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muriel_volestrangler

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7. I wouldn't call the targets of the name particularly 'macho' myself, but remember ...

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 31, 2017, 06:33 PM

Aug 2017

... these are Tories talking. They just want another name to use, and they don't like LGBT people, so calling any man a 'homo' is a useful insult, to them.

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A grassroots campaign like Activate needs heroes. The Tories dont have any(The Guardian) [View all] Ken Burch Aug 2017 OP

One issue with this article.... T_i_B Aug 2017 #1

Fair enough. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #2

Probably dead before it's properly alive - Tory activists caught discussing "gassing chavs" muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #3

OK...I know what "chavs" are, but what the hell is a "spice homo chav" meant to be? Ken Burch Aug 2017 #4

I have no idea about 'spice', unless it's saying they take the drug muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #5

Weird insult, really-my impression was that chavs are self-consciously "macho". Ken Burch Aug 2017 #6

I wouldn't call the targets of the name particularly 'macho' myself, but remember ... muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #7

Always true. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #8

This is pretty much exactly the behaviour that you would expect... T_i_B Sep 2017 #9

I've heard about the "Hang Mandela!" shirts and stickers young Tories sold in the Eighties Ken Burch Sep 2017 #10

The Activate train wreck continues T_i_B Sep 2017 #11