A hero for straight men, Peter Tatchell.
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Peter Tatchell, a Green Party member, long time Gay Rights activist, socialist and general lefty figurehead is without doubt one of the bravest and most principled men of two generations.
I could find a thousand points to disagree with him on yet he remains a hero of mine.
From attending Gay Rights marches in Russia (where he could easily have been disappeared), to taking on Mugabe's thug bodyguards without thought for his own safety(leaving him with permanent damage), to openly criticizing Islamic fundamentalism while everybody else runs scared.
He has stuck to his principles despite accusations of racism, religious intolerance and anti-semitism.
This bloke has been hated by every side of every community at every turn and yet he refuses to comprises his principles.
Frankly I couldn't give a sh*t if I find some of his views absurd, thankfully we live in a system that allows such debate, and if I ever get the chance to shake his hand I would consider it an honour.
Top bloke.
I could find a thousand points to disagree with him on yet he remains a hero of mine.
From attending Gay Rights marches in Russia (where he could easily have been disappeared), to taking on Mugabe's thug bodyguards without thought for his own safety(leaving him with permanent damage), to openly criticizing Islamic fundamentalism while everybody else runs scared.
He has stuck to his principles despite accusations of racism, religious intolerance and anti-semitism.
This bloke has been hated by every side of every community at every turn and yet he refuses to comprises his principles.
Frankly I couldn't give a sh*t if I find some of his views absurd, thankfully we live in a system that allows such debate, and if I ever get the chance to shake his hand I would consider it an honour.
Top bloke.
Edited by br d on Friday 2nd April 17:14
br d said:
Peter Tatchell, a Green Party member, long time Gay Rights activist, socialist and general lefty figurehead is without doubt one of the bravest and most principled men of two generations.
I could find a thousand points to disagree with him on yet he remains a hero of mine.
From attending Gay Rights marches in Russia (where he could easily have been disappeared), to taking on Mugabe's thug bodyguards without thought for his own safety(leaving him with permanent damage), to openly criticizing Islamic fundamentalism while everybody else runs scared.
He has stuck to his principles despite accusations of racism, religious intolerance and anti-semitism.
This bloke has been hated by every side of every community at every turn and yet he refuses to comprises his principles.
Frankly I couldn't give a sh*t if I find some of his views absurd, thankfully we live in a system that allows such debate, and if I ever get the chance to shake his hand I would consider it an honour.
Top bloke.
+1I could find a thousand points to disagree with him on yet he remains a hero of mine.
From attending Gay Rights marches in Russia (where he could easily have been disappeared), to taking on Mugabe's thug bodyguards without thought for his own safety(leaving him with permanent damage), to openly criticizing Islamic fundamentalism while everybody else runs scared.
He has stuck to his principles despite accusations of racism, religious intolerance and anti-semitism.
This bloke has been hated by every side of every community at every turn and yet he refuses to comprises his principles.
Frankly I couldn't give a sh*t if I find some of his views absurd, thankfully we live in a system that allows such debate, and if I ever get the chance to shake his hand I would consider it an honour.
Top bloke.
Edited by br d on Friday 2nd April 17:14
I agree with the OP, and I agree that he's a man of principle, but I have reservations. I mean come on, he's been in the media for nigh on three decades, so let's not forget all the other stuff too, he's also been a huge a
hole in more ways than one over the years.
Not that there's anything wrong in being a huge ahole of course, some of my best friends are huge aholes, and I've been known to be one myself from time to time.
hole in more ways than one over the years.Not that there's anything wrong in being a huge a
hole of course, some of my best friends are huge aholes, and I've been known to be one myself from time to time.Edited by Balmoral Green on Friday 2nd April 20:22
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