{"id":45604,"date":"2016-10-05T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/not-everyone-was-pleased-with-grindrs-clueless-deportation-tweet-during-vp-debate\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T16:26:00","slug":"not-everyone-was-pleased-with-grindrs-clueless-deportation-tweet-during-vp-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/not-everyone-was-pleased-with-grindrs-clueless-deportation-tweet-during-vp-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Everyone Was Pleased With Grindr\u2019s Clueless Deportation Tweet During VP Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Not Everyone Was Pleased With Grindr\u2019s Clueless Deportation Tweet During VP Debate<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/10\/05121005\/grindr-vp-debate-670x445.jpg\" alt=\"grindr-vp-debate\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/10\/05121005\/grindr-vp-debate-670x445.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/10\/05121005\/grindr-vp-debate-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/10\/05121005\/grindr-vp-debate-190x125.jpg 190w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/10\/05121005\/grindr-vp-debate.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>There was some serious drama on Grindr&rsquo;s Twitter page last night.<\/p>\n<p>The dating app decided to let&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> comedian Guy Branum take over its account during last night&rsquo;s vice presidential debate, tweeting out GIFs,&nbsp;memes,&nbsp;and other snarky commentary during the 90 minute snooze fest, er, presentation.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise&nbsp;started out innocently enough, with Branum making middle school jabs at both candidates, first by comparing Pence to &ldquo;a cartoon turtle&rdquo; and then by saying Tim Kaine is &ldquo;1\/4 bobblehead on his mother&rsquo;s side.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And then came this tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Donald Trump gets to deport 16 million people, I want you to think how much hotness would be lost from your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> screen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash\">#VPDebate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grindr (@Grindr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\/status\/783482775756083200\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But&nbsp;not everybody found the joke funny. Or even kinda funny.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ydJhpRDY3Z\">pic.twitter.com\/ydJhpRDY3Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacob (@OhHeyJacob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OhHeyJacob\/status\/783489024040247300\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> aww you were doing so well until this one!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Slade Sohmer (@Slade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slade\/status\/783485433225281536\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HjTNTxUssh\">pic.twitter.com\/HjTNTxUssh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dad Celo (@DadCelo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DadCelo\/status\/783483803809513472\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> You probably want to delete this<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yes, You&#8217;re Racist (@YesYoureRacist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YesYoureRacist\/status\/783495103901868033\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> You&#8217;re cut off. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7HziIrAtqI\">pic.twitter.com\/7HziIrAtqI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Gluckman (@bgluckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgluckman\/status\/783486050320551937\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> &hellip; or we could think about the torn-apart families, people uprooted from their homes, etc. Not just about lost chances to be laid.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SpoopyEnby (@CanadiEnby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiEnby\/status\/783545005260570624\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> really? You tried and failed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BODuzznnyt\">pic.twitter.com\/BODuzznnyt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cedric Gum (@OMCeddie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OMCeddie\/status\/783485560954327040\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After it became clear the tweet had hit a nerve, Grindr&nbsp;immediately went into&nbsp;damage control. The very next tweet was a disclaimer from&nbsp;Branum that sounded an awful lot like it was written for him by the app&rsquo;s PR&nbsp;team:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fun reminder: right I (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guybranum\">@guybranum<\/a>) am tweeting for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@grindr<\/a>, these opinions are mine, not necessarily <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9fUTlOzOs9\">pic.twitter.com\/9fUTlOzOs9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grindr (@Grindr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\/status\/783483682854100993\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That was followed by another tweet a short while later:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guybranum\">@guybranum<\/a>), am white, and I&#8217;m sorry for the extent to which my privilege made me feel it was ok to joke about deportation.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grindr (@Grindr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\/status\/783490807927943169\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He could have left it at that. But instead, Brenum&nbsp;decided to dig himself into an even deeper hole&nbsp;by&nbsp;arguing with people.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eatsleepFEELS\">@eatsleepFEELS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guybranum\">@guybranum<\/a> They asked me to!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grindr (@Grindr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\/status\/783493870730358786\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandodiaz16\">@rolandodiaz16<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\">@Grindr<\/a> I got a perfect score on my LSATs.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Guy Branum (@guybranum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guybranum\/status\/783498162665160704\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That was me, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guybranum\">@guybranum<\/a>, tweeting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash\">#VPDebate<\/a>. I got distracted about half way through by people yelling at me for the deportation tweet.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grindr (@Grindr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grindr\/status\/783496129849675777\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then he took to his&nbsp;own Twitter account to double down on his original statement that massive deportation would be an absolute tragedy for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">horny<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the record: Gays who want to <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">fuck<\/a> being torn apart by racist immigration policies is just as sad as families being torn apart by them.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Guy Branum (@guybranum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guybranum\/status\/783507404151410689\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So what&rsquo;s the takeaway from all this&hellip; aside from yet another reason why hookup&nbsp;apps and late night comedian&rsquo;s might want to&nbsp;refrain from trying&nbsp;to make serious political commentary?<\/p>\n<p>Mathew Rodriguez&nbsp;at <a href=\"https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/155881\/grindr-s-tone-deaf-undocumented-immigrant-tweet-highlights-racism-in-the-gay-community#.FzPS1PkKn\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mic.com<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;says that, in addition to&nbsp;ignoring the fact that many of the LGBTQ people who would be deported under a Trump\/Pence administration would be sent back to countries that are hostile towards <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people,&nbsp;it&nbsp;highlights the ongoing issue of white privilege&nbsp;within the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Because <a href=\"https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/144985\/here-s-one-brutal-truth-every-white-gay-man-needs-to-hear#.VJomfStNI\">white gay men<\/a> are still afforded a disproportionate amount of power and representation in the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community, a conversation about immigration became a conversation about white access to black and brown bodies.&nbsp;The funny thing is, this still centers the idea that white people should have access to any body they want.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What do you think? Were the tweets by Branum sent from Grindr&rsquo;s Twitter account offensive? Or are people taking what was mean to be a flippant remark too seriously? 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The dating app decided to let&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> comedian Guy Branum take over its account during last night&rsquo;s vice presidential debate, tweeting out GIFs,&nbsp;memes,&nbsp;and other snarky commentary during the 90 minute snooze fest, er, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/not-everyone-was-pleased-with-grindrs-clueless-deportation-tweet-during-vp-debate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Not Everyone Was Pleased With Grindr\u2019s Clueless Deportation Tweet During VP Debate<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Not Everyone Was Pleased With Grindr\u2019s Clueless Deportation Tweet During VP Debate - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/not-everyone-was-pleased-with-grindrs-clueless-deportation-tweet-during-vp-debate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Not Everyone Was Pleased With Grindr\u2019s Clueless Deportation Tweet During VP Debate - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Not Everyone Was Pleased With Grindr\u2019s Clueless Deportation Tweet During VP Debate There was some serious drama on Grindr&rsquo;s Twitter page last night. 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