He mayor of El Carpiothe popular Carlos Peláez, lived a homophobic attackadvanced through Cordópolis, after having suffered a graffiti in municipal facilities with the text: “Die, fagot“. The councilor’s response was not long in coming. On his social networks, he was energetic in the face of such a regrettable episode.
He published a text in which It starts with a series of sentences in capital letters -way of exclaiming on social networks-: “YES, I AM A PEDON. YES, I AM FROM PP. YES, YOU ARE COWARDS. NO, I’M NOT GOING TO DIE. No, you don’t scare me.
He then warns those who made the graffiti that they are “finished” if they think that this way they will scare him or change his way of being. “You don’t know me,” he assures us before denouncing that he is the second attack of this type he suffered in a year.
Message of support from the PP
Let us remember that graffiti arrives when, unanimously, the Plenary of El Carpio approved his membership in the Proud Municipalities Network (initiative of the ‘LGTBI Challenges’ collective to carry out policies and actions in favor of sexual diversity in Spanish cities.). “Precisely because, even if it may seem false, there are still crazy people, bad guys, animals who believe they can harass people because of their sexual condition,” he argues.
“Wishing for death is something very strongI I’m not going to dieI’m going to continue doing what I’m doing, being mayor of my city. Dead in spirit are the ones who did this. You can disagree, you can argue. It’s part of politics, but to wish for death is to be a bad person and I’m not, so I don’t wish for death for you, even if you wish for it for me,” he reflects.
Peláez encourages those who created this graffiti to show your faceto ask him on a date and have a meeting in his office, so that “you can tell me what problem you have with me and what is the problem with me liking men”. “That said, we continue to work for a city that is inclusive and proud of all, have a good day, I also wish a good day to those of the graffiti artists,” he continues.
concludeswith humor, to warn those who made this offensive graffiti that he will tell them “if you became handsome in the security cameras“, of which the images “will be sent to the court”.
He The PP of Cordoba provoked a reaction to these facts, also on their social networks. This party wanted to convey a “message of encouragement and support» to this councilor in the face of the situation experienced. “Violence, homophobia and discrimination have no place in politics or in our society”, underline the popular people.
