Colin Jost, one of Saturday Night Live’s two regular faux news anchors on its legendary “Weekend Update” skit, cracked a joke very early Sunday morning about Tinder’s new policy on gender identification, which for the first time allows transgender individuals to fully utilize the online dating app.
The reaction was swift, and fierce.
Some of the tweets:
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@mcurryfelidae07
"Let me help contribute to the dehumanization of trans* children that drives them to suicide than pin the blame on their bodies" -@ColinJost
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@PWRBTTMBAND
Yo @ColinJost, do you not get this kind hatred is why trump won the election? Shame. Shame shame shame.
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@myhairisblue
Dear @ColinJost and @nbcsnl: thank you so much for supporting the erasure of non-cis people. Thanks for actively contributing to oppression.
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J Crowley @jdcrowley
All it takes is one person to do the right thing. You hurt many and reinforced hate just to earn a forgettable chuckle @ColinJost @SNLUpdate
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@jackquemi
@SNLUpdate @ColinJost A big "**** y'all" for this. Especially since it aired the same weekend at Trans Day of Remembrance
It's true though; the aggression and advancement of recent social liberalism is a significant reason why that gross man is currently about to become POTUS.
I doubt he was attacking trans people. He was likely attacking the other 35 genders
Tbh i thought the same joke when tinder announced 37 genders, that its why democrats lose. 37 is ridiculous.. no one can say otherwise. There's realistically only 2-3. The rest is unnecessary bs tumblr snowflakes came up with to feel special.