The White House Correspondents’ dinner is a yearly tradition stretching back over a century, yet this year’s host could perhaps prove controversial as many users of gay hookup app Grindr have opposed the association.

Beginning all the way back in 1921, the White House Correspondents’ dinner, organized and operated by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) is a joining of journalists covering politics in the United States and some of the current administration’s leading officals.

It’s often attended by the president, and frequently features segments where the head of state mocks themselves, yet the host for this year’s edition could perhaps spark debate and division among members of the LGBTQ community.

As reported by The Hill, gay hookup app Grindr is, for the first time ever, hosting a WHCA dinner party on April 25, which also marks the first time that President Donald Trump will be in attendance across both of his terms.

Trump was notably the only president since the dinner’s creation to not attend a single event, having skipped every one during his first term, yet he announced last month on Truth Social that he would be bucking the trend by showing face this year.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    Let me get this straight…trump NEVER attends these dinners. Yet now that Grindr is involved, he’s going to attend?

    This sucks. I want to mock trump for his beliefs, but I don’t want to mock any actual gay people for their beliefs.

    I feel like there’s a joke there somewhere that only attacks trump. C’mon guys, all the parts are there. Lets construct this thing.

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      Also as a woman. I hereby give my permission to call women who are gender traitors “whores”. Which generally I’m against misogynist slurs. Even if I dislike the woman, I don’t think her promiscuity is relevant.

      So don’t use the word “hoe” or “slut”.

      But “whore” is on the table because it means selling yourself cheap for the side that hurts women the most.

      Is there anyone more deserving of that word than white Christian nationalist women? I mean really. Is there ?

      I also quite like referring to people like Kristy Nolan as a Skank.

      Bring “skank” back.

      Can also be applied to men. Mikey definitely a whore. Elon. Yeah he’s definitely a skank.

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      You can always mock race traitors, gender traitors, and gay traitors.

      Anyone working against their own group is open for ridicule.

      Out gay men are not offended by being called gay.

      There was this video floating around a while back that appeared to be a white person yelling at a black ice agent that they were a house N-word.

      Now it came out later it was actually another black person yelling this slur.

      But. Before that was found out, there was a lot of black people saying they had mixed feelings on it.

      Because yes it was true. But was it okay for a white person to say this. ?

      Some said yes but some said. Eh… Maybe.not really. Some said no. But they weren’t really that upset by it.

      I’m sure some were upset by it I just didn’t see those reactions . Not all black people have the same opinions.

      My point is. Yes it’s okay to attack these identity traitors. But I would refrain from using slurs unless you are part of that group.

      I saw another video of a white woman calling a bunch of Latino ice agents traitors to their own people. She never used slurs but she really laid it on them. And I think that was appropriate.

      I guess use your own best judgement and when in doubt, Ask friends from those identities how best to go about insulting identity traitors. I’m sure they have some ideas.

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      Bro is exterminating LGBTQ while sucking on boba, the sheer hypocricy, the sheer insanity.

      Whoever is running our simulation, got bored as fuck, is now creating satire.

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      I don’t understand what someone’s sexuality has to do with whether or not you can mock them for being Trump supporters. IDC who you fuck, or who fucks you, a Trump supporter is a Trump supporter.

      Mocking gay people for being gay is not cool. Mocking gay people for being a Trump supporter is completely indistinguishable from mocking any other Trump supporter.

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      Gay dude here. I don’t speak for all the gays but if you mock LGBTQ+ people for supporting Trump, that’s perfectly fine. Only idiots are LGBTQ+ and vote conservative.

      Tear them a new arsehole. They’ll probably even enjoy that; more holes for their favourite pedo government to fuck them in.

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        Unfortunately in the two party system, fiscal and social come as a one package. I’m sure some gay people would support if there was a party socially liberal but fiscally conservative.

        I don’t agree with either conservatism but most importantly I don’t agree with a binary view of the world.

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      He’s doing this because his polls are truly tanking. He needs as many of the LGBTQ+ community to fall for his con once again.

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        LGBT people being a small part of the population, and probably among the hardest to win over for Trump, I’m not sure it really makes sense.

        But then again nothing Trump does make sense, so, this is as plausible as anything else.

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        his polls are truly tanking

        Gee, I wonder why the pedophile warmonger who’s responsible for past and future price increases wouldn’t be popular…

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      but I don’t want to mock any actual gay people for their beliefs.

      Gay people are just as capable of being massive pieces of shit as anyone else is.

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      Trump is throwing his own debutant ball.

      It looks like he’s searching for Melania’s replacement. I wonder if he’ll wear a dress.

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        …sunshine is gay? Now hold on. I thought you guys had the rainbow. Now you have photosynthesis too???

        Ironically enough, if there was a symbol for straight guys, it would probably be a flag of a penis.