A bus passenger’s “Homophobic Abuse Is Criminal” t-shirt didn’t stop a woman from screaming hatred at him in Manchester, England, according to another passenger on the bus.
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The confrontation went down on Saturday, August 24, after the man attended Manchester Pride. “The man was talking to people about how he had put a red bow on a policeman, which raises awareness for HIV,” Karina Townsley, who was on the bus, told the Manchester Evening News.
“It was a dead good atmosphere but then the woman started abusing him,” Townsley said, adding that the woman called the man a “fa**** and an ar******.’”
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“She asked why he was gay, asking if he had been sexually abused,” Townsley recalled. “He was trying to ignore the abuse. Everyone was disgusted.”
Video from the incident shows the bus driver telling the woman to “keep [her] voice down and mind [her] language.”
Townsley also pipes up in the video she shared to Facebook. “He’s not done anything to you,” she tells the woman. “You’re being nasty for no reason.”
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For his part, the man told the woman, “You have the freedom to be who you want to be. We can all be who we want to be, especially this weekend.”
Townsley told the newspaper the woman’s homophobic rant also rattled her 7-year-old daughter, who had a pride flag painted on her face: “My daughter was shaking. She isn’t used to conflict.”
“I was really shocked at first. I thought, ‘Am I hearing this right?’” Townsley added. “I am bisexual myself and have got lots of gay friends, and to hear things like that is disgusting. I thought the most shocking thing was that he was just sitting there taking it. It was like he was used to it.”
Terrycloth
Driver should have stopped the bus and told her to get off. there would have been a round of applause..no need to keep her raranging any further.
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karl schroeder
She should have been asked to leave the bus or a police officer called. I understand that hate speech is illegal in the UK. It might be that the woman is having some kind of mental health issues – even so, she could have been moved to another bus. ‘It was like he was used to it’ probably because he is.
Doug
She sounds like she’s drunk.
Rex Huskey
i believe you are correct. poor thing. bless her heart.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Drunk nasty old crunt mad because she probably hasn’t had a dcik in her dusty vagina in 30 years …
Brian
I give up, what is “ar******”?
Hereiam
I rattled my brain for the same thing. I think it either stands for Arkansan, articulate, or artery-saving clot buster. But I could be wrong. She could have called him an armchair. Or arousing. Or Arthur. But, I’m just guessing. Who would abbreviate whatever word “ar-” starts with without giving some of the other letters……someone who is an “as.”
LostMyClothesAgain
ARSEHOLE
niles
These incidents seem to be happening with greater frequency in the UK lately. It was bound to happen with all of the far right nutjobs running around loose, and the country moving further and further into Naziesque territory. One of these days, someone is not going to just sit there and take it. There may not be many guns, but knives are plentiful and can cut a b***h’s throat real fast.
maxdadmark
Already happening in the US.
batesmotel
They should’ve stopped the bus and kicked her out. And why is it homophobes like her can’t articulate and annunciate words in a crystal clear fashion?