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<p>“They should be burned alive.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/RobinForeman-Quercus">by Robin Foreman-Quercus</a> | 24th July 2014</p><p></p><p>In case you’ve been asleep for the last day or so, the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony took place last night. In amongst the usual song and dance of such an affair, <a href="http://thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/News-The-Big-Commonwealth-Gay-Kiss---Barrowman-Puckers-Up/8504007">something relatively insignificant happened: a person kissed someone.</a></p><p></p><p>This would usually go without comment, except for the fact it was two men; one of them being John Barrowman. I’m no massive fan of Barrowman’s attention-seeking antics, but even he does not deserve this delightful tweet from Twitter user @Looney_Ent: “This is disgusting, they should be burned alive. Commonwealth Games ceremony gay kiss #nohomo #nohomo #nohomo”</p><p></p><p>
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<p></p><p>The Twitter community dove into action, reporting the offending tweet to Twitter and the Metropolitan Police. In the face of such backlash, and following warnings from the ever-delightful @FleetStreetFox, the homophobic tweet has been removed and replaced with a barbed apology.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, I couldn’t reach John Barrowman for comment.</p><p></p><p>
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This would usually go without comment, except for the fact it was two men; one of them being John Barrowman. I’m no massive fan of Barrowman’s attention-seeking antics, but even he does not deserve this delightful tweet from Twitter user @Looney_Ent: “This is disgusting, they should be burned alive. Commonwealth Games ceremony gay kiss #nohomo #nohomo #nohomo”
The Twitter community dove into action, reporting the offending tweet to Twitter and the Metropolitan Police. In the face of such backlash, and following warnings from the ever-delightful @FleetStreetFox, the homophobic tweet has been removed and replaced with a barbed apology.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t reach John Barrowman for comment.
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