This Facebook post takes an interesting turn.
A Brazilian man has shared this image and his outrage with Facebook followers. And it’s getting a lot of support for a surprising reason.
Translated by Buzzfeed, Nelson writes, “I’m not prejudiced. I think people should do whatever they want to with their lives. But I think it’s absurd that I should be forced to witness a scene like this.”
“What people do in private is their business only, but yes, what they do in public concerns me. And I refuse to see a scene like this and consider it normal.”
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At this point it’s all a little bit uncomfortable and you would be forgiven for thinking Nelson is a bit of a homophobe.
But as you take a closer look at the image, the story gets a little more interesting.
“They’re challenging social conventions, and that can be dangerous, what if some tragedy strikes, or worse, if someone dies, who’s to blame,” he writes.
“What would happen to a child who sees this scene every day?”
Then thankfully Nelson finally drops in the real reason for his ‘outrage’.
“Kids will think it’s normal to wait for the subway on the yellow line.”
“So don’t act like that guy over there. Follow the example of the girls,” he concludes, as the girls are standing well away from the edge.
Ahhhh, good one Nelson. You nearly had us.
Top Comments
Just goes to show that people are so quick to label others homophobic without taking the time to fully understand exactly what he's going on about.
When you experience the prejudice we receive, as regularly as we do, you understand why people think they are being judged
Exactly. Not to mention the fact that he deliberately made it sound like he was being homophobic. The whole point of the point was the 'reveal' at the end that he was talking about something else (eg gotcha!).
I don't think it's for society to have to try to *not* find others homophobic, I think the onus is on people not to sound homophobic.
Staged much? the guy works for Google Brazil ;). But it must be real because it appeared on the internet
What on earth is unusual or interesting enough about this photo that it would need to be staged??