Tag: Social Issues
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Shit straight guys say
Sadly very true and very funny role reversal here… The classic I get quite a lot is ‘My (Relative/Teacher/Friend) was gay and he was such a nice guy’…umm *tumbleweed from me*, if you were really ‘down with it’ then you’d not say that, it has nothing to do with me, we are not all alike!…
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UKIP if you like…
Oh it’s the gift that keeps giving, ridiculing UKIP. They started a #WhyIVotedUKIP hashtag on Twitter, and you can guess what happened next. These are some of my faves – the polls are closed (I voted Green for EU and Green/Labour btw) and it still rolls on. LULZ! #WhyImVotingUkip Because I'm worried black people will…
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Doug Stanhope on not caring
I’ve seen this closer before – I think live when he was on that tour – but the bit about ‘I used to have some tyoe of social relevance in my act. There was a point where I really gave a shit about stuff, to a point where it was ruining my life.‘ still resonates…
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Porn Sex vs Real Sex
Despite the odd age block on the YouTube version, this is safe for work. Well, unless you have something against food. A good demonstration of how real sex differs from porn sex. 3 minutes though? Really? Only statistic there that I don’t get with, I must be an outlier…and obviously these statistics would be very…
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Pantigate
Only just found out about Pantigate via the very welcome comment from Archbishop of Ireland that ‘Homophobia insults god’ but I’m horrified at the treatment of Rory O’Neill aka Panti Bliss in Ireland. During a debate over same-sex marriage on RTE he was asked to name examples of homophobia by the host, and the people…
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Discrimination is a new Olympic sport
A hard hitting video from Russia Freedom Fund and Athlete Ally, pointing out the many countries including Russia where to be gay can be fined, imprisoned or even killed. As Sochi begins, and even Google has a rainbow doodle in protest with a quote from the Olympic Charter: “The practice of sport is a human…