Homophobic attack on London bus - mod warning, please see OP

klaaaz

2 women were bloodily beaten up by a group of men in a violent homophobic attack. Why do some men get upset, angry and offended at gay people existing, they could have just minded their own business on what other's people's sexuality is but they rather intervene in strangers lives and beat them up for being gay.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-48555889

Mod Warning 28/07/19

Beasty wrote: »

This is a thread about homophobic attacks, not Muslims, Now cease that avenue of discussion

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Tipsy McSwagger

Because of religious beliefs

RasTa

Photo does look staged but believe it happened just it's a weird photo to take after what happened

RasTa

RasTa wrote: »

Photo does look staged but believe it happened just it's a weird photo to take after what happened

You're not the sentimental type.

Captain Flaps

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Because of religious beliefs

"A group of young men began harassing them when they discovered the women were a couple, asking them to kiss while making sexual gestures."

From another article on Sky:

"They started behaving like hooligans, demanding that we kissed so they could enjoy watching, calling us 'lesbians' and describing sexual positions. In an attempt to calm things down, I started making jokes. I thought this might make them go away. Chris even pretended she was sick, but they kept on harassing us, throwing us coins and becoming more enthusiastic about it."

Yeah, definitely sounds like the group you're not so subtly alluding to.

Tipsy McSwagger

Captain Flaps wrote: »

"A group of young men began harassing them when they discovered the women were a couple, asking them to kiss while making sexual gestures."

Yeah, definitely sounds like the group you're not so subtly alluding to.

It’s the BBC they ain’t going to mention the Religious angle

DEFTLEFTHAND

London is a cesspool of criminality these days.

ceadaoin.

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Because of religious beliefs

What? This has nothing to do with religious beliefs. The men wanted the women to put on a show for them. When they refused they beat them. So not just a homophobic attack, a misogynistic one too from men who think that women exist for their titillation, and who don't like to be told no

Silentcorner

klaaaz wrote: »

2 women were bloodily beaten up by a group of men in a violent homophobic attack. Why do some men get upset, angry and offended at gay people existing, they could have just minded their own business on what other's people's sexuality is but they rather intervene in strangers lives and beat them up for being gay.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-48555889

What is very worrying is that boys/men are normally socialized not to hit women...even today, it is much more likely that a man would be assaulted by strangers!

Toxic parenting affects girls and boys differently, boys/men lash out, girls/women have a different process.

Birneybau

Captain Flaps wrote: »

"A group of young men began harassing them when they discovered the women were a couple, asking them to kiss while making sexual gestures."

Yeah, definitely sounds like the group you're not so subtly alluding to.

4 lads arrested, one had been speaking Spanish. But sure, religion of peace...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/07/two-women-left-bloodied-in-homophobic-attack-on-london-bus

Samuel T. Cogley

Not only a bunch of scumbags for attacking a gay couple, but you're no man at all if you beat up a woman.

ILoveYourVibes

That is so sad.

suicide_circus

spaniards at it again

Birneybau

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

It’s the BBC they ain’t going to mention the Religious angle

Hammered McWrongUn

Captain Flaps

Birneybau wrote: »

4 lads arrested, one had been speaking Spanish. But sure, religion of peace...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/07/two-women-left-bloodied-in-homophobic-attack-on-london-bus

Ah yeah I forgot that Islam is the official religion in Spain, very silly of me.

Birneybau

Captain Flaps wrote: »

Ah yeah I forgot that Islam is the official religion in Spain, very silly of me.

It's like heroin, very Moorish

Samuel T. Cogley

Captain Flaps wrote: »

Ah yeah I forgot that Islam is the official religion in Spain, very silly of me.

I thought he was talking about Catholicism seeing as there was a sexual element.

gosh thats terrible, an assault in london.

*carries on with day*

kneemos

This thread is actually more disturbing than the attack.

RasTa

Well the 4 kids arrested where between 15-18.

suicide_circus

kneemos wrote: »

This thread is actually more disturbing than the attack.

is it?

kildare lad

Poor girls, at least they caught them ,unfortunately London's gone to the dogs with crime recently , I think there was over 100 people stabbed to death last year there. Other people on the bus were probably worried they'd get stabbed I've they'd intervened .

FunLover18

I don't understand why people are making a religious link. People who want to see two women kissing for entertainment are unlikely to be extremely religious IMO.

Pretzill

Cowardly (unts! It depresses me how low society has gone in recent years.

sabat

Birneybau wrote: »

4 lads arrested, one had been speaking Spanish. But sure, religion of peace...

Who was the one guy speaking Spanish talking to?

amcalester

sabat wrote: »

Who was the one guy speaking Spanish talking to?

One of the victims is from Uruguay, he might have been speaking to her.

Birneybau

FunLover18 wrote: »

I don't understand why people are making a religious link. People who want to see two women kissing for entertainment are unlikely to be extremely religious IMO.

It was a thinly veiled dig at Islam.

MrFresh

Birneybau wrote: »

It was a thinly veiled dig at Islam.

Thinly veiled?

Mrsmum

Terrible to be minding your own business in what should be a safe place for that to happen. It's good they have the guys involved though. Might porn have dehumanised women and lesbians to the extent they are able to get over the taboo of hitting women? Is it even a taboo any more ?

Apiarist

While this was a homophobic attack, I think these women just were unlucky to be picked by those lowlifes, who would have likely attacked someone (probably whoever looked weaker) on the bus anyway.

_blaaz

MrFresh wrote: »

Thinly veiled?

I think phrase is burka

FunLover18

Birneybau wrote: »

It was a thinly veiled dig at Islam.

It boggles my mind.

suicide_circus

victor8600 wrote: »

While this was a homophobic attack, I think these women just were unlucky to be picked by those lowlifes, who would have likely attacked someone (probably whoever looked weaker) on the bus anyway.

well they took the girls handbags so it was either theft with a side of homophobia or homophobia with a side of theft.

_blaaz wrote: »

I think phrase is burka

that is quite amusing

Sultan of Bling

Captain Flaps wrote:

Ah yeah I forgot that Islam is the official religion in Spain, very silly of me.

Will be the official religion of all Europe soon enough.

MrFresh

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Will be the official religion of all Europe soon enough.

Looking forward to my members pack. Has to be better than the iodine tablets we got a while back for joining the nuclear club.

judeboy101

Captain Flaps wrote: »

Ah yeah I forgot that Islam is the official religion in Spain, very silly of me.

It's was

Odhinn

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Will be the official religion of all Europe soon enough.

I thought the Gay Agenda meant we were all going to be transexual transvestites from transylvania meself.

vriesmays

Jennifer Connolly is now gay.

Rubberchikken

why did these women think that attempting to joke with these muppets would diffuse the situation?

dhaughton99

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

London is a cesspool of criminality these days.

Trump was spot on when he called out the sadiq Kahn during the week.

iamwhoiam

Rubberchikken wrote: »

why did these women think that attempting to joke with these muppets would diffuse the situation?

As oppossed to doing what ?

MrFresh

Rubberchikken wrote: »

why did these women think that attempting to joke with these muppets would diffuse the situation?

Because they were scared and trying to placate them.

suicide_circus

dhaughton99 wrote: »

Trump was spot on when he called out the sadiq Kahn during the week.

trumps visit probably emboldened them to commit this crime. their parents are brexit voters no doubt

ILoveYourVibes

These women could have lost their lives because they were the wrong sexual orientation.

ILoveYourVibes

Captain Flaps wrote: »

"A group of young men began harassing them when they discovered the women were a couple, asking them to kiss while making sexual gestures."

From another article on Sky:

"They started behaving like hooligans, demanding that we kissed so they could enjoy watching, calling us 'lesbians' and describing sexual positions. In an attempt to calm things down, I started making jokes. I thought this might make them go away. Chris even pretended she was sick, but they kept on harassing us, throwing us coins and becoming more enthusiastic about it."

Yeah, definitely sounds like the group you're not so subtly alluding to.

The later happens a lot. Maybe not as far as violence. But the goading.

smurgen

Feel very sorry for them girls.anyone attacking harmless people in such a cowardly fashion need to be caged asap

Hal3000

dhaughton99 wrote: »

Trump was spot on when he called out the sadiq Kahn during the week.

They've obviously adopted the Irish judiciary approach to sentencing there too... Good lad - a lovely letter from mammy - disadvantaged background - bright future ahead of him.....

Gimme A Pound

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

It’s the BBC they ain’t going to mention the Religious angle

I know that a lot of muslims are homophobic but you have zero evidence that it was muslims who carried this out.

And also, I'm not even sure it was a homophobic or misogynistic attack (i.e. because they're women and because they're gay). Homophobes wouldn't be looking for a sexy display by them surely. I think they got attacked because they refused to comply with the demands of some scummy pieces of sh1t.

kneemos wrote: »

This thread is actually more disturbing than the attack.

God yeah, words on the internet - so much worse than physical assault.

James Brown

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

It’s the BBC they ain’t going to mention the Religious angle

Anglican, religion of peace my arse!

FTA69

This site cracks me up at times. A pair of young women battered on the bus in an attack provoked due to their sexuality and people are either trying to play down the nature of the homophobia involved or else using this horrible incident based on prejudice to crowbar in a load of prejudice of their own.

Honestly like.

James Brown

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Will be the official religion of all Europe soon enough.

After Roman catholic I'll give it a fair go.