Gay Journalist Walks Off Set. Hosts Won’t Acknowledge Homophobia In Attack

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

Via Independent

Journalist Owen Jones stormed out of a live television interview about the mass killing in Orlando in protest at his interviewer’s refusal to name the shooting an attack on LGBT people.

“At the end of the day this was a homophobic hate crime, as well as terrorism and it has to be called out, as I have to say, on Sky News and lots of news channels, there’s not been many LGBT voices that I’ve heard myself,” he said.

“[…] it is one of the worst atrocities committed against LGBT people in the western world for generations and it has to be called out as such,” he added.

Host Mark Longhurst interjected and said the crime had been carried out against “human beings” who were “ trying to enjoy themselves, whatever their sexuality.”

Mr Jones fired back that Mr Longhurst “could not understand” as he was not gay. He also said the presenters were trying to “deflect” the homophobic element of the attack.

When co-panelist and journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer suggested that the killer might have taken equal umbrage against her, “a gobby woman”, Mr Jones became increasingly exasperated.

“I’m sorry, I just find this the most astonishing thing I’ve ever been involved in on television,” he said. “If he’d [Mateen had] walked into a synagogue and massacred dozens of Jewish people, you wouldn’t be saying what you’re saying now.”

He wrote an article about it on The Guardian.

[AJH219 4,448]

Good for him. I get and understand the rhetoric that "this was an attack on all Americans yada yada yada. But its time to get real, Pulse was singled out because it was an LGBT nightclub. This psycho specifically sought to throw our community into turmoil, to try and silence our love and pride. That some people are trying to minimize the importance of the location of this terrorist attack aggravates me. There are plenty of other places in Orlando where he could have inflicted carnage, yet he chose a prominent gay club. 

[Marina Braxton 71]

I follow him on twitter, I like him, he is 12

[MJHolland 12,725]

I don't really get what the guy is saying? The guy was obviously a lunatic. He was homophobic, but also a lunatic.

What's more aggravating is the fact that they think making it harder to get a gun is going to stop a terrorist who is willing to die for his/her cause. If they don't get a gun, they'll go to Home Depot, buy 30 bucks worth of stuff, and go home and youtube how to make a pipe bomb. Everyone could have died in that club if he did that. 

[Didymus 34,380]

"What are you talking about?"

lmao

My response, basically. What the **** is that host's problem.

[MJHolland 12,725]

2 minutes ago, AJH219 said:

Good for him. I get and understand the rhetoric that "this was an attack on all Americans yada yada yada. But its time to get real, Pulse was singled out because it was an LGBT nightclub. This psycho specifically sought to throw our community into turmoil, to try and silence our love and pride. That some people are trying to minimize the importance of the location of this terrorist attack aggravates me. There are plenty of other places in Orlando where he could have inflicted carnage, yet he chose a prominent gay club. 

His co-hosts were saying it was an attack on the LGBT community, he was just mad because they kept referring to him as a mad man and not just a man driven to murder by his homophobia. 

The gay guy had no reason to walk out. We do know the fact that he was so homophobic it brought him to murder or (/and) if he was a crazy person who was given orders to target the gay club.

[Didymus 34,380]

Oh now I see what they're doing lol Trying to connect dots that aren't supposed to be connected. There's no good reason to assume we can draw a parallel between the Paris attack and this one (yet).

[brendablethyn 536]

I was watching Fox News to see how they were covering it, they were barely mentioning the fact that it was a gay club, or talking about the victims. They were obsessed with ISIS and "radical Islam". And I am just looking on their website and the word "gay" comes up once on the homepage that has extensive coverage.

[Didymus 34,380]

1 minute ago, MJHolland said:

We do know the fact that he was so homophobic it brought him to murder or (/and) if he was a crazy person who was given orders to target the gay club.

That's not what they're saying and btw, then it would still be a homophobic terror attack, obviously People who don't want to call that what it is are just desperately trying to act like this attack had anything to do with them so they can spout out opinions about Islamic terrorist threats as a whole (which, indeed, is something that is their concern, but that shouldn't be brought up [yet] connected to this particular attack).

[GagaMyBlood95 9,915]

It was an OBVIOUS attack at the LGBT community, seriously people should talk about THAT problem!

[Marina Braxton 71]

I hate how the host talks to him like a headmaster lol

seriously though we have gay pride here (London) this month and I am a bit scared

not that I'll go, i've never gone to one before, can't be bothered to inflict my fabulousness on everyone

[Himeros26 1,688]

Now hold on;

for those of y'all who don't agree with the BLM movement - look at this and if you feel any form of frustration or anger due to our issues being suppressed and appropriated, that's exactly why that movement has been created. So stop and think before the next time you overlook racism or disregard the movement. 

[BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454]

Good for him, the hosts can suck a diamond encrusted d*ldo labeled Jose

[PaperIz 7,354]

3 minutes ago, Himeros26 said:

Now hold on;

for those of y'all who don't agree with the BLM movement - look at this and if you feel any form of frustration or anger due to our issues being suppressed and appropriated, that's exactly why that movement has been created. So stop and think before the next time you overlook racism or disregard the movement. 

I don't quite think this is the time for this.

[Didymus 34,380]

4 minutes ago, Himeros26 said:

for those of y'all who don't agree with the BLM movement - look at this and if you feel any form of frustration or anger due to our issues being suppressed and appropriated, that's exactly why that movement has been created. So stop and think before the next time you overlook racism or disregard the movement. 

Completely incomparable lol