?

[–]writerlylesbian 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Police in England have massive funding issues. In many areas, they will not investigate crimes like burglaries, car theft, physical assault etc. But they will always find the time to pursue people for 'hate crimes' on twitter, of course (which means making a comment not in line with trans orthodoxy).

I think initially police dismissed this case, but then had to pay attention to it once it blew up into a huge deal in the media. Who knows if that led to arrest, charges etc. in the long term. Also, after it became a big media deal, one half of this couple wrote some dreadful media piece where she spent the whole time hand-ringing over being too 'privileged' because she was white. After experiencing a homophobic attack. God, it was such a wasted opportunity. Like, she could have spent the article drawing attention to all the difficulties and dangers LGB people still face, and say that disproportionately those issues will also be experienced by those who are less well off/ethnic minorities, and tell people what they could do to help (charity donations or whatever). Instead she just talked about how she was a bad person because she was a white woman who experienced a hate crime and eventually got people to give a shit.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Why should that woman feel bad about being white? Regardless of her skin colour, she and her partner were still attacked by those little shits. No amount of “white privilege” cancels out the fact that these two women were attacked and robbed for being homosexual and for refusing to entertain those twats.

Intersectionality is destroying our community, and it is making it harder for lesbian, gay and bisexual people who have been attacked or discriminated against because of their orientation to seek support.

And another thing. No offence to British people, but your police force is a joke. The saying about all of the cops in heaven being British has not aged well at all.

[–]writerlylesbian 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed on the British police. Though I am only half British, and only lived over there for a few years as an adult to see what it was like.

Also agreed on intersectionality being toxic. It's atrocious for a victim to apologise for having too much privilege because she's not an even WORSE victim who is also poor/Black/trans or whatever.