Recently in Britain we’ve had paedophile scandal after
paedophile scandal, I think we have almost a dozen separate inquiries all
looking into the various scandals and it’s become clear that previous “investigations”
were narrowed down as much as possible. Arse covering was the norm, reputation
preserving was what mattered. Same old story, alas.
And a lot of his criticism is hitting the Tory party
since one of the scandals his hitting ex-Tory aides.
Hmmm
See, I don’t want it to either. Homophobia often means
people often attack gay men as child abusers –just look at the bigots
commenting on the Sandusky scandal for one. The Tories should know that – they’ve
been the chief forces behind such homophobia – the bigots Baroness Warsi and
Theresa May have both attacked gay rights on the basis of “protecting children.”
Except…
Well, except that it’s all been rather… civilised so far.
Oh there have been the usual internet trolls but even the Daily Mail has been
astonishingly restrained. (It is NOW making connections to gay men – because Cameron
raised it). I assume that they locked Melanie Phillips and Jan Moir in a box
somewhere to marinate in their collective venom.
See, if there had been a witch hunt against gay men, if
the scandals were constantly referring to gay men or even raising gay men in
any significant way, I’d be the first to fight against that and be happy that
people are helping combat it.
But the highest profile cases we have at the moment are
Jimmy Saville and Gary Glitter – decidedly straight men; and just like gay men, their sexuality is irrelevent to their paedophilia. Whether this witch
hunt against us will happen remains to be seen – but, at present, it isn’t. Or wasn't.
So what is Cameron talking about? Is he trying to pre-emptively head off such a witch hunt? Or is he trying to stop investigation into the scandal by using gay men as a tool – but suggesting the attackers are homophobic and using the tactics of, well, his party does he try to end the investigation before it hits too close to home?
The only one connecting gay men to this investigation is
Cameron. He is the one who has raised this and, if a witch hunt happens now, it
will be at his instigation. I have the nasty feeling we’ve just been thrown not
so much under the bus in an attempt to derail this scrutiny.
No-one’s talking about gay men, Cameron. So why are you?