Daily Mail readers found their own unique take on Geoffrey from Rainbow’s death
Of all the responses to Rainbow presenter Geoffrey Hayes’ death, Daily Mail readers managed to carve out their own miserable little niche, as shared by @BestoftheMail on Twitter.
Here’s the Mail story (which, in typical style, snidely shoehorned into the headline the fact that, yes, he did other jobs as well as appearing on TV).
And it turned out Mail readers had really strong feelings about it. Nothing to do with Geoffrey Hayes or his death, though.
No. It’s this.
It’s even worse than we thought it would be.
“RIP Geoffrey, sadly nowadays them gays and all that lot have hijacked the rainbow for their sinister social agenda and relentless brainwashing of our kids.” say actual adults who get to vote on things. pic.twitter.com/qc27SEYM1a
— Daily Mail Comments (@BestoftheMail) October 2, 2018
Beerhunter there with a fine grasp of the English language.
— Ruth (@ruthybeth12) October 2, 2018
He’s certainly got a penchant for rogue apostrophes.
— Josh Jeffery (@JeffCarnage) October 2, 2018
‘The only rainbow our kids should know about’
What about actual rainbows?!
— Steve Teeling (@stevieteelo) October 2, 2018
I love the idea that the ‘rainbow’ shouldn’t be hijacked but its OK to hijack a person’s death to make a political point.
— Rob Waft (@harrythebarber) October 2, 2018
What’s a weir-do?
— Rachel Hawkins (@ourrachblogs) October 2, 2018
“Boys we’re boy’s” has a different connotation to the one which I think “Beerhunter” intends…. pic.twitter.com/UsYXueWPej
— Alison Bunce (@BattyBunce) October 2, 2018
You wouldn’t believe you could ram 5 apostrophes into ‘boys were boys and girls were girls’ would you?
— Giles Mooney (@GilesMooney) October 2, 2018
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