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      I mean, there have been at least three documented instances where their little “gatherings” have put extreme strain on Grindr servers, one time knocking the server offline completely. It’s not homophobic to point out a documented fact.

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        I wouldn’t even call that homophobic to say that even if there hadn’t been evidence. Nobody is saying there’s anything wrong with being on grindr. Well, nobody except the actual conservatives who are on grindr. They really hate their own kind.

        Which is strange, because for all the things people hate conservatives for, being gay isn’t really one of them.

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      How does saying conservatives use Grindr make somebody a liberal? I swear, the word has lost all meaning on Lemmy xD

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        Liberal, call them what you want. Someone claiming not to be homophobic but still uses gay as an insult about a group they dislike. Are there closeted republicans? Sure. All kinds of closeted people. Are they even close to being a majority in republican party? No, it’s mainly goddamn straight people. Fucking own up to it and stop trying to pin the awful actions of straight people on a few hypocritical fuckwits.

        Stop using gay as an insult if you truly don’t think there’s anything wrong with being gay. Challenge level impossible.

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          They aren’t just hypocritical, the Republican platform and Project 2025 are explicitly anti-lgbt and in many cases working to actively injure that group as a whole, if not individually.

          The fact that specifically Grindr has traffic spikes around Republican conventions, rallies, or even weird funerals is notable, and the basis for a joke. Which is what this is, not homophobia.

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            Because it’s a meme! Some journalist on Twitter posting about Grindr at the RNC and people running with it. People logging in when the RNC is in town to see if they can spot a closeted politician. It’s titillating, people sign up for Grindr because they’ve seen Hegseth’s tattoo so “they’d definitely recognise him even if he cropped out his head”. Add the trolls who get a kick out of pretending to be a closeted politician.

            And I know it’s a meme because people sincerely believe that “so many people logged in that it crashed Grindr!” Like Grindr has a server in every city and you log into the closest server when you turn on Grindr. Complete nonsense.

            There’s also bound to be gay staffers for republican politicians. Washington DC is the gayest place in the US. Let the staffers fuck in peace.

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        The word has lost all meaning to conservatives. It’s like the word “commie” in the 50s. Don’t like your neighbor? Commie! Or today, the conservatives would say “Libtard”. Without any actual care for where the root word of their little insult comes from.

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          I can not even begin to tell you how many times I have had the word Libtard directed at me since January when DJT began his second term. Lol