Homophobic Hate Crime In Waltham Forest

[Gromit]

Hope they catch this bigot.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/muslim-woman-gay-pride-parade-march-abuse-london-hate-crime-a9023996.html

[Smowball]

Think that woman needs a few chill out pills! Blimey!

[vetuste_ennemi]

If you believe in multi-culturalism (and you may not), then it follows that you must accept both that culture A which thinks homosexuality is good and that culture B which thinks homosexuality is an abomination are equally valid.

The B culture person who is asserting her own values is not the bigot, it's the racist who's attacking her.

[vetuste_ennemi]

I'm not suggesting Gromit understands that argument, Smowball. But I think you might.

[douglas9401]

From the photo it shouldn't be difficult to track down the abuser.

I mean how many people are allowed to walk the streets concealing their identity and ranting? Can't be many, surely.

[david small]

So she has a different opinion re homosexuality. Is she not entitled to express her opinion? Repression of a valid point of view IS bigotry.

[douglas9401]

Certain trump cards exist to avoid circular argument.

[aelmpvw]

'the lady doth protest too much, methinks'

[ToraToraTora]

cant see the link because I use the unmentionable.

[zabado]

It's as funny as a Monty Python sketch.

[Old_Geezer]

If all she was doing was yelling her views then it'd be ridiculous to label it a hate crime. (Perhaps all those on gay pride marchs are committing hate crimes against non-gay folk by pushing their sexual preference as the norm.) Whilst one might argue she shouldn't get so het up, it's equally true those objecting to her free speech ought equally not get so het up. The marchers are those acting provocatively by parading time and again anyway. It's hardly surprising some get fed up with it. It may even be a cause of the increased violence towards the LGBT community by the intolerant, that are found in the news media these days.

[hereIam]

^ BA right there.

[naomi24]

Is anyone else getting thoroughly fed up with the over-use of words like ‘bigot’, ‘racist’, ‘homophobic’, etc ... or is it just me?

[spathiphyllum]

Do you take objection to the words bigot, racist and homophobic or do you take objection to bigots, racists and homophobes?

[Bobbisox1]

No, Naomi, not just you, it seems fashionable to spout such words now, hate crime , I'd like to define hate crime, does bullying come under that banner? If it does that many a young person at school ,college etc could take their tormentors to court couldn't they? Or it reserved for people who speak out against something they don't believe in?

[cassa333]

Ol geezer @ 9.14 has it about right.

Free speech is free speech. If you don’t like what someone exercising their free speech is saying either don’t listen or counter it with facts.

Anyway I rather like this from the article.... As the Pride march passed down the other side of the road, the woman wearing clothing commonly associated with female followers of Islam, ..... so there not even sure a woman wearing the garb of Muslim woman, shouting things a Muslim would shout is a Muslim lol only in 2019s political correctness could we come to this lol

[spathiphyllum]

It's not fashionable to "spout words"... It's fashionable to be a good person, and stand up to racist, bigots and homophobes. The issue isn't the words, the issue is the people who carry these labels.

[dannyk13]

Bobbisox
https://www.cps.gov.uk/hate-crime

[Jordyboy9]

If all she was doing was yelling her views then it'd be ridiculous to label it a hate crime. (Perhaps all those on gay pride marchs are committing hate crimes against non-gay folk by pushing their sexual preference as the norm.) Whilst one might argue she shouldn't get so het up>>>well said totaly agree with you

[Bobbisox1]

Spath I agree with Naomi, the words are grossly overused !