It Really Wasn’t Difficult to Laugh at Homophobia on Social Media
I harnessed my inner 13-year-old, and the results were hilarious
As a Brit, my tolerance for bigots has sunk to an all-time low this week. Rational arguments never seem to work, so I employed a different strategy: using their online hate to be silly AF. I was going to have some fun with them, and I did.
There have been a couple of weeks of racism and violence towards people of colour, Muslims and migrants in the UK. Three children were stabbed to death, and fake news spread that the perpetrator was a Muslim and an immigrant. He had no connection to Islam and was Welsh, but that didn’t stop the far right.
The riots briefly distracted me from how angry people get about companies supporting Pride. The homophobia hadn’t gone away. Rainbow flags still get some people very, very angry.
Iceland Air posted on Instagram to celebrate Pride Week in Reykjavik. There is lots of content on Instagram, and it’s really easy to scroll past stuff that you don’t like, but of course, the homophobes had to comment. The irony that the algorithm will now target them with such posts is not lost here.
I’ve been having hot flashes and night sweats over the past few days. The lack of sleep only led to thoughts of…
