Grindr fails to remove ethnicity filter after pledge to do so
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I do not have to have an explanation for something you claim, dude.
But that was scrutiny is. You make a claim, people express their reasonable doubts and then its on you to prove your point. Prove it then.
No honey, this is you turning every disagreement into a political "debate".
I get it, its an easy way for you to dismiss anyone that calls you on your baseless claims, but you have to grow out of it at some point, dont you think?
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One of my best friends is a married straight black man. He joked about this with me after reading a related article, though it wasn’t about Grindr. He was calling me racist because I wouldn’t have sex with him -lol. I was like, welp, I guess I gotta have sex with you then. Then his tone slightly changed like it always does when I mess with him, but we still joked. ;D This is so ridiculous and much different than specifically listing “NO {race}” or this or that only, it’s a simple filter to help users find what they’re interested in.
Although I’m not currently looking for a BF, or for any hookups or friends, I would appreciate to have those filter tools available to use.
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So to the topic at hand: What do you mean by "natural"? That it is not inherently bad? Sure no problem there.
Do you mean natural as in the dichotomy of nurture vs nature?
I think part of the problem in the discussion here is that the word "natural" isn't a good fit for the phenomenon of many (possibly most) people having a preference for "their own." This would suggest that it is "unnatural" for someone to prefer a person of a different background.
That would lead to awkward parallels, such as saying that people who are left-handed are "unnatural"–and closer to home, that men who are gay are "unnatural." I don't accept that conclusion.
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I do not have to have an explanation for something you claim, dude.
But that was scrutiny is. You make a claim, people express their reasonable doubts and then its on you to prove your point. Prove it then.
No honey, this is you turning every disagreement into a political "debate".
I get it, its an easy way for you to dismiss anyone that calls you on your baseless claims, but you have to grow out of it at some point, dont you think?
And yet again, you claim I'm wrong, but you can't explain why I'm wrong other than you don't like my explanation.
You didn't make any REASONABLE doubt, you just said I was wrong.
Maybe you should just link me to AOC's Instagram page so you don't have to spend so much time typing gibberish non-sense.
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Well, I provided reasons to back up my comment.
I say it's natural, as seen in the areas I already mentioned and more. You on the other hand use my examples and claim they are due to racism.
Blacks find it easier to recognize other blacks, white find it easier to recognize other whites, etc, etc, etc. Clearly, that must be racism to liberals.
Marriage certificates show that 89% - 93% marry their own race, so it must be racism to liberals.
It can't be natural, because that doesn't fit the liberal dogma.
A lilly white liberal chick can call a black woman a "nappy ass ho" and liberals say that's not racist.
Liberals dumb down their language and get "ghetto" when speaking to blacks, but that's not racist.
30 years ago, everyone wanted a "brown baby" but that's not racist.
Let's not forget the ever popular; "only whites can be racist".
I don't give a solitary damn if every other gay black man in the universe, prefers and "recognizes" (whatever in the hell that means) with another black man. I don't. So therefore, that doesn't apply to me, and is a flawless argument for myself, to make. Unless the argument is universal, such as, "cars need gas to run." Which even then there are caveats, as some cars are electric, or run on alternative fuel. But still, you get the idea.
I know I like all races of men, and I'm currently single, and will take love and a boyfriend or a partner or companion or spouse, where I find it, and it presents itself to me. I don't go into those incorrect tropes and assumptions at all. Especially due to the fact, most of my crushes and infatuations, deal with white and non black men. I am of course a gay black man.
So all of that is so dismissive, it's not funny.
It's no use, because the gay male community is very much divided as of late. Any gay man that has any sort of liberal or leftist view or opinion, or inclusive or vibrant or cultural opinion, or is different with an open mind, it's always a fiasco. Especially being a gay black man, and I try to be optimistic, and say times will change. But I think I'm possibly mistaken, and I see it now. I'm starting to see patterns. I don't want to say the "R" word is at play, but if the boot fits. People either get it, or they fucking don't. So I feel all of the above was quite probably a waste of time, but for the open minded guys on here, I hope you guys heard where I was coming from, and yeah. That's what I had to say, in regards to this topic.
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By "recognize" we were talking about facial recognition studies which show it's easier for people to recognize people of their own race.
In one major study, the test subject was shown a photo of a person for 1 minute and then was timed for how fast they could find that person in a photo of a crowd/group without the use of the reference photo.
People were faster and more accurate with their own race.
People of one race that grew up in an area of mostly 1 other race found it easier to find people of that dominant race, but nothing like how easy they found it to find their own race.
The worst results came from people trying to find a person of another race while living in an area dominated by their own race.
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By "recognize" we were talking about facial recognition studies which show it's easier for people to recognize people of their own race.
In one major study, the test subject was shown a photo of a person for 1 minute and then was timed for how fast they could find that person in a photo of a crowd/group without the use of the reference photo.
People were faster and more accurate with their own race.
People of one race that grew up in an area of mostly 1 other race found it easier to find people of that dominant race, but nothing like how easy they found it to find their own race.
The worst results came from people trying to find a person of another race while living in an area dominated by their own race.
In regards to your original argument, you were saying based on that unrelated and off topic concept, (which is actually called the "Cross Race Effect". In which a person is able to tell specific things apart from a race that they themselves belong to, and identify people of their race better. People outside that race, they say based on that concept, may not be able to differentiate as such, and come up with epithets such as, "all [certain race of people] look the same.", or get celebrities that look similar mixed up, and what not.)
But that's also bullshit, because I'm black myself. (I actually look sort of identical like Donald Glover/Childish Gambino) and I get so many famous black men mixed up with someone else, it's not funny. Athletes, entertainers, musicians/rappers. It's not funny. But based on that theorem, I should have no issue telling people of my race apart, but I do quite often.
That also has nothing to do with sexual attraction and adornment and infatuation, and preference when it comes to personal relationships and romantic relationships. I grew up in the inner city, and aside from paternal grandmother, who's best friend was a white Jewish woman, who would visit us sometimes, I grew up around black people. The only thing is, I would watch Jim Carrey movies being six years old, and thought Jim Carey was an interesting man, and he was funny and handsome and charming to me. I was also really into Backstreet Boys and NSYNC when I was in Elementary school and yeah. I was just drawn to what I was attracted to, and I had no control over that aspect.
So I really hate all that, "You grow up around your preferences." when that's not necessarily true at all.
race, and you're [Y] or [Z] race, and people of [X] race only date each other, and [Y] and [Z] race, will face issues and problems and trouble;", I feel all that is bullshit and dismissive, unless there is an exception to the rule, and we are thusly talking about a Homogenous area, (which even then, there are remarkably lots of interracial and cross cultural courtships at a moderate number in these areas.) so of course this discussion need not apply. But generally and usually, we are talking about an area with a melting pot of cultures and people so. -
How is it "unrelated and off topic" to mention a scientific fact, just because you don't like the results?
Regardless of what name for it you want to use, it shows that we are wired a certain way.
Hell, even liberals use those studies to demand that more minorities, especially blacks, are hired to watch CCTV to track suspects.
Just because you are an outlier doesn't make anything not true. I'm nearly 7 inches taller than the UK's average male height. Does that make the average UK male height wrong? The average Ukrainian male height is 1.26 inches taller than the UK's. Does that make the UK's number wrong?
"Not necessarily true" isn't the same as "not true" or "never true".
I never, ever said 100% true 100% of the time.
If you have a problem with the results of the studies, fight with the ones conducting the studies.
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I do not have to have an explanation for something you claim, dude.
But that was scrutiny is. You make a claim, people express their reasonable doubts and then its on you to prove your point. Prove it then.
No honey, this is you turning every disagreement into a political "debate".
I get it, its an easy way for you to dismiss anyone that calls you on your baseless claims, but you have to grow out of it at some point, dont you think?
And yet again, you claim I'm wrong, but you can't explain why I'm wrong other than you don't like my explanation.
You didn't make any REASONABLE doubt, you just said I was wrong.
Maybe you should just link me to AOC's Instagram page so you don't have to spend so much time typing gibberish non-sense.
I am not making a claim dude. Get your head straight.
You claimed that one person preferring another person of their own "race" is "natural" (and you further clarified that for you natural = the way we are wired, alluding of course to genetics).
I asked you why you claim that. You provided some studies thinking they support your claim, but they dont.
Its as simple as that. If you actually have read those studies, I am sure you will be able to quote the part where they support your claim that the conclusion is some sort of genetic predisposition is at play, right?
Unless you have no idea what the studies actually conclude, which would make sense, since your first and only "rebuttal" to me stating the obvious (that the studies' findings do not support your use of the word "natural") is to say that the disagreement is about finding racism everywhere.
Again, try to leave logical fallacies outside, and actually present data that support your conclusion.
Alternatively, you could tone down your commentary on social and political issues by using modifiers such as "I believe", "in my personal opinion", "maybe", "perhaps", "I could be wrong but…" and so on.
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Quite a lot of mental gymnastics for your refusal to show why I am wrong.
"I don't like what you said, so you are wrong." is the same mentality on why universities and others are scrubbing valid studies, because leftists don't like the results.
The more you absolutely refuse to show why I am wrong, the more I know I'm right.
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