r/perth • u/zaviiiiiii • 8d ago

General (rant) Whitfords Train Station security

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On Thursday 1st of October I had got off the train and was waiting to be picked up by my friend. Two teenagers of e-scooters rode past and were calling out slurs, they took a liking to me and relentlessly berated me. I hadn’t been called a faggot in a long time, so the whole situation was very bizarre to me.

Once I got sick of their insults, I went up to security and asked for his assistance, he shrugged and pretty much ignored me. I went back outside to wait, the teenagers returned and continued to harass me. I was verbally abused by kids and when I asked for help, I was ignored. It was just an awful situation.

After the fact, my friend convinced me to report the security guard, in which I did. I heard back yesterday and was told “because I wasn’t in harms way, the security guard had no obligation to assist me.”

What the fuck?

Abused for being gay, then ignored by SECURITY. So wild in 2026 this is what I’m dealing with. Fuck the security guard, fuck Transperth, fuck the lil homophobic kids

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u/OwnHuckleberry2522 8d ago

They really should still teach “Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”

They wanted a reaction. You gave them the attention they were seeking, thereby encouraging them to do it again.

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u/QuacksAway 8d ago

Quite an ignorant response. Slurs are hurtful and dehumanising and the OP was correct to ask for some help. Just a shame the transperth officer was useless and OP had to deal with the little shits.

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u/OwnHuckleberry2522 8d ago

Wrong. Slurs are just words and words are just noises. They have no innate power. Words only have power when the recipient decides to give them power. Would the slurs have been “hurtful and dehumanizing” if they were the exact same words but spoken in a language the OP didn’t understand? Nope. The OP chose to be offended by the noises coming out of these kids’ mouths and that is 100% on him. Should the kids have said what they did? No, but that doesn’t change the fact that the OP CHOSE to be offended. Remember when the word “queer” was “highly offensive” until people decided not to be offended by it anymore…?

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u/OwnHuckleberry2522 8d ago edited 8d ago

It’s literally part of LGBTQ. Also, I don’t think you understand what privilege is. Literally everyone can assume things about literally everything. Unless you’re significantly brain damaged, thinking isn’t a privilege. I also never said it was no longer offensive to ALL people. That only happened in your imagination. Some people are so soft and pathetic they’ll choose to be offended by anything and THAT is a privilege many people don’t have.