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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months ago

Grindr Won’t Let Users Say 'No Zionists'

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Grindr Won’t Let Users Say 'No Zionists'

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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months ago
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An error message appears saying "The following are not allowed: no zionist, no zionists" when users try to add the phrase to their bios, but any number of other phrases about political and religious preferences are allowed.
  • GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]@hexbear.net
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    “No rice, no spice”

    is this just white people racism in the way i imagine it is?

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      Yes.

      • someone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        It’s funny, I’ve gotten accusations of bigotry in my grindr profile for saying “No-one DL”. I intended it solely as a way to avoid men who cheat on their spouses, I don’t want any part of that. But I’ve been accused of being bigoted towards people in cultures where being openly queer is uncommon or even dangerous.

        • mrfugu [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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          yeah I’ve seen that argument but it’s dumb because it boils down to “not sleeping with me means you hate me”

          No dude I just don’t want to be involved in your secret gay bullshit. Not only am I almost certainly being complicit in cheating (most of these guys are married with children too) but you’re guaranteed emotional unavailability with higher chances of domestic violence.

          I will always fight to improve cultural outlook and I do empathize and feel bad for those guys who feel like they need to live a double life; that sounds exhausting. It doesn’t mean I need to entertain their “forbidden” lust.

        • ∞ 🏳️‍⚧️Edie [it/its, she/her, fae/faer, love/loves, ze/hir, des/pair, none/use name, undecided]@hexbear.net
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          What does no-one DL mean?

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            DL is “down low”. They intend to be secretive, usually extremely so, and some men can be dangerously (violently) paranoid v

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              I thought it meant Double Life

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                That’s not an unreasonable guess, frankly.

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              I saw “download” which means you will not watch my multiple terabytes of legally acquires media (I don’t go on grindr)

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            DL = down low, essentially people still in the closet

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      Hey, Dr. Umar, king of Pan-Africanism, uses the same terminology!

      (Yes, just racism)

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