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[Misc] Ivor Caplin's twitter account has taken an unexpected turn
- Thread starter Bozza
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- Oct 17, 2008
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Lucky bugger!
Do tell
I can totally understand why he’d want to hide his sexuality. You only need to look at this thread to see why.
As you say, legal.
Er, so? Plenty of people of all walks of life have young lovers. If they’re happy what’s the issue?
You’ll have to explain this.
Not illegal…so you keep saying.
I can’t help but think you have some kind of agenda?
- Oct 17, 2008
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I don’t know, it’s just very skeevy for anyone to fill their social media timeline with half (or fully) naked people, let alone people 40+ years their junior, and as a public figure at that.
I wouldn’t expect any man in his late 60’s to be plastering (unfortunate choice of words) sexual pictures of 18-19 year old women all over his timeline without everyone just thinking he’s a massive perv.
Best to keep that stuff to yourself, eh, in the privacy of your own life.
Soton Seagull
Well-known member
Interesting perspective. Merely know people which have dealt with him. Described as entitled and a bit creepy.
Accept sometimes repeating things you know or have heard sets you up for random accusations, but proverbial happens.
I don't have dog in this fight so to speak, so will leave it there.
Always though HT seemed a solid poster so not looking to become embroiled in nonsense.
He's not a public figure. He was booted out of Labour last year. For reasons undisclosed.
And his publishing of the images was widely reported during the summer.
And it isn't as if X is a secret society on the dark web.
I don't understand this thread at all.
It is as if someone posted a thread today about a new story that PM Sunak made a tit of himself in the rain. In June.
(It looks like Ivor has been having a meltdown. All a bit sad).
I totally agree it’s a bit weird and pervy but in the grand scheme of things, especially on Twitter, relatively harmless.
Each to their own.
Fair play
London Irish
Well-known member
He’s actually been doing this for at least a year or two now, surprised no one has noticed before. Being a bit horny on main is still superior to his political career
Cotton Socks
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- Feb 20, 2017
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This is not my area of expertise, but I was always led to believe that showing whatever bits of a female in mags was considered fine, but male genitalia in the way it has been displayed on X was considered 'hardcore' porn.
Tbf it doesn't really matter who has posted it (well it does a bit) but I should've had to type in my DOB to see that. I may have done previously but it's still a bit wrong.
Yeah fine if I go looking for it but I'd expect it to be more difficult to find. I've obviously become very naive in my old age.
John Byrnes Mullet
Global Circumnavigator
What a fall from grace. Poor guy must be suffering.
The male 'part' has always been 'hardcore'.This is not my area of expertise, but I was always led to believe that showing whatever bits of a female in mags was considered fine, but male genitalia in the way it has been displayed on X was considered 'hardcore' porn.
Tbf it doesn't really matter who has posted it (well it does a bit) but I should've had to type in my DOB to see that. I may have done previously but it's still a bit wrong.
Yeah fine if I go looking for it but I'd expect it to be more difficult to find. I've obviously become very naive in my old age.
It's sexism pure and simple.
- Oct 17, 2008
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I’d argue he’s getting off a lot lighter than if he was openly perving over young women of a similar age as a 66 year old man, but we clearly disagree on this.
This has been an ongoing criticism I’ve had of aspects of the gay community for decades, the huge number of gay pubs and clubs with posters of half (or fully) naked young men all over the walls, in the toilets, stacks of softcore gay porn magazines to browse.
It all just feels very seedy. I get that men are generally more direct about their desire for sex, but when accompanying gay friends to gay pubs and bars it was just very uncomfortable and certainly not something you’d really ever see in non-LGBT venues.
You should get out more.
Your stereotype is based on limited data and a clear streak of homophobia.
The 'gay scene' is not one thing any more that the 'straight scene' is having hardcore fanny porn on your phone (commonplace in some circles).
Which one of us is in his mid sixties and the other in his mid 30s?
- Oct 17, 2008
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Nonsense.You should get out more.
Your stereotype is based on limited data and a clear streak of homophobia.
The 'gay scene' is not one thing any more that the 'straight scene' is having hardcore fanny porn on your phone (commonplace in some circles).
Which one of us is in his mid sixties and the other in his mid 30s?
Many of my gay friends find the skeeviness in many gay pubs and bars gross, when they just want to go out and meet friends and not look at men gyrating on a loop on the tv screens. The last time I was in The Hart pub (formerly the Hartington) in Eastbourne they wanted to leave to go to elsewhere because of it.
I am absolutely 100% convinced that as a theatre professional with many gay friends, respectfully, less than half your age, I have experienced more of what I’m describing than you.
You’re trying to dictate to me my own experiences and calling them homophobic when I am just about the biggest straight LBGT ally possible and actually do “get out”.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Oh and here’s a thread you might find illuminating:You should get out more.
Your stereotype is based on limited data and a clear streak of homophobia.
The 'gay scene' is not one thing any more that the 'straight scene' is having hardcore fanny porn on your phone (commonplace in some circles).
Which one of us is in his mid sixties and the other in his mid 30s?
No, you tried to correct what I said (that showing a bit of fanny has always been more acceptable in 'soft' porn circles than showing a bit of cock. That was all I said. Dig out a 70s copy of any razzle and you'll see what I mean. Not a todger in sight.
But you decided to lecture me about the gay scene.
I can assure you that because the landscape has now totally changed (being a quite, modest but out gay man is now much easier to navigate and much more visible), doesn't mean that there are no longer gay men who have a different outlook. You know that anyway because you have seen it. Neither you or you gay pals like it. That's fine. But others do. That's their business, innit? And it has nothing to do with what I wrote.
Never mind. Perhaps I was insufficiently elaborating. Me and Zeb get pelters for going on and on but we do it precisely to minimize the risk of misunderstanding. I do it less than Zeb because I don't like being TL/DR'd. Perhaps insufficiently so in this case
- May 8, 2018
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Judging by the forecast later I don’t think the option to hang a coat with any weight will be available
- May 8, 2018
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Maybe he genuinely doesn’t know reposts are visible, unlike the “likes” which are now private!
- Oct 17, 2008
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Excellent point and I did consider this, by scrolling through his feed for 30 seconds or so to see if anyone had commented on it, but no. He posted a selfie a few days ago which got three likes, otherwise his engagement is basically zero.
All X did was change the word “Retweet” to “Repost” so he’s actively reposting things to his feed for others to see, without actually commenting on the original posts. I’m sure he knows the difference between a like and a repost
Still, he’s not harming anyone as a few have pointed out, just odd behaviour.