Zeteo reports from the GOP convention in Dallas, where Trump offered Americans a fake bribe while dismissing the real pain he’s causing them. Some Republicans already have a ‘flight to catch.’

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    While this is funny as fuck, Grindr issued a statement saying this isn’t true. There were more reports on DownDetector for the app in Dallas area, but user-generated reports from a third party monitoring service =/= an actual outage.

    It may mean there are more users in the area at the time, though, which is still funny.

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    Not sure why it become a parent comment, but I was responding to someone about Grindr being reported as “down” in the city.

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      There is no mention of down detector or grindr in this article?

      Edit: ah I see you were likely trying to respond to a comment further down.

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    It was pretty funny watching a Jon Stewart segment today were they kept asking Republican candidates if they would attend and they all had their excuses ready.

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        This is more about hypocrisy than homophobia. These are people pushing anti LGBTQ+ legislation whilst being closeted themselves.

        Were they open about their sexuality no one would mind what the fuck they were doing on grindr.

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          Nothing left to do there after they crashed Grindr I guess

          Right there, silly.

          Calling homophobic people gay is a) using gay as an insult, homophobic. b) blaming minorities for their own oppression, homophobic. c) creating a narrative where straight people never need to question their biases or prejudices because they know they aren’t gay, and therefore can’t be homophobic (which is a homophobic narrative)

          Do better next time, hon

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            Your post history literally has you making jokes about mass shooters who are violent with women. I think I’ll skip morality tips from the incel.

            Do better next time, hon.

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              Feel the need to stalk post histories instead of defending your words, a hit dog will holler. Besides you literally just had a comment removed from a pizzacake thread today, and considering the comments that didn’t get removed, I think we both know you’re the real incel.

              Sorry if insulting Sam Hyde offends you, I know your type idolized him.

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                  ahh, can identify him in a meme, but now it’s time to play dumb

                  Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

                  Is your non-reply to my explanation of your homophobia a tacit admission then? Jumping straight to stalking and personal attacks kinda confirms it.